Our project aims to cultivate the habit of residents to grow their own food.
As we all know, Singapore invests greatly into the development of the movement to achieve a sustainable and secure source of food. This security is mainly established due to the diversification of food import and local crops.
However, this opens up potential risks in the transportation of food. For example, there was an African Swine Fever incursion in Indonesia and live pig imports to Singapore were suspended. Our importers quickly ramped up imports from alternative sources, which included live pigs from Sarawak, Malaysia as well as chilled and frozen pork from countries such as Australia, Brazil, Denmark, and New Zealand. The industry's swift response and support contributed to the stability of our pork supply.
It is obvious that food defence is practically a pillar of our Total defence, but we do not commonly see this in practice among local flat residents.
Of course, a large portion of them lead busy lives, hence deterring them to commit to this role in cultivating their own food, some reasoning that their time spent at work could be worth more than the money saved from growing their own food.
Therefore, we aim to target this innovation to the youths who not only have more free time, but can are also one of the most suitable groups to gain an early appreciation for the sustainable food sources.
Our innovation features a simple feature to indicate the water level needed for common types of plants grown such as strawberries, peas and tomatoes
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