Chris Smaje on Household Farming

My new essay 'Our household farming future' https://t.co/wFdV5Y4WCN#ASmallFarmFuture

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) September 1, 2021

When You See Things from the Narrow Perspective of RC Social Teaching

Solidarity and subsidiarity: https://t.co/zXeES8mbuG

— Tradistae (@tradistae) June 25, 2021

The Stoa with Vandana Shiva

This morning we had an event on The Stoa with Vandana Shiva as the special guest, here is the recording. Thanks to @RizomaSchool, @csmaje, and @peternlimberg for helping to organize and host, it was a thought provoking and dynamic conversation!https://t.co/YWwqbAt1aX

— Jason Snyder (@cognazor) July 8, 2021

Chris Smaje Interview

It was a pleasure talking #DoomerOptimism & #ASmallFarmFuture with @RizomaSchool & @cognazor yesterday. Video now live - https://t.co/FoODG4ANNV@chelseagreen

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) June 18, 2021

For those who missed it, here is the video of our interview with @csmaje around the themes of his book, A Small Farm Future. Enjoy!

cc @RizomaSchool @peternlimberg https://t.co/clZBopn0Se

— Jason Snyder (@cognazor) June 18, 2021

Books on Farming and FOod Production Reform

Nice to find my book on this list, alongside many distinguished authors who I greatly admire!#ASmallFarmFuture @chelseagreen https://t.co/RK4GjRIXa4

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) June 9, 2021

Discussion of Localist Economies

“Instead of, ‘How can I do this on the cheap, how can I get by’ – everything became, ‘How can I make this so it’s going to last the rest of my life? How can I do this so that my grandkids will enjoy it?’” https://t.co/d3DOMIEcMI @guardian

— Civil Eats (@CivilEats) May 18, 2021

Shifting away from large-scale farming would build resilience in the face of climate change and other crises. The authors of new research want to show how to make it happen. https://t.co/rAr8bMwLnG

— Civil Eats (@CivilEats) May 18, 2021

New essay '"How to kill a billion people" - a note on famine in small farm societies' at https://t.co/iS4jpI6OZ0#ASmallFarmFuture

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) May 18, 2021

Farming for the Future

In case you missed our Farming for the Future talk with Chris Smaje, you can watch it again here: https://t.co/Juu0HgXx8u @chelseagreen @CarolineAitken3

— Schumacher College (@SchumacherColl) May 11, 2021

Alternative Agriculture

Alternative agriculture: a polite discussion https://t.co/cnemxo4j3F (via https://t.co/WyvZg9FxaN) pic.twitter.com/gccjevfLyW

— Post Carbon Institute (@postcarbon) April 22, 2021

Repeasantisation

...repeasantisation has to be a populist movement transcending existing landworkers – so while the caveats in this thread are salutary, I think the key phrase is “You're not less-than for being a new farmer, it's fine and you're doing good things”...

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) April 12, 2021

RegenAg Links

"One of reasons why I chose to leave Athens and become a grower is definitely related to my connection with my ancestral village, where I learned to recognise the original taste and quality of natural products."
➡️ https://t.co/Mb3vHJ9GFm#IGrowYourFood #LuvOrganic

— IFOAM 🌱💚 (@IFOAMorganic) February 25, 2021

 

Agrarianism and RegenAg Links

New essay 'From Russia to Love' engaging with Chris Newman of @SylvanaquaFarms on the small family farm: https://t.co/egPkg9s4wO #ASmallFarmFuture #Chayanov

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) February 17, 2021

Thrilled you're exploring holistic planned grazing (and hanging with cows). I'd love to share what revived soil means for the water cycle, and what the water cycle means for climate. Here's a glimpse. https://t.co/TVP1rQuzzb

— Judith D. Schwartz (@judithdschwartz) February 17, 2021

Grass-Fed...

