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This edited volume explores how a systems approach can enhance health and well-being through collaboration in alternative food initiatives. It highlights the efforts of community-driven actors in creating socially just food systems that integrate food into local economies, regenerate the environment, and engage citizens. Through case studies, interviews, and Participatory Action Research, the editors share stories of sustainable food system development, assessing both the tensions and successes of these initiatives. The focus on community-based practices and methodologies is unique, as it identifies success stories, challenges, and opportunities that connect practitioner experiences to critical debates in food studies, practice, and policy. The volume documents a pivotal moment in the evolving sustainable food systems movement, addressing issues like food insecurity, climate change, rural-urban migration, and malnutrition. By merging private, public, and civil society perspectives, it amplifies the voices of small businesses, not-for-profits, farmers, and government actors. Insights on market restructuring, knowledge sharing, and bridging civic-political divides from Canada, the U.S., and Mexico make this a vital resource for policy-makers, students, citizens, and practitioners.