Small Farm Republic, John Klar
Small Farm Republic, John Klar
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Small Farm Republic
Why Conservatives Must Embrace Local Agriculture, Reject Climate Alarmism, and Lead an Environmental Revival

Author: John Klar

Narrator: John Klar

Unabridged: 7 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Chelsea Green

Published: 06/29/2023


Synopsis

From 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. While 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. In 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.  It’s time for a new vision. It’s time for bold new agriculture policies that restore both ecosystems and rural communities. In Small Farm Republic, 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 everyone on the political spectrum needs to hear.

About John Klar

John Klar 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 Christian Words, Un-Christian Actions: George W. Bush and the Desecration of Christianity in Modern America. He wrote a weekly column for the Newport Daily Express for about five years, then began writing for American Thinker, The Federalist, Human Events, American Spectator, Mother Earth News and True North Reports.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gavin on January 22, 2024

Every American (and North American) should read this book to grow a better future together. I'm a socially liberal (I'm not at all bothered by who married whom or what gender a person chooses), EV-driving, former Musk investor, and star-trek-as-a-best-case-human-future fan. I've just finished listeni......more

Goodreads review by George on March 10, 2024

Picked this up after hearing the author on the Doomer Optimism podcast. I’m not in the primary target audience (American conservatives/Republicans), but I enjoyed Small Farm Republic with some reservations. Klar’s thesis is that, on issues of climate and the environment, conservatives need to stake o......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on April 01, 2023

Questionable Sources Mar Intriguing Premise. This book's general premise - a strategy for the American Right to lean in to its traditional principles, ignore "Climate Change", and yet still manage to out-green the American Left - is a truly intriguing idea, one Klar has clearly put quite a bit of th......more

Goodreads review by Devan on July 27, 2024

Conservatives: This is it. If you want to become winners on the environmental issue instead of the reigning losers, this is the book you need to read, and these are the policies you need to implement. John Klar is a conservative who failed in a primary to be Republican governor of Vermont. A small b......more

Goodreads review by Alix on August 28, 2024

Absolute must read! Despite the title, this book is not just for conservatives. If you like eating, if you don’t want to live in a starving country, and if you care about the environment, this book IS FOR YOU.......more