From Farm To Fork To Table

Since Singapore set our '30 by 30' food production target, there has been growing interest in the issue of how we can best ensure our food security while also supporting a just and sustainable food transition!!

Join us in the final panel of our series, 'Farm x Table: The 30 By 30 Goal,' to hear more about what the people who influence policy (i.e. all of us) believe our food systems might look like, in 2030 and beyond 🥬🧐⏳

Traditionally, our natural environments defined our cuisine and consequently, the use of these plants in ritual, medicine, and food built our culture. Our natural environments were sources of nutrition and nourishment that we could afford, access, and utilize with knowledge and skill. We have seen all of that change with the increased convenience of supermarkets, sprawling food chains, and globalized palates.
Food is a key component of identity-building. And as Singaporeans with multicultural immigrant roots, being fascinated with food has almost become a daily obsession. In this day and age, what does it mean to 'eat local'?
Join us coming Thursday at 8PM for a fascinating panel discussion on the importance of food heritage, with Chef Devagi Sanmugam, Syazwan from Wan's Ubin Journal, Aloysius from Project 33, and Pamelia Chia from Singapore Noodles!!

"Food sovereignty demands that we treat food not simply as a good, access to which and the production of which is determined by the market, it demands that we recognize the social connections inherent in producing food, consuming food and sharing food."
On that note, how, where, and by whom is our food produced? How might we begin to grow food for people before profit?
Hear from our ✨ amazing panelists ✨ on what food sovereignty means to them at our first panel, happening this Tuesday at 8PM!

Who are the people growing our food? 🥬🧅👩‍🌾
Who are the people making local cuisine? 🥗🍳👩‍🍳
Who are the people influencing our food policy? 🎓🧑‍💻👩‍💼

Join us in celebrating our local foodscape and the people who shape it!

Sign up for the panel series at tinyurl.com/farmforktable

We are excited to bring you this panel series, From Farm to Fork to Table!

Here's a little more about us 🌿😄

Everyone has a stake in food matters within Singapore.

Jointly organized by undergraduate students from the Yale-NUS Farming Collective, Roosevelt Network @ Yale-NUS and culinary anthropologist Nithiya Laila, this series of panel discussions seek to bring together farmers, policymakers, and culinary heritage enthusiasts, to spark conversations on what Singapore’s food future should look like.

Specifically, we hope that anyone interested in food matters in Singapore will leave these discussions with a better understanding of how Singapore’s food supply chain is jointly shaped by local food production, our rich culinary history, and current-day consumption patterns, as well as government policy.

These conversations are timely, especially since the government has recently begun collating ideas and suggestions for the Lim Chu Kang masterplan from all Singaporeans (https://www.ourfoodfuture.gov.sg/), a year after instilling the “30 by 30” target to contribute towards Singapore’s food security.

This presents an opportunity for everyone within the food ecosystem (that’s all of us!) to come together and brainstorm for solutions to achieve greater food sovereignty. These insights and ideas will later be compiled into a report that will be available publicly.

These panel discussions will be held over the course of a week, from 8-9.30pm on 20th July, 22nd July, and 24th July over Zoom.

Follow this page and we’ll be sharing more over the coming few days