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Too often, the pastoralist blames the weeds and seeks a chemical rather than a management solution; too seldom do we find an approach combining the sensible utilisation of grasshoppers and grubs as a valuable dried-protein supplement for fish or food pellets, and a combination of soil conditioning, slashing, and de-stocking or re-seeding to restore species balance.

— Bill Mollison Permaculture: A Designers' Manual (1988)

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There is no more time-wasting process than that of believing people will act, and then finding that they will not.

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Few people today muck around in earth, and when on international flights, I often find I have the only decently dirty fingernails.

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