Sustainability transitions in food consumption, retail and production

At present, food may come ready-to-eat (through microwave or steam oven) and organic, can be bought in processed and packed form in the supermarket or obtained unprocessed and raw from the farm or the farmers’ market. Farmers today may manage high-technological computerized and specialized enterprises or combine food production with running a campsite and keeping hobby horses. Food factories may transform locally produced potatoes into countless varieties of crisps and add their carbon footprint on the package when shipping them to foreign destinations, whereas organic retail chains distinguish themselves by purchasing as much as possible from local farmers.