Abstract
This chapter suggests future research directions in food for degrowth studies based on contributions to this collection on the topic. A range of mainly transdisciplinary theoretical and practical approaches and key research questions are offered. The collection is based on a range of case studies and critiques clustered by scale and content. A range of research methods are used from autoethnography, interviews and surveys, analysed in statistical and qualitative ways and critical methods. In Part I, studies of household self-provisioning propose concepts such as ‘neopeasantry’ and ‘quiet’ food self-provisioning, and extend concepts of ‘caring’ and sharing. Collective endeavours (Part 2) emphasise social and economic dimensions of food for degrowth, providing insights from diverse community-supported agriculture style models in Hungary, Italy and Catalonia. Part 3 on networks identifies reciprocal exchange and solidarity as key tenets in explorations of hybridisation of alternative food practices (Budapest), technological application (Catalonia) and processes of multilevel governance internationally. Part 4 examines narratives and degrowth perspectives on the circular economy, food waste, decolonialisation and competing degrowth discourses of citification versus densification. This chapter proposes a range of research questions around accessibility, visibility, temporality, spatiality, boundaries and processes, transformation, postgrowth, qualitative and quantitative measures and assessments.