Modern life is rubbish isn't it. 1880 refrigeration allowed lamb to be shipped by Steam ship from New Zealand that wasn't very green either. I will keep growing until people say they don't want it. i'm not going to deny moving food around uses energy but in a global economy it feeds a lot of people literally and figuratively.
Just made a cuppa. As MLK said, by the time we have eaten breakfast we have relied on half the world. And I think it was a union leader over your way who said that there is only one thing worse than being exploited by western imperialists...
We have to find ways to make the food chain work for everyone and for the planet, and with the will we can do it. One thing is for sure, there are 101 things we should be doing before we start to worry about what HP tractor is tedding the hay.