A Small Farm Future
A Small Farm Future
by Chris Smaje
In a time of uncertainty, what would a truly resilient society look like?
The recent pandemic has brought to light the fragility of a globalised food system. We have seen firsthand how important farmers are and how scary it can be when supply chains break down. This is precisely the type of crisis farmer and former social scientist Chris Smaje delves into in his ground-breaking debut A Small Farm Future.
Destined to become a modern classic, A Small Farm Future plants a flag at the intersection between economics, agriculture and society during a time of immense crisis. Smaje makes the case for organising human societies around small-scale, local and ecological farming in order to meet the environmental and political challenges of our times.
Reviews
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"An abundance of insight... Every young person should read this book."
- Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute -
"We are facing an existential crisis... A Small Farm Future shows that the choice is clear. Either we have a small farm future or we face collapse."
- Vandana Shiva, author of Who Really Feeds the World? -
"A solid and truly inspiring book"
- Charles Hervé-Gruyer, author of Miraculous Abundance