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In December 2022, there are officially nearly 400 all over France and they cover 2/3 of French population. Mostly led by territorial authorities (municipalities, inter-municipalities, Départements, Parcs Naturels Régionaux, etc.), they have to include a series of key issues and actions (food justice, food education, food waste, territorial anchoring of food supply) and can receive government funding after a public evaluation process, with an increased funding for the related calls during the pandemic. If after a few years of implementation, some positive effects on territorial food transitions are acknowledged, some weaknesses are also being discussed, including their variable contribution to the ecological transition. Moreover, Territorial Food Projects cover very different scales and sizes of population, which raises a debate over the relevant scales to foster food systems’ agroecological transitions.