Farming :: One of the Most Dignified of all Professions

The Genesis of any Nation is ‘farming’

Many of us who pursue a profession in life never give a second thought to the fact that “farming” and “agriculture” is the first profession that Allah introduced to man.

“Land ownership,” my beloved brothers and sisters, is The Pathway to Wealth.

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said:

“…As a people, we must become producers and not remain consumers and employees. We must be able to extract raw materials from the earth and manufacture them into something useful for ourselves. This would create jobs in production. [And] we must remember that without land there is no production. The surplus of what we produce we could sell. …”—and of course, this would open up areas of trade and commerce for us.

Aging farmers and too few students, teachers of agriculture: Who will ‘fill the gap?

Wherever The MINISTER FARRAKHAN have gone among our young people in Agricultural and Mechanical Land Grant Colleges, when The MINISTER FARRAKHAN has asked, “How many of you are studying agriculture?” I was shocked at how there is only very few who would raise their hand to say they are studying “farming” and “agriculture.” The youth are just not interested in studying farming and agriculture. They just don’t see the value of that.

Every farmer knows how to pray

After you plant your seed, cultivate the earth, and do your job of de-weeding and looking after the insects and the enemies to your crop, then you have to look up [from tending to the ground], and say: “Oh God, send the light of the sun! Oh God, send the clouds filled with water.” So, farmers know how to pray. The Native Americans did a “rain dance” because they knew without Father Sky, Mother Earth would die.

People commonly think that you have to possess a great education to become wealthy,

Not so...

The Mennonites Christian Community in Belize, for example, owned over 100,000 acres of land although they started with 20 acres of land. They feed half of the population of Belize because of their knowledge of farming. This community is quite wealthy because everyone needs to eat.