Farms and farmers exist within a series of “scapes,” the first having to do with the environment: farm landscapes, ecosystems, geography, microclimate; the second having to do with the moving food through the supply chain: resource conservation, crop planning, distribution, marketing, farm operation. The enviroscapes offer opportunities for farming and impose constraints on what is possible. The socioscapes offer methods to control farm operations and crop flows through the food supply chain. Feedbacks among these elements, as a consequence of environmental conditions and events and social enablers and obstacles. For example, too much rain at the beginning of the growing season may affect plant growth, lead to later harvests, and affect prices during periods of peak demand. That can also affect planning for the following year, as a result of too limited capital and planting too much in the hope that high demand and high prices will recur.