Centralization Means Vulnerability

The state of West Virginia used to be a very agriculture rich state. Small to medium farms dotted the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, and in Summer, roadside produce stands were as plentiful as fast food restaurants are now. Much of our water was from wells, either hand dug or drilled, and our local power plants supplied most of our electricity.
Then, an amazing thing happened - centralization! Over the years, huge farms began shipping in vegetables to our markets in larger supplies, cheaper, and more bug-free and larger in sizes! Our small farms mostly fell by the wayside. Government regulations played a huge part in the decline of small farming.
Huge water and sewer companies began running service not only in our cities, but out to rural areas, and hand dug or drilled wells became a thing for the history books, along with the infamous "outhouses". Oh...government regulations once again played a huge part.
Huge, out-of-state companies built a monstrous grid of power, linking local plants with others hundreds of miles away. Government regulations are trying to shut down our local, coal fired plants entirely.
The advantages to all these changes, which I call the centralization of civilization is generally more reliable, consistent, and plentiful services and goods. The disadvantage is also astonishing. If something goes wrong with a centralized system, a very wide area, and thousands, if not millions of people are affected.
Here are some examples: A small farm sells produce to locals at his roadside stand or in a local market. If there is some sort of problem...say a contamination of some kind, it affects a small number of people and can be located and handled very quickly. If we get our produce from Mexico, or some state hundreds of miles away, shipped to hundreds of grocery chains, any type of contamination is spread to millions before it is even detected, then it takes much longer to clear the shelves, and at a much greater cost, not only to our health, but our economy. And centralization of agriculture has NOT prevented such occurrences, as some would have you believe.
Consider our water supplies. When we got our water from small, local public service districts, if there was a problem, it affected fewer people, and could be handled much more quickly...etc. etc. The same applies to our massive power grid. A huge power substation, if it fails, can affect areas of several states.
My point is that, just as too much centralization in government policies, taking away state sovereignty, can do more harm than good, so can the centralization and conglomeration of our goods and services. In some ways - many ways - we are much better off if we localize, communitize (Is that a word?) and individualize our lives. Comments are welcomed.