One of the four TEPs addresses food flows in urban settlements. This working paper reports lessons from studies, field visits, and conversations conducted in Nairobi and Cape Town. The key lessons from this scoping activity will guide action research design in cooperation with communities from April 2022 onwards. Towards that end, the lessons from all these studies will be aggregated into three central workstreams. These workstreams cover resilient food systems, food commons, and governance. The insights presented in this, report will contribute to the three workstreams.