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A Small Farm Future by Chris Smaje

A Small Farm Future by Chris Smaje

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In a time of looming uncertainties, what would a truly resilient society look like?

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.

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.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the central case made in A Small Farm Future?

Chris Smaje argues that societies organized around small-scale farming, local economies, and self-provisioning can respond constructively to climate change and other civilizational challenges.
What experience does Chris Smaje bring to the book?

Smaje combines a background in sociology and anthropology with two decades of working on a small farm and writing about agroecology, agriculture, and society.
Which pathways toward a small-farm future does the book explore?

It explores low-carbon agrarian communities, functional local economies, self-provisioning, agricultural diversity, shared land stewardship, and political pathways for making that vision practical.
Who will find A Small Farm Future especially useful?

It is especially useful for growers, activists, students, policy makers, and readers interested in resilient food systems, local economies, and constructive social change.