Whilst Hong Kong celebrates itself as Asia’s food mecca, in reality, the city struggles to recognise and resolve an ever-growing body of food issues. Whilst it is widely understood that the movement of food into and around the city heavily determines the quality of the urban environment and urban life, the invisibility of its supply, distribution, and waste management has turned all the attention to its consumption, and as a result, food system management has become predominantly a matter of foreign and rural policy, distinct and treated independently from urban management and from urban matters such as resilience, sustainability, socio-spatial and infrastructural challenges. As the metropolis continues to adapt itself to satisfy the growing demands of the city, the mounting social, economic, political and environmental pressures call for a review of our urban food system.
