The industrial food supply system is one of the biggest consumers of fossil fuels and one of the greatest producers of greenhouse gases. (resilience.org)
The results show that based on plausible climate trends, and a total failure to change course, the global food supply system would face catastrophic losses, and an unprecedented epidemic of food riots. (realclimate.org)
This process could be reversed by re-establishing local and regional food supply systems and substituting «near for far» in production and distribution systems. (resilience.org)