“We aim to produce quality grass fed produce that improves the soil, adds value to our community and sustains the farm into the future.” Meet #FFNnominee2021 Cathal Mooney (Co.Donegal). #regenerativefarming #healthysoils
See more on his farm here https://t.co/pzgUheXU9c pic.twitter.com/0M9hf7pZjJ

— Farming For Nature (@farmfornature) February 7, 2021

Her plan was to restore an ancient kind of habitat across much of the North Atlantic called “woodmeadows,” which are exactly what they sound like—a mosaic of trees, grasses, and flowers that marry the creatures of the meadow with those of the forest.”https://t.co/XKdRCTvIdj

— Regeneration International (@regeneration_in) February 7, 2021

New essay on the return of the peasant: 'The awkward class' https://t.co/LbVHl7A4Mz#neopeasant #ASmallFarmFuture #RIPTeodorShanin

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) February 8, 2021

The Fallacy of Guilt by Association

Facism and bad geneaology.

A thread prompted by @doctorow on the crossovers between organic-pastoral ideologies & fascism https://t.co/dBZ4PDoSV7 acknowledging @Leigh_Phillips

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) February 5, 2021

Derek Turner Reviews A Small Farm Future

“Smaje is gainsaying not just agribusiness, but the whole structure of the modern state and centuries of cultural drift encrusted with snobbery against country life, manual work, and the ‘backwardness’ of tradition.” https://t.co/lAE2vaJ6c5

— Chronicles Magazine (@ChroniclesMag) January 27, 2021

Chris Smaje on Where the Story Takes Us

New essay 'Where the story takes us': https://t.co/hhGLRH40SX#ASmallFarmFuture

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) January 17, 2021

They Probably Would Get Along

Catholic for Social Action sounds like a prog Latin front cloaking itself in "orthodoxy" in supporting Pope Francis and leftist interpretations of Roman Catholic Social Teaching.

Thanks for linking to me. Though secular minded, I think we need to re-engage with traditions of economic spirituality like #distributism for #ASmallFarmFuture - I hope to explore this further https://t.co/pnxGxlZBPw

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) January 5, 2021

A Matter of Justice Difficult to Resolve Thanks to Oligarchy and Statism

“The main obstacle preventing a younger generation from entering #farming is a lack of access to land,” says @YoungFarmers. https://t.co/MmulCLCCCn

— Rodale Institute (@RodaleInstitute) December 28, 2020

I just wish S had been willing to push the implications for our present world of crisis a little further

Ah well, 'English Shanin' explores in his book (& will soon be further exploring on his blog) some places where actual Shanin won't quite go 😀https://t.co/JPYzdlgc9g

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) December 27, 2020

Preparing for today's @Center4NewEcon board meeting, I am rewatching @GeorgeMonbiot's lecture calling for change to the way we manage land.

"There isn't enough land for private luxury, but there's enough for private sufficiency & public luxury."

💚https://t.co/dHL61tVrnK

— Niamh Leonard (@niamhcauleo) December 17, 2020

Rewilding is not an Absolute

Much to agree with here. #Rewilding has to be combined carefully with food production. Carbon benefits/disbenefits of trees + livestock often mischaracterized. I discuss this in #ASmallFarmFuture & here: https://t.co/vcVHHtRTM2 https://t.co/mMQ0RQl3zd

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) December 18, 2020

Related:

Soil #conservation practices, which prevent #soil erosion and topsoil loss, must be a priority. https://t.co/Y3pKW47mjp

— Rodale Institute (@RodaleInstitute) December 18, 2020

Chris Smaje Discusses A Small Farm Future with Geoff Tansey

I discuss #ASmallFarmFuture with @GeoffTansey of Food Systems Academy:https://t.co/aOZqsDdZJd@chelseagreen

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) December 17, 2020

There's a serious case for #ASmallFarmFuture and nobody who's making it is talking about happy families or watching birds. A more grownup debate about farm scale & economic localism is long overdue. https://t.co/dknqNMgO8j

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) December 17, 2020

Northern Real Farming Conference 2020 - Building Regional Autonomies for a Small Farm Future