1. Local production Food prices Local production Food prices
(availability) (affordability) (availability) (affordability)
Local income Local income
and employment and employment
from food production from food production
Social value Social value
(utilization) (utilization)
GHG emissions GHG emissions GHG emissions GHG emissions
from food transport from agriculture from food transport from agriculture
Food system1 has prepared for peak oil Food system2 has NOT prepared
and adapted accoring to degrowth thinking for peak oil and has continued BAU*
Fig.2 Two different food systems after peak oil and rising oil prices
Modified from Ericksen P, 2008, 242 *BAU= Business as usual