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Industrial food production allows roughly 1-2% of workers to grow food for the other 98%. It is basically the foundation of modern civilization. It allows almost all persons, the majority of regions, even nations to be net importers of food either temporarily due to mischance or permanently due to specialization.
Taking this away would collapse modern civilization as effectively as if you literally nuked everyone with the death toll being similar. Worse people don't react well to starving to death so the rest would probably mostly kill each other other ways.
The medieval society that emerged would produce little art or science but lots of potatoes and grains to support the much smaller total population.
We're not talking about "return to monke" type bullshit here. There are other ways.
From Permaculture Food Forests to aquaponic warehouse farms, we can do better than... Whatever this lead-riddled hell is.
We can do industrial food production without lead as well
Can we? Sure. Under Capitalism? Nope, not happening.
We absolutely can most people do... Also under capitalism!
Industrial food production is dependent on fossil fuel and is destroying the soil. It is also encouraging large scale production which is bad because
· it monopolizes food production which enables might and outcompete small scale farming.
· is homogenizing food, making it more vulnerable to mass crop failure, and decreasing the diversity of food.
· require massive infrastructures to distribute the food.
But we cant transition over night. We have to grow forth this reality by mindfully construct lettens that normalize this state of being.
You misunderstand we can't transition AT ALL from industrialized food without killing most people and destroying civilization because it depends on 98% of people able to do something other than food. We can't grow enough food for everyone and we can't use 50-80% of our labor producing food anymore.
We could dramatically decrease usage of meat or eliminate it, ship things less so we eat mostly what is available nearby most of the time, waste less, and make methods healthier and greener. We cannot do what you want.