@robcornelius I hear yah,
it would be an illusion in disguise to call the times and efforts upon us to be easy and without resistance.
What we have to do, while thinking about what is needed, is to provide alternative stories as well. In example, most smaller towns have church property that is not used well. And it can be a story of reviving the local communities without a change of ownership per se.
Even the land that is used to grow for profit is fine, IF the profit is owned and decided upon in the community. Unlikely, but not un-doable.
And growing food is only one of many facets that need to change from the current to the necessary.