This chapter presents the context for “local food contingency” to address the twenty-first-century food resilience in the face of food security challenges. Using a disaster management lens (i.e., planning for prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery), the authors overview three Australian examples to explain opportunities arising for urban and regional food futures. This includes discussing the concept of “shared responsibility” in disaster management and the potential for using this concept to build community-level food resilience. The chapter concludes with a call to use disaster management initiatives and thinking to inform improved decision-making for food resilience and, in turn, resilient communities.