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Faced with soaring costs and new environmental measures, many European farmers say their backs are against the wall, much like their German counterparts.

The German farmers' protests that caused nationwide disruptions is the latest in a slew of farmer demonstrations in Europe. Many say their backs are against the wall amid new EU measures and soaring costs.

Perhaps incorrectly, or even arrogantly, I’m anticipating that my soon-to-be-published book Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future might elicit pushback from those unconvinced by its arguments for agrarian localism.

My main purpose in the book was only to suggest that a small farm future is pretty much a given, and whether that future proves attractive or ugly is collectively down to us and our successors.

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