“The future belongs to Early Mornings, Dirty Hands, Faithful Tractors, Green Fields, and Muddy Boots.” ~ from a Tractor Supply Ad

July is #MelonMonth. What is your favorite type of melon?

It doesn’t take much imagination to visualize how our ancestors progressed from picking and eating fruit to planting and cultivating it. ~R.C. Frazier (from Chapter 7 – Apples to Apples) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.

The farming profession was the first to encounter consequences. ~R.C. Frazier (from Chapter 11 – Unintended Consequences) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.

If a person has gained enough discipline to face struggles, pain, and hardships in an unflinching way, they fit the definition for being stoic. ~R.C. Frazier (from Chapter 14 – Hand Me a Handkerchief) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.

If you were looking for a musical phrase to describe farming over the past 9,000 years, it would be hard to beat “Singing the Blues.” ~R.C. Frazier (from Chapter 15 – Singing the Blues) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.

“Developed countries” don’t talk much about it, but intelligent people know civilization would quickly come unraveled if that thin thread of agriculture were to dissolve. ~R.C. Frazier (from Chapter 6 – All Aboard …) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.

Believers think Aristotle was right when he observed, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” ~R.C. Frazier (from Chapter 2 – Faith, Facts, and Fiction) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.

Having descended from stoic stock, crying isn’t something farmers like to talk about. ~R.C. Frazier (from Chapter 14 – Hand Me a Handkerchief) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.

For thousands of years people have asked, “What’s for supper?”and agriculture hasgiven them the answer. ~R.C. Frazier (from Chapter 6 – All Aboard…) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.