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This seems to imply that food waste will be lessened. Instead, prices will simply be raised, until we hit some unsustainable point and there is no extra food to waste. Lessening food waste now would require planning for the future and changes to existing systems.

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>This seems to imply that food waste will be lessened. Instead, prices will simply be raised,

Why not both? There's isn't some magical point where everybody goes "oh shit" and then scrambles to reduce food waste. Instead, there's always people on the margins that only need a little push (from the rising prices) to enact food waste saving measures.

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