Author, Farmer, Attorney
Combining the disciplines of farming with legal rights, John Klar seeks to defend and reclaim the fundamental rights to food and farming freedom; educate people about the health and environmental harms of processed foods and industrial agriculture; and expand understanding of the primary importance of agriculture in environmentalism and food security. Local, not global, is humanity’s future!
Small Farm Republic advocates for conservatives to support local agriculture for healthier food, healthier humans, and to nurture rural communities. Local food production supports food liberty, national security, and a meaningful response to human pollution. John Klar combines his knowledge as an attorney with his experiences farming in Vermont to increase awareness of the problems with America’s industrial food system, and to propose bipartisan policies to improve agriculture for the benefit of all Americans.
“This book is prescient and timely. “Food liberty is necessary for any liberty at all.” Amen, John Klar. Conservatives who embrace liberty and freedom can get on the right side of national health and food/farm integrity by embracing this prophetic treatise. All of us can use some good old-fashioned conviction and challenge.
His summations are clear: “Subsidizing reforestation undercuts family farms.” Or “quixotic rumenations won’t save family farms.” How about this one? “No renewable energy technologies benefit the soil.” If you’re looking for sound bite zingers, this book is full of them.”