I believe a person’s greatest possession is their dignity and that no calling bestows this more abundantly than farming and ranching. Hard work and honest sweat are the building blocks of a person’s character. Farming, despite its hardships, is one of the most honourable ways a person can spend their days. My children are learning values that can be earned no other way. Many of the best things in life are free: the splendor of a sunrise, the rapture of wide open spaces, and the sight of your land greening each spring. True happiness comes in watching your crops ripen, your children grow tall, and your whole family feel pride in shared experience. By my toil I am giving more to the world than I am taking from it. My life will be measured by what I have done for others, and by this standard I fear no judgment. I believe in farming and ranching because they make all this possible.

- Adapted from Frank Mann