What It Takes To Keep 5 Million Fed: Inside Singapore's Race To Food Security | Feeding A City

Singapore has over 220 farms that produce some 10% of its food supply. Behind the scenes, farmers, entrepreneurs and scientists are working against the odds to produce not just more kinds of food, but better and more nutritious options.
Trekking through egg, vegetable and fish farms, we reveal the technology and the people behind Singapore's homegrown production, and look at the passionate entrepreneurs creating new, innovative foods.
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[@michelletan1379]

kudos to chew’s agriculture. it puts me at ease knowing the condition that the chickens are living in. this is considered humane compared to other countries. keep going and continue to improve! 🦾

[@iverygoodluck9491]

Less country club for golf. More farms

[@nekomeow6278]

but there is no need for huge land for farms, since we can build them in a building

[@ladyofhalos]

@@nekomeow6278 cancel golf courses. more vertical farm buildings 😂

[@paulfleming715]

Twenty years ago, here in Midwest, Washington University had seminar on future technology. Including organic and vertical farming inside buildings or rooftops. Amazing to see predictions become reality

[@a.daniel985]

Cameraman: Ayy do something la 24:52 : Ok can one!!!

[@VeryNazStuff]

lmao..

[@LuueeJanice]

The beauty of modern technology.. This video is superb... 😊 😊

[@tkyap2524]

We have the technology and the people to do it. It will take sometime but future generations will benefit.

[@thomasb8044]

most of these are interesting & would be more so if you fire the music & sound editors

[@_h__22]

We should farm above every HDB block so we can just buy the veggies from upstairs rather than from a supermarket

[@vars1449]

Do you have any idea how many HDB block there are, more than 1 million so the problem is not enough manpower.

[@s._3560]

Air and water can also contain pollutants which are absorbed by the plants, especially in the city.

[@angeleusebio9451]

What an amazing brilliant technology singapore has and its people in producing their food production

[@khairulanwar7245]

Why cant there are more of this type of documentary on tv?

[@lukecage275]

Sad reality - imports cheaper than locally grown and produced goods. In NZ, known for its dairy (milk, cheese, butter etc) among other things, the cost of it here in NZ compared to other countries is just unbelievably high.

[@dhrgkbqxtjr2743]

They rather starve their own people so they can profit off selling to other countries, where the product is also sold at high price because it's imported. And if no one pays it... It gets dumped in a landfill to rot.

[@TheDragonshadow1231]

@@dhrgkbqxtjr2743 Singapore import price it so stupid versus I saw other website include no import price to be paid.

[@s._3560]

Milk is usually a price controlled product by the government in Western countries because it is classed as an essential food staple.

[@polarspirit]

I grow my own vegetables and herbs at home. Pest free, chemical free

[@ALuckyDonkey]

Interesting how different countries have different shelf lives for eggs. I’ve seen some places that are 1+ month on refrigerated eggs.

[@MasouShizuka]

Yeah invest more in local domestic production. Over-reliance on imports is a terrible idea.

[@umeshutan6959]

Absolutely correct....

[@JT-zl8yp]

Are you protectionist......?? Let the free markets decide....

[@JT-zl8yp]

@TORRES PAUL FRANCIS RIVERA Student You shouldnot use tarriffs to diversify food supply

[@JT-zl8yp]

@TORRES PAUL FRANCIS RIVERA Student watch the whole video....... One woman in the video was saying to impose tariffs.... I know right now there are no tariffs and thats good

[@AL-ip3vk]

Yeah, as long as the price is lower than imported ones & also we don't know the amount of chemical or pesticide they used.

[@badboi888]

Unless the price of local produce is the comparable or lower than the import product, I doubt people would support local produce.

[@spacecraftcarrier4135]

Also depends on quality you know. Like I only recently discovered a local branded and produced yogurt (Daily Fresh), and it's delicious; not that sweet or not that sour. So now I will get that vs imported overly sweet or overly sour yogurt. Same for other produce like eggs.

[@paulfleming715]

There's high trend in restaurants sourcing local produce, meat and dairy from local farmers.

