This review explores the challenges and potential solutions for sustainable food systems, focusing on the role of home hydroponics in addressing food security and environmental sustainability. The global food system faces significant challenges, including environmental degradation, climate change, and food insecurity, exacerbated by population growth and urbanization. These challenges threaten food security and require sustainable solutions that minimize environmental impact while ensuring equitable access to food. Hydroponics, a soilless cultivation method, is presented as a promising solution for urban areas, enabling efficient food production with reduced resource use and environmental impact. The review highlights the environmental problems associated with current agrifood systems, such as excessive resource consumption, pollution, and food loss and waste. It emphasizes the need for sustainable practices that reduce ecological footprints, improve agricultural productivity, and promote circular economies. Home hydroponics is discussed as a viable option for urban food production, offering benefits such as space efficiency, reduced water usage, and the ability to grow a variety of crops. The review also addresses the challenges in implementing home hydroponic systems, including initial costs, technical knowledge, and space constraints. It concludes that integrating hydroponics into urban food systems can enhance food security, reduce environmental impact, and contribute to more resilient and sustainable food systems. The potential of home hydroponics in urban areas is highlighted as a key strategy for achieving sustainable food systems in the face of global challenges.This review explores the challenges and potential solutions for sustainable food systems, focusing on the role of home hydroponics in addressing food security and environmental sustainability. The global food system faces significant challenges, including environmental degradation, climate change, and food insecurity, exacerbated by population growth and urbanization. These challenges threaten food security and require sustainable solutions that minimize environmental impact while ensuring equitable access to food. Hydroponics, a soilless cultivation method, is presented as a promising solution for urban areas, enabling efficient food production with reduced resource use and environmental impact. The review highlights the environmental problems associated with current agrifood systems, such as excessive resource consumption, pollution, and food loss and waste. It emphasizes the need for sustainable practices that reduce ecological footprints, improve agricultural productivity, and promote circular economies. Home hydroponics is discussed as a viable option for urban food production, offering benefits such as space efficiency, reduced water usage, and the ability to grow a variety of crops. The review also addresses the challenges in implementing home hydroponic systems, including initial costs, technical knowledge, and space constraints. It concludes that integrating hydroponics into urban food systems can enhance food security, reduce environmental impact, and contribute to more resilient and sustainable food systems. The potential of home hydroponics in urban areas is highlighted as a key strategy for achieving sustainable food systems in the face of global challenges.