This report offers some important take-home messages: • Youth are on the front lines to build the food systems of the future, while also bearing significant risks from climate change, social and economic inequities, and political marginalization. • Food systems provide a wide spectrum of opportunities for the engagement and employment of young people across diverse global contexts, but do not always provide decent and meaningful jobs, nor adequate livelihoods. • In response, policies and initiatives to protect and strengthen youth engagement and employment in food systems need to be based on the pillars of rights, equity, agency and recognition. The redistribution of resources, knowledge and opportunities for youth innovation and engagement in the development of context-specific employment and labour policies can not only contribute to creating jobs for youth, but can also directly support transitions to sustainable food systems.