“Food doesn’t grow on shelves”

“FOOD DOESN’T GROW ON SHELVES #thankafarmer” is a food saying that has been printed on many shirts. One should “thank a farmer” because the farmer helped put the food on the shelf.
 
“Food doesn’t grow on store shelves or in milk trucks. It comes from productive land and nowhere else” (spoken by Grant Thompson, assistant director of the Department of Agriculture’s Field Service Branch) was printed in the Imperial (NE) Republican on February 13, 1947. “Food doesn’t grow on shelves. Celebrate those who grow food for our tables. #NationalFarmersDay” was posted on X/Twitter by Pamela Atwood on October 12, 2019. “Food doesn’t grow on shelves. #thankafarmer” was posted on X/Twitter by Masked Annie on February 7, 2024. “FOOD DOESN’T GROW ON SHELVES #thankafarmer” (shown on a bag) was posted on Facebook by The Artful Farmer’s Wife blog on March 20, 2024.
 
   
Newspapers.com
13 February 1947, Imperial (NE) Republican, “CHase County AAA News,” pg. 7, col. 4:
“Food doesn’t grow on store shelves or in milk trucks. It comes from productive land and nowhere else.”
(Spoken by Grant Thompson, assistant director of the Department of Agriculture’s Field Service Branch.—ed.)
   
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Tina
@foodboozeshoes
@CloverMoore “city farm about teaching kids that food doesn’t grow on shelves of Coles and Woolies” http://yfrog.com/o024038421j
11:22 PM · Jul 27, 2012
 
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CNBC Ambition
@CNBCAmbition
“People don’t realize food doesn’t grow on shelves” #SharkTankNation
9:28 PM · Nov 19, 2014
 
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Sita Huber
@SitaHuber1
The backyard herb garden. 🙏
It’s easy to forget food doesn’t grow on shelves.
Pesto making time.… https://instagram.com/p/z8Y4vnFOzj/
5:40 PM · Mar 7, 2015
 
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Grant Quimby
@themayorquimby
If the people who grow our food need to be thrown a bone so they don’t lose their farms so be it. They borrow against their house annually to feed you. Food doesn’t grow on shelves. It takes real people risking everything to make sure you don’t starve.
1:43 PM · Jul 24, 2018
   
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Pamela Atwood
@pamela_atwood
Food doesn’t grow on shelves. Celebrate those who grow food for our tables. #NationalFarmersDay
7:04 PM · Oct 12, 2019 from Greensboro, NC
   
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Masked Annie 😷 🇨🇦
@maskedannie5
Food doesn’t grow on shelves.
#thankafarmer
4:27 PM · Feb 7, 2024
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Neil Watt
@neiljwatt
I love that ‘food doesn’t grow on shelves’! Whoever said that needs a medal!👍👏👍👏🙌
7:52 PM · Mar 6, 2024
 
Facebook
The Artful Farmer’s Wife blog
March 20, 2024 at 4:06 PM ·
#fooddoesntgrowonshelves #nofarmersnofood #thankafarmer
(“FOOD DOESN’T GROW ON SHELVES #thankafarmer” is shown on a bag.—ed.)
 
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𝕰𝖓𝖌𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝕸𝖆𝖓 𝕯𝖆𝖓 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
@EnglishManDanB
We all know ‘Money doesn’t grow on trees’, but many seem to not realise that ‘Food doesn’t grow on shelves’.
(“FOOD DOESN’T GROW ON SHELVES #thankafarmer” is shown on a shirt.—ed.)
6:24 AM · Jun 1, 2024
 
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Wide Awake Media
@wideawake_media
Apparently this is news to a lot of people.
(“FOOD DOESN’T GROW ON SHELVES #thankafarmer” is shown on a shirt.—ed.)
Last edited 7:31 PM · Sep 1, 2024