Sustainability transition demands fundamental changes taking place at the farm system level. At the same time, many farms are operating on the verge of financial profitability, especially in geographically disadvantaged peripheral regions with a limited range of production opportunities. These observations raise concerns about the transition's justice aspects. Using the concept of resilience, we analysed farmers’ capacities for transformation in a peripheral context in Finland. The results from our farmer survey (n = 577) indicated that the regime exerts a strong cost-price squeeze on farmers, escaping of which is difficult also for farmers deliberately seeking new pathways beyond it. Due to farmers’ dependence on the regime, drastic changes to ‘the rules of the game’ could undermine their resilience. We argue that for transition processes to be both sustainable and just, proactive restorative justice should aim at promoting resilience at the farm level by deliberately building inclusive and accessible transition pathways.

可持续性转型需要在农场系统层面发生根本性变化。与此同时，许多农场正处于财务盈利的边缘，尤其是在地理条件较差、生产机会有限的外围地区。这些观察引起了人们对过渡时期的正义方面的担忧。使用复原力的概念，我们分析了芬兰边缘地区农民的转型能力。我们的农民调查结果（n = 577) 表明该制度对农民施加了强烈的成本价格挤压，对于有意寻求超越它的新途径的农民来说，也难以摆脱这种压力。由于农民对政权的依赖，“游戏规则”的剧烈变化可能会削弱他们的韧性。我们认为，要使过渡过程既可持续又公正，积极的恢复性司法应旨在通过有意识地建立包容性和可及性的过渡途径来提高农场的复原力。