Introduction: The Civet’s Tale 1
Part I: A Small Farm Future?
1. Ten Crises 13
Crisis #1: Population 14Crisis #2: Climate 21Crisis #3: Energy 28Crisis #4: Soil 36 Crisis #5: Stu
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39Crisis #6: Water 41Crisis #7: Land 43Crisis #8: Health and Nutrition 51Crisis #9: Political Economy 53Crisis #10: Culture 73
2. Wicked Problems: Of Progress and Other Utopias 81 3. The Return of the Peasant 89
Part II: Small Farm Ecology
4. The Farm as Ecosystem 99 5. The Arable Corner 107 6. A Note on Alternative Agriculture 115 7. The Apothecary’s Garden 130 8. Beasts of the Field (and Garden): Beyond Shopping Aisle Ethics 133 9. The Fruited Thorn: Agroforestry 142 10. Dearth 146 11. Can Alternative Agriculture Feed Us? 150
Part III: Small Farm Society
12. Households, Families and Beyond 165 13. Complicating the Commons: Holding and Sharing the Land 173 14. Going to Market 190 15. The Country and the City 205 16. From Religion to Science (and Back) 215
Part IV: Towards a Small Farm Future
17. The Supersedure State 231 18. From Nations to Republics 246 19. Reconstituted Peasantries 255 20. Dispossessions 262Epilogue: Does Goldman Sachs Care If You Raise Chickens? 268
Acknowledgements 271Notes 273Bibliography 285Index 297