A modern classic of the new agrarianism Chris Smaje...shows that the choice is clear.
Perfect for readers of both Wendell Berry and Thomas Piketty, A Small Farm Future is a refreshing, new outlook on a way forward.
Challenging both conventional wisdom and utopian blueprints, A Small Farm Future offers rigorous original analysis of wicked problems and hidden opportunities in a way that illuminates the path toward functional Local economies, effective self-provisioning, Agricultural Diversity and a Shared earth.
Drawing on a vast range of sources from across a multitude of disciplines, A Small Farm Future analyses the complex forces that make societal change inevitable; explains how low-carbon, locally self-reliant agrarian communities can empower us to successfully confront these changes head on; and explores the pathways for delivering this vision politically.
Either we have a Small Farm future, or we face collapse and extinction.--Vandana Shiva Every young person should read this book.--Richard Heinberg In a groundbreaking debut, farmer and social scientist Chris Smaje argues that organizing Society Around small-scale farming offers the soundest, sanest and most reasonable response to climate change and other crises of civilisation--and will yield humanity\'s best chance at survival.
A modern classic of the new agrarianism Chris Smaje...shows that the choice is clear.
Challenging both conventional wisdom and utopian blueprints, A Small Farm Future offers rigorous original analysis of wicked problems and hidden opportunities in a way that illuminates the path toward functional Local economies, effective self-provisioning, Agricultural Diversity and a Shared earth.
Drawing on a vast range of sources from across a multitude of disciplines, A Small Farm Future analyses the complex forces that make societal change inevitable; explains how low-carbon, locally self-reliant agrarian communities can empower us to successfully confront these changes head on; and explores the pathways for delivering this vision politically.
Either we have a Small Farm future, or we face collapse and extinction.--Vandana Shiva Every young person should read this book.--Richard Heinberg In a groundbreaking debut, farmer and social scientist Chris Smaje argues that organising Society Around small-scale farming offers the soundest, sanest and most reasonable response to climate change and other crises of civilisation--and will yield humanity\'s best chance at survival.
A modern classic of the new agrarianism Chris Smaje...shows that the choice is clear
