In the United States in 2000 400 gallons of oil were used to feed each citizen:

Can Cardiff feed itself? Energy and Human Labour

31% for the manufacture of inorganic fertilizer 19% for the operation of field machinery 16% for transportation (export of labour) 13% for irrigation 8% for raising livestock (not including feed) 5% for crop drying 5% for pesticide production 3% miscellaneous

One gallon of petrol provides the energy equivalent of three weeks physical work for one human being. In 1994 in the US, 10 calories of fossil fuel energy went to produce every calorie of food delivered to the consumer.
Eating Fossil Fuels by Dale Allen Pfeiffer 2004 Wilderness Publications

In 1500 in the UK 10% of the population lived in towns of over 400 people In 1700 in the UK 25% of the population lived in towns of over 400 people. In 2010 in the UK 90% of population lived in cities.
(All UK cities/large towns today apart from St Davids have well over 100,000 population)

What can we do to ensure that the future we are creating is organised so that those of us who will be needed to work in food production have control and choice in our lives, and gain fair and adequate livelihoods?