Saying no to a farm-free future : the case for an ecological food system and against manufactured foods / Chris Smaje, foreword by Sarah Langford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smaje, Chris, author.

Langford, Sarah (Barrister), Author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural ecology.

Sustainable agriculture.

Agricultural systems.

sustainable agriculture (discipline).

Physical Description:

xvii, 188 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

White River Junction, Vermont USA : Chelsea Green, [2023]

©2023

Summary:

"Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future is a powerful and timely response to the ongoing search for our sustainable food future.In the face of ongoing food, energy and environmental crises, Chris Smaje, farmer and social scientist, has become one of the most prescient voices on the future of farming. In his new book, he explores the false promises and unconsidered consequences of food techno-solutions advocated by ecomodernists like George Monbiot, arguing that we should not divorce ourselves from rural living and must embrace a future that includes farming. Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future passionately argues for scaling up the pro-nature principles of low-energy, biodiverse and agroecological farming, and for putting the power back into the hands of small-scale farmers and producers, and the local communities that support them." Publisher.

Contents:

Food, factories and farms

Impossible dreams of energy

Protecting nature

Putting livestock in their place

Putting people in their place

Doing something while doing nothing

For agrarian localism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-181) and index.

ISBN:

9781915294166

1915294169

OCLC:

1380745066

Publisher Number:

99995352823