Food security is when all people, at all times, have access to nutritious, safe, personally acceptable and culturally appropriate foods obtained in a manner that maintains human dignity.

Food security is everyone's business involves the whole food system including:

• People who grow or catch food such as farmers, fishers or hunters
• The physical environment
• Wholesalers and warehouses where food is stored
• Transportation of food on trucks, planes, boats and trains
• Food retailers such as grocery stores, markets, bakeries, farmer's markets, co-ops and restaurants
• Places that serve food including hospitals, licensed residential facilities and institutions
• Politics and economics
• Social, educational and cultural environment
• Food eaters