Chris Smaje
Social scientist turned small farmer in Somerset; wrote A Small Farm Future.
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- Chris Smaje studied, taught and researched social science and policy before becoming a small-scale commercial vegetable grower in 2007.
- He helps run a small farm in Somerset, in southwest England.
- He writes that small-scale, local farming is humanity's likeliest way through its crises.
- His books are A Small Farm Future, Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future, a reply to George Monbiot, and Finding Lights in a Dark Age (2025).
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- Farms
- Small farm in Somerset, southwest England; commercial veg grower from 20071
- Before
- Social science and policy: study, teaching and research1
- Books
- A Small Farm Future; Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future; Finding Lights in a Dark Age (UK October 2025, US November 2025)2
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