Singapore will have more vegetables farms but less fish farms

So coincidental that the day after I posted the blog post about Supporting Locally Produced Vegetables, the Straits Times ran a few articles about local vegetable farms. The first article is "Local farms push ahead with international collaborations to further Singapore's 30 by 30 plans", starting with how Mr Webster Tham of Tomato Town is collaborating with Japanese companies to grow cherry tomatos. They were producing kales and lettuce as well. The article mentioned other companies in different state of developments.

I guess it is only natural that a non - agricultural country like Singapore, would look towards collaborations with agricultural companies for advanced agricultural techniques and sustainable practices. These collaborations should help our farmers improve production efficiency, with resilience against pests (not sure what insects in tropical Singapore eats tomatos), and innovate e.g. vertical farming.

Then there is this other Straits Time article that push innovative concept of farm to table dining for Singapore. Article is about a copany Artisan Green, who wanna implement sustainable farming practices with a dining venue, plus some tours and workshops to raise awareness about the benefits of local agriculture and sustainable eating. Not sure if I want to at right in the middle of a farm in humid Singapore weather. Tried wine tasting and dining in Australia, but that is against a nice beautiful scenery plus great weather.

Oh well, worth trying I guess.

But more importantly back to the 30 by 30 concept, I think it is also great that we try not to waste food, i.e. this 30 by 30 is afterall trying to build some resiliency locally for food consumption. And if we can waste less food, I think it works too! So it is great that we have apps and initiatives to cut down waste, for example article about this app to promote retailers selling discounted food near closing time. I really dont mind getting bread and pastry at a discount near the stalls' closing time, since I normally eat the bread for breakfast the next day anyways (i.e. dont need to buy the bread at an earlier timing).

So yes! 30 by 30, and less food waste!

By the way, vegetables farms seem to be working well, but the fish farms are suffering. The linked article showed that a quarter of fish farms are closing / had closed down in Singapore. Tough life for fisherman.