Small farms are the lifeblood of rural communities—we must protect them as fiercely as we would our own families.

I’ve learned that you don’t get to control what happens to you, but you do get to control how you respond.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.