This paper considers the role of bula vakavanua (the Fijian way of life) in two indigenous Fijian communities, Saroni and Bucalevu, in helping rural villages achieve food security. Traditional mechanisms such as solesolevaki (cultural capital through collective work), together with monthly community work structures in place, can help households achieve food security. Revitalising these traditional mechanisms, encouraging wider use of them, and establishing legal frameworks for protecting traditional food security could have widespread benefits.