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  • Subject: [permaculture] The planet, and human social life, depend on peasant farmers | Aeon Essays
  • Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 23:24:04 -0500

The planet, and human social life, depend on peasant farmers | Aeon Essays
https://aeon.co/essays/the-planet-and-human-social-life-depend-on-peasant-farmers

The world needs peasants

Far from being a relic of the past, peasants are vital to feeding the world. They need to be supported, not marginalised

 Maryam Aslany is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Yale University, and a research associate at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Contested Capital (2020). Her book ‘Peasants’ (forthcoming, 2026) describes the crisis of the global countryside.

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@m_aslany
Marie Curie Fellow
. PhD in Economic Sociology. Research: the global countryside. Author of Contested Capital | Forthcoming: Peasants; Goddess


  • [permaculture] The planet, and human social life, depend on peasant farmers | Aeon Essays, Lawrence London, 01/09/2026

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