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George Monbiot has written [one of the best things he's done for a while](http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2008/06/10/small-is-bountiful/). I feel so passionately about the importance of a peasant culture that the lack of possibility for it in England was a major reason I left the UK (along with not wanting to pay taxes for nuclear weapons, the oppressive police powers and the over-population).
Ireland is still thankfully a nation of small farms. We were able to buy 11 acres for reasonable money and have been allowed to build a house and live on the land. This would be unthinkable in the UK. 11 acres is hardly considered big enough for a farm in many rich countries. However, when we move there later this year we will embark on as much primary production of food, fibre and fuel as we can. We are fortunate to be surrounded by many people who are doing similar things. We will share knowledge and mix the best of the old with the best of the new. The hope is that through judicious use of knowledge, crop varieties and technology we will be able to live good lives in a world with less fossil energy.
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