I asked the feedlot manager why they didn't just spray the liquefied manure on neighboring farms. The farmers don't want it, he explained. The nitrogen and phosphorus levels are so high that spraying the crops would kill them. He didn't say that feedlot wastes also contain heavy metals and hormone residues, persistent chemicals that end up in waterways downstream, where scientists have found fish and amphibians exhibiting abnormal sex characteristics. . Michael Pollan
We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs.
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Joseph Bruchac
We are seeds as well as parasites to the earth. We can either give or take, depending on our perception of growth.
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Zephyr McIntyre
God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.
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Francis Bacon
If you are what you eat, you are what you see and hear.
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E.a. Bucchianeri
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
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Colin Beavan
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