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Guiding Question: What are we doing to ensure food sustainability for the future?
As you visit the four farms, look out for the examples of technologies that are used in each farm.
As you visit the four farms, look out for the examples of technologies that are used in each farm.
P.S.: Click on the title of the video to watch the full video.
Within just a small space of 2 hectares, Green Harvest, can produce up to 4 tonnes of leafy vegetables each day. That’s roughly the weight of an adult Asian elephant!
The farm uses technology and automation such as its Mobile Gulley System to increase productivity while using fewer resources.
It’s also climate-resilient against the weather outside. The protective glass greenhouse maintains optimal growing conditions for the crops. No pesticides are used.
A closed-loop water system helps to reduce and recycle water usage.
Video from Minister for Sustainability & the Environment Grace Fu's Facebook
How Singapore Farms Use Artificial Intelligence.mp4Inside Eco-Ark, A High-Tech Fish Farm In Singapore.mp4Unveiling The Singapore Food Story 2! Towards a Green, Sustainable and Food-Secure Singapore!
Unveiling The Singapore Food Story 2! Towards a Green, Sustainable and Food-Secure Singapore!
Key facts:
4 pillars of food resilience for Singapore
Locally produce 20% fibre and 30% protein of total consumption by 2035
4 ways to keep our food supply safe
4 ways to keep our food supply safe
Singapore uses all 4 pillars (ways and methods) at the same time so that we can always have a safe supply of food to enjoy.
pillar 2: grow local
pillar 2: grow local
Our goal is for local farms to supply 20% of our fibre needs and 30% of our protein needs by 2035.
Technological Advancements in FARMIng
Technological Advancements in FARMIng
Farming technologies can help us meet our 2035 goals!
Artificial lighting (Vegetable farm)
Automation using machines (Egg farm)
Closed containment aquaculture system (Fish farm)
Urban farming (Vegetable farm)
Activity: Find the Match
Activity: Find the Match
In your booklets, match the pictures accordingly to the examples of farming using technology.
In your booklets, match the pictures accordingly to the examples of farming using technology.
Conclusion:
How does Singapore promote food sustainability for the future?
Singapore uses t____________ to grow its food efficiently.
What is Singapore’s goal for our food future?
Our goal is by the year _________, we want to be able to produce ____% of Singapore’s fibre needs and _____% of our protein needs!
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Acknowledgements
Honeycombers. (2020). Sustenir agriculture: All the facts on indoor-farmed vegetables. Honeycombers Singapore. https://thehoneycombers.com/singapore/sustenir-agriculture/
Leow Ban Tat. SFA. (2022). https://www.sfa.gov.sg/fromSGtoSG/farmers/farmer/Detail/leow-ban-tat
SFA launches tender for rental of 7 sites at HDB car park rooftops for urban farming. CNA. (2021). https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/urban-farming-hdb-car-park-rooftop-sites-tender-sfa-368956
Strengthening Singapore’s food security. Challenge. (2021). https://psdchallenge.psd.gov.sg/ideas/deep-dive/strengthening-singapore-s-food-security
Today. (2014). S’pore’s 1st Rooftop Farm aims to supply produce to F&B outlets. TODAY. https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/spores-1st-rooftop-farm-aims-supply-produce-fb-outlets
YouTube. (2020). How Singapore farms use artificial intelligence. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOGsz-rUx6E
YouTube. (2017). IRAP: Egg story. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psze8aom190
YouTube. (2019). Urban Farm in Singapore’s busiest shopping district. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NehZOPzxIM
YouTube. (2022). YouTube. Inside Eco-Ark, A High-Tech Fish Farm In Singapore. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY82Oypgvic.
Leow Ban Tat. SFA. (2022). https://www.sfa.gov.sg/fromSGtoSG/farmers/farmer/Detail/leow-ban-tat
SFA launches tender for rental of 7 sites at HDB car park rooftops for urban farming. CNA. (2021). https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/urban-farming-hdb-car-park-rooftop-sites-tender-sfa-368956
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. (n.d.). Feeding a Nation - Episode 4. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
Strengthening Singapore’s food security. Challenge. (2021). https://psdchallenge.psd.gov.sg/ideas/deep-dive/strengthening-singapore-s-food-security
Today. (2014). S’pore’s 1st Rooftop Farm aims to supply produce to F&B outlets. TODAY. https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/spores-1st-rooftop-farm-aims-supply-produce-fb-outlets
YouTube. (2020). How Singapore farms use artificial intelligence. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOGsz-rUx6E
YouTube. (2017). IRAP: Egg story. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psze8aom190
YouTube. (2019). Urban Farm in Singapore’s busiest shopping district. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NehZOPzxIM
YouTube. (2022). YouTube. Inside Eco-Ark, A High-Tech Fish Farm In Singapore. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY82Oypgvic.
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