Ron Finley

“If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If they live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive. If they live with criticism, they learn to condemn.”

“Children learn what they live.”

“All the attention in the world won't do my dishes.”

“We've gotten so far away from our food source. It's been hijacked from us. But if you get soil, plant something in it and water it, you can feed yourself. It's that simple.”

“People in my neighborhood are so disconnected from the fresh food supply that kids don't know an eggplant from a sweet potato. We have to show them how to get grounded in the truest sense of the word.”

“People need to realize how powerful the transformation of soil can be.”

“I'm not one of those academics that don't do shit but reads about it. The difference is, I do shit. I have a proof of concept and it works.”