{"product_id":"saying-no-to-a-farm-free-future-the-case-for-an-ecological-food-system-and-against-manufactured-foods-9781915294166","title":"Saying No to a Farm-Free Future: The Case for an Ecological Food System and Against Manufactured Foods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEveryone in the food business needs to read this book. . . . [A] lively and superbly written polemic.\"--Joel Salatin, co-founder of Polyface Farm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Named the Inc. Non-Obvious Book Awards \"Best Books of 2023\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA defense of agroecological, small-scale farming and a robust critique of an industrialized future.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne of the few voices to challenge \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e's George Monbiot on the future of food and farming (and the restoration of nature) is academic, farmer and author of \u003cem\u003eA Small Farm Future\u003c\/em\u003e Chris Smaje. In \u003cem\u003eSaying NO to a Farm-Free Future\u003c\/em\u003e, Smaje presents his defense of small-scale farming and a robust critique of Monbiot's vision for an urban and industrialized future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponding to Monbiot's portrayal of an urban, high-energy, industrially manufactured food future as the answer to our current crises, and its unchallenged acceptance within the environmental discourse, Smaje was compelled to challenge Monbiot's evidence and conclusions. At the same time, Smaje presents his powerful counterargument - a low-carbon agrarian localism that puts power in the hands of local communities, not high-tech corporates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the ongoing fight for our food future, this book will help you to understand the difference between a congenial, ecological living and a dystopian, factory-centered existence. A must-read!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Chris Smaje has laid down an indictment - as unremitting as it is undeniable - that cuts through the jargon-filled, techno-worshipping agricultural futurists who promise silver-bullet fixes for having your cake and eating it too. This brilliant and compelling book is at once hopeful and persuasive about the future of food.\"--Dan Barber, chef at Blue Hill and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Third Plate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChris Smaje\u003c\/strong\u003e has coworked a small farm in Somerset, southwest England, for the last twenty years. Previously, he was a university-based social scientist, working in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey and the Department of Anthropology at Goldsmiths College. Since switching focus to the practice and politics of agroecology, he's written for publications such as \u003cem\u003eThe Land\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDark Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePermaculture \u003c\/em\u003emagazine and \u003cem\u003eStatistics Views\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as academic journals such as \u003cem\u003eAgroecology\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSustainable Food Systems\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Consumer Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. Chris is the author of \u003cem\u003eA Small Farm Future\u003c\/em\u003e, writes the blog at www.smallfarmfuture.org.uk and is a featured author at resilience.org.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Langford\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller \u003cem\u003eIn Your Defence\u003c\/em\u003e. For ten years, she worked in criminal and family law in London. In 2017 she moved to Suffolk and, together with her husband, took on the management of his small family farm, an experience she wrote about in her book \u003cem\u003eRooted: Stories of Life, Land and a Farming Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e. She now lives between Southwest London and Suffolk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Green Publishing UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635064213778,"sku":"9781915294166","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_18f498f8-adb5-49e1-a514-6a44a56b8f40.jpg?v=1732831115","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/saying-no-to-a-farm-free-future-the-case-for-an-ecological-food-system-and-against-manufactured-foods-9781915294166","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}