{"product_id":"small-farm-republic-why-conservatives-must-embrace-local-agriculture-reject-climate-alarmism-and-lead-an-environmental-revival-paperback","title":"Small Farm Republic: Why Conservatives Must Embrace Local Agriculture, Reject Climate Alarmism, and Lead an Environmental Revival - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Klar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoel Salatin\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I have read at least 20 books a year for the past 25 years and \u003cem\u003eSmall Farm Republic\u003c\/em\u003e is absolutely one of the very best that I have ever read. . . A must-read not only for those involved in all facets of agriculture but policy makers and consumers as well.\"--Gabe Brown, regenerative rancher, author of \u003cem\u003eDirt to Soil\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom farmer, lawyer, and political activist John Klar comes a bold, solutions-based plan for Conservatives that gets beyond the fatuous pipe dreams and social-justice platitudes of the dominant, Liberal \"Green\" agenda--offering a healthy way forward for everyone.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile many on the Left have taken up the mantle of creating a \"green\" future through climate alarmism, spurious new energy sources, and technocratic control, many on the Right continue to deny imminent environmental threats while pushing for unbridled deregulation of our most destructive industrial forces. Neither approach promises a bright future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a time of soil degradation, runaway pollution, food insecurity, and declining human health, the stakes couldn't be higher, and yet the dominant political voices too often overlook the last best hope for our planet--supporting small, regenerative farmers. In fact, politicians on all sides continue to sell out the interests of small farmers to the devastating power of Big Ag and failed \"renewable energy\" incentives. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's time for a new vision. It's time for bold new agriculture policies that restore both ecosystems and rural communities.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSmall Farm Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, John Klar, an agrarian conservative in the mold of Wendell Berry and Joel Salatin, offers an alternative that puts small farmers, regenerative agriculture, and personal liberty at the center of an environmental revival--a message that \u003cem\u003eeveryone\u003c\/em\u003e on the political spectrum needs to hear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Klar\u003c\/strong\u003e is seventh-generation Vermonter who lives in Brookfield, where he raises grass-fed lamb and beef. Before that, he worked as an attorney. He's also staged campaigns for governor and state senate. Supporting Vermont's local farms and local food production was the cornerstone of his political career. These ideas were codified into his 2020 Vermont Farming Manifesto. In 2006, he self-published a 600-page book called \u003cem\u003eChristian Words, Un-Christian Actions: George W. Bush and the Desecration of Christianity in Modern America\u003c\/em\u003e. He wrote a weekly column for the \u003cem\u003eNewport Daily Express\u003c\/em\u003e for about five years, then began writing for \u003cem\u003eAmerican Thinker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHuman Events\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMother Earth News\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTrue North Reports\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoel Salatin\u003c\/strong\u003e and his family own and operate Polyface Farm in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. The farm produces pastured beef, pork, chicken, eggs, turkeys, rabbits, lamb and ducks, servicing roughly 6,000 families and 50 restaurants in the farm's bioregion. He has written 14 books to date, is editor of \u003cem\u003eStockman Grass Farmer\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine, and lectures around the world on land healing and local food systems. 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