The reasoning for it is industrialization of food production,

Removing cultural landscapes is glaring.

For ex, farms in Tuscany used to look like you'd expect from such a historical region.

Now many industrial farms with massive machinery and rows.

Go into the super markets everything is industrialized.

Young people didnt want to be part of the means of production anymore.

Unionizing (EU), Central planning on steroids.

Mirroring the issues of federal government in the US, Central Authority in China & Russia.