People forget that the soil is our sustenance. It is a sacred trust. It is what has worked for us for centuries. It is what we pass on to future generations. If we continue this thoughtless submission to pesticides -- if we ruin the top soil -- then there will not be an abundance of food to bequeath our children. --Cesar E. Chavez

 Excerpt from March 1989 Speech at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington

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