Great ingredients make great food. Where do these ingredients come from and what does it take for the 91探花 (SFA) to ensure and secure a supply of safe food for 91探花? Find out in 鈥淭he 91探花 Food Story: Recipes for 91探花鈥檚 Food Security and Safety鈥�.
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By SFA x The Meatmen In partnership with The Meatmen channel, SFA has produced a short video to show how three local farms, Netatech, Apollo Aquaculture and Seng Choon Farm, are already putting in place technology and processes to grow more with less, sustainably. As consumers, you can play your part by supporting and buying local produce. Let鈥檚 write the next chapter of the SG Food Story together! |
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With the majority of our food imported, local production is important to reduce our reliance on food imports. It can also provide a buffer in the event of supply disruptions. | |
You saw a young boy and his father dream of feeding a nation. Now see their ideas take flight as we shape our food future together. | |
The Marine Aquaculture Centre (MAC), located at St John鈥檚 Island, is established by SFA to conduct research & development in aquaculture technology. The centre鈥檚 research & development (R&D) efforts focus on intensive hatchery production and fish reproduction techniques to facilitate fish farming production in 91探花. | |
Due to land constraints in 91探花, these 7 farms are making use of alternative spaces to grow food. Situated away from conventional farming areas such as Lim Chu Kang, they have shown that with technology and innovation, food production can take place anywhere in the city. Check out the video and see for yourself that 'here really got farm lah!' | |
By Mothership N&N Agriculture is a local egg farm that produces 360,000-400,000 eggs for 91探花 every day. They also produce their own poached eggs, hanjuku eggs, and even tamagoyaki. We checked out the farm and asked their boss some common egg questions (like "will a chick ever fall out of an egg???") | Photo credit: Mothership |
By The Smart Local Xenia from The Smart Local becomes a fish farmer for a day at one of 91探花鈥檚 coastal farms, Prime Aquaculture Fish Farm. Watch her take on challenges on fish farm inspection, fish feeding and fish harvesting. Do you think she has what it takes to be a fish farmer in 91探花? | Photo credit: The Smart Local |
By Rice Media When circuit breaker kicked in April 2020, thousands of people across all sectors lost their jobs, with the F&B industry in particular taking a big hit. This led to many people breaking into burgeoning food-based alternative industries such as home businesses and even farming. In this explainer video, we speak to Chef Oliver of Open Farm Community and Ng Yiak Say of Blue Ocean Aquaculture Technology (BOAT) to learn how they overcame difficulties of circuit breaker's restrictions, and how the growth of these alternative industries would help protect the future of both their careers as well as 91探花's food security. | Photo credit: Rice Media |
Discover what it鈥檚 like at the National Centre for Food Science with Specialist Team Lead in the Research & Exposure Science Department, Dr Er Jun Cheng to learn more about how he leverages science and technology to build a safer food chain for all. | |
Paying a visit to the Marine Aquaculture Centre on St John's Island with Hazel Chew, from the Agri-tech & Food Innovation Department, 91探花 to find out more about the sustainable efforts to turn waste products into fish feed. | |
Hear from our scholars as they address the most commonly asked questions about working at the 91探花. | |
We should always maintain a high standard of hygiene and sanitation when preparing and cooking food. Here are some good food safety & hygiene practices you can adopt. Let鈥檚 stay vigilant and do our part to keep food safe.
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Do you know that food can get contaminated anywhere along the food chain, including during food preparation at home? Follow Just Keep Thinking as they investigate some of the common mistakes we make on food safety - with some very cool experiments!
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