A Farmer's Creed
Martha the Cotswold Ewe
I believe a person's greatest possession is their dignity and that no calling bestows this more abundantly than farming.
I believe hard work and honest sweat are the building blocks of a person's character.
I believe that farming, despite it's hardships and disappointments, is the most honest and honourable way a person can spend their days on this earth.
I believe farming nurtures the close family ties that make life rich in ways money can't buy.
I believe my children are learning values that will last a lifetime and can be learned in no other way.
I believe farming provides education for life and that no other occupation teaches so much about birth, growth and maturity in such a variety of ways.
I believe many of the best things in life are indeed free; the splendor of a sunrise, the rapture of wide open spaces, and the exhilarating sight of your land greening each spring.
I believe that true happiness comes from watching your crops ripen in the field, your children grow tall in the sun, your whole family feels the pride that springs from their shared experience.
I believe that by my toil I am giving more to the world than I am taking from it; an honour that does not come to all.
I believe my life will be measured ultimately by what I have done for my fellow human, and by this standard I fear no judgement.
I believe when a person grows old and sums up their days, they should be able to stand tall and feel pride in the life they have lived.
I believe in farming because it makes all this possible.
I believe hard work and honest sweat are the building blocks of a person's character.
I believe that farming, despite it's hardships and disappointments, is the most honest and honourable way a person can spend their days on this earth.
I believe farming nurtures the close family ties that make life rich in ways money can't buy.
I believe my children are learning values that will last a lifetime and can be learned in no other way.
I believe farming provides education for life and that no other occupation teaches so much about birth, growth and maturity in such a variety of ways.
I believe many of the best things in life are indeed free; the splendor of a sunrise, the rapture of wide open spaces, and the exhilarating sight of your land greening each spring.
I believe that true happiness comes from watching your crops ripen in the field, your children grow tall in the sun, your whole family feels the pride that springs from their shared experience.
I believe that by my toil I am giving more to the world than I am taking from it; an honour that does not come to all.
I believe my life will be measured ultimately by what I have done for my fellow human, and by this standard I fear no judgement.
I believe when a person grows old and sums up their days, they should be able to stand tall and feel pride in the life they have lived.
I believe in farming because it makes all this possible.