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“Burnham and Root became rich men. Not Pullman rich, not rich enough to be counted among the first rank of society alongside Potter Palmer and Philip Armour, or to have their wives’ gowns described in the city’s newspapers, but rich beyond anything either man had expected, enough so that each year Burnham bought a barrel of fine Madeira and aged it by shipping it twice around the world on slow freighters.”
― Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City

“What is needed are ecosystems that are designed to produce our food, fuel, animal feed, medicine and fibers, and ecosystems that can do so without the use of fossil fuel technology, those that can tolerate extremes of weather and potentially changing climates, and that can thrive without supplemental irrigation from vulnerable and increasingly expensive public utilities.”
― Mark Shepard, Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers

“Already legal and political moves are being made to drain the Great Lakes as a water supply for a thirsty western region.”
― Mark Shepard, Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers

“Former petroleum industry analyst Jan Lundberg puts it this way, “The nation and most of the rest of the world is chasing a technofix instead of adjusting to ecological/economic reality.”
― Mark Shepard, Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers