 Seidman argues that most peasants opted for individual farming and collectives tended to exist within a sea of small- and medium-property holders and that even within the region of Aragon, which was considered more revolutionary than Catalonia and a CNT stronghold, only about 40% of land was collectivised.Collectivization in the countryside generally began with the establishment of CNT-FAI committees.These committees collectivized the soil of the rich and in some cases the soil of the poor as well.