In the assessments that follow, an inclusive and true cost evaluation approach is applied to six initiatives drawn from the Global Alliance’s Beacons of Hope (BoH) initiative, which showcases the groundswell of people and organizations around the world who are addressing food systems challenges in creative and systemic ways. Providing first-hand evidence that food systems transformation is both possible and already happening, the BoH selected for this study are indicative of thousands of initiatives that are producing most of the world’s food, acting as stewards of nature by preserving biodiversity, sharing traditional knowledge, contributing to the resilience of people and nature, and more.