ABSTRACT How do we make agricultural practice more sustainable? One way to examine the drivers and barriers to change within agriculture is through the sustainability transitions framework. However, this approach has been criticised for not adequately engaging with the lessons of food justice. To correct this deficiency, we suggest the concept, “just transitions.” Our argument deploys a structural-constructivist perspective to hone in on the lived experiences of organic and conventional wheat farmers, especially their challenges and opportunities in transitioning to organic wheat production. The findings reflect tensions, contradictions, and opportunities in environmental ethics, policies, infrastructure, and socio-economic perspectives and positions. Examining structural level proposals, such as the Green New Deal and the Good Food Purchasing Program, our findings suggest more work needs to be done to adequately include rural farmer perspectives, particularly when it comes to the construction of what “good” farming looks and feels like. Specifically, by not including the lived experiences of farmers into these transitions, policymakers and other advocates may struggle to integrate plans that adequately reflect 1) varying regional biophysical characteristics, farmer practices, and sustainability goals; 2) interactions that contribute to tradeoffs within and between both policies and advocacy; 3) the infrastructural path-dependency of farm operations; 4) and the economic and social beliefs, norms, and values which shape what “good” farming looks and feels like. Until this accomplished, it will be hard to envision a transition considered “just” by all stakeholders.

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只是小麦转型？：努力实现小麦生产的建设性结构变化

摘要 我们如何使农业实践更具可持续性？检查农业内部变革的驱动因素和障碍的一种方法是通过可持续性转型框架。然而，这种方法因没有充分吸取食品正义的教训而受到批评。为了纠正这一缺陷，我们提出了“只是过渡”的概念。我们的论点采用结构建构主义的观点来磨练有机和传统小麦农民的生活经历，特别是他们在向有机小麦生产过渡的过程中面临的挑战和机遇。调查结果反映了环境伦理、政策、基础设施以及社会经济观点和立场方面的紧张、矛盾和机遇。审查结构层面的建议，例如绿色新政和良好食品采购计划，我们的研究结果表明，需要做更多的工作来充分纳入农村农民的观点，特别是在构建“良好”农业的外观和感觉时。具体而言，由于不将农民的生活经验纳入这些转型，政策制定者和其他倡导者可能难以整合充分反映 1) 不同区域生物物理特征、农民实践和可持续性目标的计划；2) 有助于在政策和宣传之间进行权衡的互动；3) 农场运营的基础设施路径依赖；4) 以及塑造“好”农业外观和感觉的经济和社会信仰、规范和价值观。直到做到这一点，