Working the soil is a faith-building and character-building exercise.  There are spiritual lessons when you are planting a garden.  A century ago, around 70 percent of people had a connection with a farm; now it’s just 1 percent.  Fresh air, sunlight, exercise… those things are important, and we have personally experienced those benefits.   Agriculture should be a crucial element in children’s education.

Would you send your kids to a school that does not teach even its ABCs?  There’s more to education than agriculture, but agriculture is foundational to education. The farm is a great school.  The most exalted spiritual truths may be brought home to the heart by the things of nature.  T4, pg 579.