https://www.farmkind.giving/the-small-farm-myth-debunked
Tldr; the concept of farmers as small family farms has not been rooted in truth for a very long time in America
In general though, the easy rule of living and eating non-mega farmed food and sustainable living is to “eat aware”:
My other advice is a one-size-fits-all food equation, which is, simply, to know where it came from. If you can't place it, trace it, or grow it/raise it/catch it yourself, don't eat it. Eat aware. Know your food. Don't wait on waiters or institutions to come up with ways to publicize it, meet your small fishmonger and chat him or her up at the farmer's market yourself. [0]
[0] https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-pescatores-dilemma_b_2463...