The sultanate of Oman has experienced 40 years of economy, population, and development booms. Alongside, the country has enjoyed the benefits reaped from globalisation, as it imported a majority of goods, including its food and feed, from international markets. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how this exchange – once considered a lavish commodity – has become a dependency for the country, and has hindered the possibility of local produce substitutions to materialise. Thus, calls for change amongst academics and practitioners have emerged, questioning the possibility of creating and honing local food systems, towards resiliencies especially in times of crises. This study adds to this discussion, by interviewing actors in the agriculture industry and trying to understand perceptions towards the challenges and possibilities of local food markets. It uses storytelling as a component to convey ideologies existent in planners, governmental officials, and farmers of the region. In particular, it questions the possibility of mixing the urban development experienced in the capital area of Muscat, with concepts of urban and peri-urban farming. We find that while the concept of farming close to urban areas is still an insecure thought within the agricultural actors, there is already a deep sense of understanding for the need to strengthen local markets. Urban farming, in the case of Muscat, is still looked upon as an experimental project.