Pesticides Quotes
Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a scandal.
Tags: Bees, Dying, Scandal ✍ Author: Brigitte BardotThe more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we knock out the mechanism that made it all work in the first place.
Tags: Big, Place, Work ✍ Author: David R. BrowerWhen the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know, who am I buying this from? What's their name? Do they have a face? Is the food they are selling coming out of Mexico with pesticides?
Tags: Face, Food, Process ✍ Author: Jerry BrownStarbucks goes to a great effort, and pays twice as much for its coffee as its competitors do, and is very careful to help coffee producers in developing countries grow coffee without pesticides and in ways that preserve forest structure.
Tags: Coffee, Great, Help ✍ Author: Jared DiamondGolf has an ambivalent relationship with the environment. On one hand, it's a great preserver of open spaces. Golf doesn't pave the world - it helps to green the world. But the downside is, it uses a lot of fertilizer, pesticides and water.
Tags: Golf, Great, Water ✍ Author: Thomas Friedman