A modern classic of the new agrarianism"Chris Smaje...shows that the choice is clear. Either we have a small farm future, or we face collapse and extinction."—Vandana Shiva"Every young person should read this book."—Richard HeinbergIn 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 cl...

“Everyone in the food business needs to read this book. . . . [A] lively and superbly written polemic.”—Joel Salatin, co-founder of Polyface FarmNamed the Inc. Non-Obvious Book Awards "Best Books of 2023"A defense of agroecological, small-scale farming and a robust critique of an industrialized future.One of the few voices to challenge The Guardian's George Monbiot on the future of food and farming...

**Named to the Civil Eats "2025 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide"How we can meet the challenges of our age by moving away from the political and economic philosophies of both the left and right to a more equitable re-organization of society, economy, land and food production, driven by the local community rather than a central government.**Today, society and government are still asking what our country can yield, and in what quantity. They do so because in ...

A defense of agroecological, small-scale farming and a robust critique of an industrialized future.As a breakdown of the climate, state power and globalized markets pushes us toward an epochal transition, Chris Smaje offers us a hopeful vision of a relocalized, self-sufficient world.—David BollierOne of the few voices to challenge The Guardian's George Monbiot on the future of food and farming (and the restoration of nature) is aca...

How we can meet the challenges of our age by moving away from the political and economic philosophies of both the left and right to a more equitable re-organization of society, economy, land and food production, driven by the local community rather than a central government.Today, society and government are still asking what our country can yield, and in what quantity. They do so because in a sense we are still living in conquest-based societies. Agrarian thinker Chris Smaje opens ...