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A small farm future out of practical necessity, then, but also one evincing positive cultural possibilities. But practical necessity is the critical driver.
With more farmers today than at almost any point in history, humanity’s future will likely be agrarian. We must imagine that world into being.
With more farmers today than at almost any point in history, humanity’s future will likely be agrarian. We must imagine that world into being.
Still, the wider issues concerning food, land and labour are important, and in view of the present historical moment on our farm and in the world it seems opportune to discuss them.
Here’s how I’d parse it: being a settler is going to be an increasingly common human experience in the future. Lasch teaches us useful things about the politics of settler livelihood-making, while Ghosh teaches us useful things about how settlers must avoid becoming settler-colonists.