Cities have always been dependent on a variety of resources not only for their survival, but also to enable them to serve as places of innovation and civilisation. One of the most important of these resources is food, which recently has been threatened by actual and anticipated concerns surrounding climate change, peak oil, economic crises and environmental degradation. Attention has focused in recent years on the potential to supply a greater proportion of the food requirements of cities by producing and processing more food locally, either within or close by the city in question. Consequently, gradually, food is reappearing on the agenda of a growing number of local governments, as municipalities engage directly with food systems as an integral part of their responsibilities. In the City of Gold Coast, up to 95% of the fresh food consumed comes from somewhere else. Recently, perhaps as a consequence of natural events that have severely interrupted the supply of food to the city, both political and community interest in local food has grown. On the community side, demand for locally grown and produced food seems to be on the rise, politically, the release and implementation of the Gold Coast Climate Change Strategy 2009 – 2014 suggested a political commitment to increase local food production and purchase.