“I'm a conversationalist. I came out of a town with only 300 people. I didn't have anybody to talk to. I didn't want to talk about farming. So when I came out in the world, I started talking. Never stopped.” PeopleWorldWantTalkingTownsFarming Author:Jim "Dandy" Mangrum
“You go to towns in Massachusetts, Greenfield, first settled in 1686. Wouldn’t it be cool if it said, “Greenfield. First settled c. 13,000 B.P. or approximately 13,000 Before the Present. Resettled.” Maybe we could say even, “Resettled by whites,” Or, “Resettled anyway, 1686.” It would have a different impact. And of course it would help explain why the town is called Greenfield, because it was a green field and the fields were left by Native people who had already been farming them.” PeopleIfsFirstsSaidDifferentHelpingCoursesLeftFieldsTownsGreenImpactNativeFarmingBeing CoolMassachusettsGreen Fields Author:James W. Loewen
“The fortunate and successful New Urbanists will be the ones who can find local infill projects in small towns and small cities associated with farming, water transport, (perhaps rail too) and water power. I do not believe personally that we will retrofit much of suburbia in the way many people wish we might. The capital won't be there, and I'm rather convinced that the population is headed down - though this will be a lagging effect, because even starving people have sex.” PeopleWayBelieveMightWishSexWaterCitiesSuccessfulEffectsProjectsTownsPopulationConvincedLocalsFortunateSmall TownFarmingStarvingTransportRailSuburbiaWater Power Author:James Howard Kunstler
“In the decades to come, the successful places will tend to be the smaller traditional towns and cities with viable farming hinterlands.” CitiesSuccessfulTownsDecadesTraditionalFarming Author:James Howard Kunstler
“I am also the product of a place called Paint Creek. Doesn't have a zip code. It's too small to be called a town along the rolling plains of Texas. We grew dryland cotton and wheat, and when I wasn't farming or attending Paint Creek Rural School, I was generally over at Troop 48 working on my Eagle Scout award.” SchoolProductsGrewTownsPaintCodeAwardsTexasRollingFarmingEaglesWheatCottonAttendingCreeksZipsEagle Scout Author:Rick Perry
“I grew up in a small farming town called Concord, outside Charlotte in North Carolina.” GrewGrew UpTownsAgricultureFarmingCarolinaNorth CarolinaCharlotte Author:Skeet Ulrich