The future of food and agriculture in Australasia will be defined by multiple social, economic, political and environmental tensions – with climate change and social inequalities playing a central role in the re-imagining of food systems in crisis. This article argues that rural sociology will continue to be well-served by the sociological research into the farming and food industries undertaken by antipodean scholars – especially those from Australia and New Zealand where agri-food scholarship has flourished. Analyses of the future dynamics of rural social/economic change, natural resource management (including land, water and minerals), new relations of work, labour and identity, emerging agricultural technologies, Indigenous and post-colonial politics, and food system governance will benefit from agri-food studies’ insights into agrarian transformation and governance, social and environmental sustainability, health and wellbeing, and the growth of resistance and alternatives.

大洋洲粮食和农业的未来将由多种社会，经济，政治和环境紧张关系来定义-气候变化和社会不平等在重新构想危机中的粮食系统方面将发挥核心作用。本文认为，对立学者对农业和食品行业的社会学研究将继续为农村社会学提供良好的服务，特别是来自澳大利亚和新西兰的农业食品奖学金蓬勃发展的学者。分析农村社会/经济变化的未来动态，自然资源管理（包括土地，水和矿产），新的工作关系，劳动和身份，新兴的农业技术，土著和后殖民政治，