Abstract
This paper identifies and evaluates interventions for addressing the structural conditions in food systems that contribute to food waste. Within the food waste literature, an emerging strand of research is focusing on how food waste has structural causes that are embedded within the fundamental characteristics of food supply chains. This paper draws upon empirical research examining the causes of food waste in the Australian horticulture industry as a context from which to advance understandings of how to dismantle mechanisms of waste creation inherent in food systems. Identifying appropriate interventions to alter the dynamics of food waste production is an important part of addressing food waste as a structural issue, yet such interventions are subject to system resistance to transforming the normal operation of incumbent food systems. Guided by socio-technical transitions theory, this paper investigates ways to increase regime pressure to overcome systemic resistance through the frames of “creative regime destabilisation” and “alternative niche support”. A theoretical integration of socio-technical transitions with systems thinking provides deeper insights into the transformative potential of diverse interventions through the identification of ‘deep leveraging points’, proposing a tangible transition agenda for industry, policy and research.
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