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The higher food production per acre of small-scale, labour-intensive farms is long-established. See, for instance, Peter Rossett, “The Multiple Functions and Benefits of Small-Scale Agriculture”, The Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1999; Gershon Feder, “The Relationship between Farm Size and Farm Productivity”, Journal of Development Economics, 18, 1985, pp 297–313. Or indeed 2008’s UN-backed International Assessment of International Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) report—the result of four year’s work by over 400 scientists and the biggest study of its kind ever undertaken.

David Fleming
Dr David Fleming (2 January 1940 – 29 November 2010) was a cultural historian and economist, based in London, England. He was among the first to reveal the possibility of peak oil's approach and invented the influential TEQs scheme, designed to address this and climate change. He was also a pioneer of post-growth economics, and a significant figure in the development of the UK Green Party, the Transition Towns movement and the New Economics Foundation, as well as a Chairman of the Soil Association. His wide-ranging independent analysis culminated in two critically acclaimed books, 'Lean Logic' and 'Surviving the Future', published posthumously in 2016. These in turn inspired the 2020 launches of both BAFTA-winning director Peter Armstrong's feature film about Fleming's perspective and legacy - 'The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation?' - and Sterling College's unique 'Surviving the Future: Conversations for Our Time' online courses. For more information on all of the above, including Lean Logic, click the little globe below!

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