This paper seeks to design food supply chain structures that can provide food security for every person in the world while supporting long-term environmental sustainability. In particular, we provide alternatives to the current food supply chain structure and analyze their potential for providing food security, in terms of productive capacity and long-term environmental sustainability. Given the current world population and expected continued growth, our analysis suggests that environmentally-sustainable food supply chains would be most effectively supported by local and organic agriculture, while maintaining a parallel industrial agricultural system. This hybrid system would adopt environmentally-sustainable principles whenever possible, seeking to increase reliance on renewable inputs, reduce toxic outputs and maintain biodiversity.

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@article{oscm-2010-408,
  title={Environmentally-Conscious Supply Chain Design in Support of Food Security},
  author={},
  journal={Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal},
  year={2010},
  volume={3},
  number={1},
  pages={0--0},
  doi={http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm060034}
}

 (2010). Environmentally-Conscious Supply Chain Design in Support of Food Security. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 3(1), 0-0. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm060034