Food security is an essential element of the improvement paradigm and human capacity because food access and rights are very crucial to strengthen important human capacities. This study aims to examine the level of community motivation to build food security and to examine the relationship between levels of motivation and levels of factors that may influence community motivation to build food security. The research location was determined purposively at Sumberagung Village. This study is an explanatory study which uses 100 respondents as a sample. Proportional random sampling was used to select the respondents. Results of descriptive statistic reveal that the motivation in terms of existence, attachment, and growth of society is at a moderate level. Meanwhile, Spearman rank correlation test indicate that institutions, leaders, home gardens have a direct relationship with the level of community motivation, while age and infrastructure have a relationship that is opposite to the level of community motivation in realizing food security. Time, education, and the number of dependents in the family are not related to the level of community motivation in realizing food security.