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> "It is the process of buildings becoming alive that I am writing about. … The pattern language is the means."
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> *~ Christopher Alexander,* The Timeless Way of Building *(1979)*

> "The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible."
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> *~ Sir Albert Howard,* The Soil and Health *(1947)*

> "The only way to feed the world is to feed the soil."
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> *~ David R. Montgomery,* Growing a Revolution *(2017)*

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