RECENT YEARS HAVE SEEN WIDESPREAD CALLS TO TRANSFORM THE FOOD SYSTEM TO ADDRESS COMPLEX DEMANDS SUCH AS FEEDING A GROWING POPULATION WHILE REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. THESE CALLS HAVE INCREASED IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WHICH HAS ITS ROOTS IN--AND HAS CAUSED MAJOR DISRUPTION IN--THE FOOD SYSTEM. INFLUENTIAL TRANS-NATIONAL NETWORKS (TNNS) HAVE EMERGED WITH TRANSFORMATIVE VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. THESE TNNS DRIVE POLICY, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AT MULTIPLE SCALES. HOW DO THESE ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGE THOSE WHO ARGUABLY WILL BE AMONG THE MOST IMPACTED BY THESE TRANSFORMATIONS--NAMELY, FARMERS AND RURAL STAKEHOLDERS? HOW DOES THIS INVOLVEMENT IMPACT SPECIFIC TNN INITIATIVES?TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, THIS STUDY ENGAGES WITH THREE INFLUENTIAL TNNS CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING INITIATIVES WITH POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR FARMERS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES.THIS INNOVATIVE STUDY COMBINES IN-DEPTH QUALITATIVE RESEARCH WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE (TEXT AND SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS) TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEX SOCIAL PROCESSES AT WORK IN SHAPING AGRI-FOOD FUTURES.