[@nekomeow6278]

that is why we must support them, so they will lower their price, if nobody support our local farmers, their prices isn't going to drop, we have to start somewhere, we can't always have the mindset of, high price means not worth buying

[@mbcviss]

Just can't convince me to replace plant base for meat. Meat is still meat. Plant will still be plant.

[@paulfleming715]

You br surprised how plant protein are being used create substances for meat which has same texture and flavors added look like meat

[@mbcviss]

@@paulfleming715 still don't taste the same. Tried before still not to my taste.

[@nekomeow6278]

I had the same thinking as you, until I tried the soy base patty in a burger and omg it was so good

[@s._3560]

Sell it in Western nations on masse first. Stop trying to make people here eat some lab concoction. If you want to eat meat, eat it in its natural form. If we want Jackfruit, eating it in its natural form is the best retention of the nutrition the fruit offers!

[@karalworld]

Very interesting

[@1968ciaran]

Extremely innovative

[@andrewgnys6285]

What will happen if Malaysia closes the bridges and the supplies stop? I remember when they wouldn't renew the water supply contract and Singapore had to turn to the sea. Malaysia is sometimes jealous of what Singapore has done over the years. They probably think Chinese people belong in China not in Singapore or Malaysia. I loved it in Singapore when I visited. It was like when I visited Dubai it was something in the future except Dubai done it with oil and Singapore done it with their brains and hard work.

[@capitaldude7119]

"They probably think Chinese people belong in China not in Singapore or Malaysia." I think that is like a zakir naik saying.

[@jont2576]

Singapore is nothing but an empty shining facade of a city paved with gold and precious stones but underneath is a festering rot. It's hyperaccelerated growth in the last thirteen years is fuelled by Ponzi economics and mass human importation and inflationary tactics,a human sweatshop and animal farm for GDP....an abomination,a freak of nature,it appeals only to those who do not know or understand what it is or has become,a soulless manufactured entity......a manmade tragedy. What national identity or ties to it's past has slowly been eroded and eradicated,whatever little and fragile it had anyway, painstakingly build by LKY and 40 years of nation building and nationalism....familiar landmarks and

[@darthvader5300]

Monaco has a population of 23,305 in1966 and it's primary exports are FOOD SURPLUSES and has a land area of 499 acres, 1.974 km (0.762 sq mi). It uses French intensive gardening-farming techniques. Add rock dust powders to increase yields by 4 times and add biochar to further increase it again by 880% or 8.8 times and use soil-based vertical agriculture combined with anti-pesticidal and anti-diseases companion plants and you can get an idea how much more food can be produced and combine it with Permaculture's system of water recycling and reuse and including that of Solar-Aquacells and others of complete food chain cycle of reuse, then fertility is maintained indefinitely and water is recycled and reused indefinitely. And combine that with rain water harvesting and separate storm drainage systems networks and water security is assured.

[@musiciankokpow]

Good read.

[@lorenrb80]

love it

[@mariaannainditahernawati7132]

mulailah dengan menanam pandan dan kemangi semangat min

[@tylerwestover234]

Id make local soil with recycled pots and sell windowsill/patio herbs, tomatoe and peppers if you want to grow in Singapore.

[@tanchye1720]

15~20 years ago I said why waste our roof top when we can use these areas for urban farming. It just falls on deaf ears. Now they start talking. HDB can construct a special roof top level with all the facilities including a separate lift for urban farming. Only authorise people can access.

[@cybilair9003]

Now they are putting solar panels on the rooftops nearer to the mrt railways

[@laurence82]

who are u?

[@TheDragonshadow1231]

PAPm

[@papa-dt1cv]

It is cheaper to lease oversea land/space to operate?

[@billiyliy6520]

31:36 reminds me of us being in HDB... and the guy in yellow is the MP...

[@starhawkflyingbright6905]

What can you do with a country so small? Only 725km2.. have you seen Hongkong?

[@billiyliy6520]

@@starhawkflyingbright6905 well... the difference: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2OrYnqbeq14e6c&ab_channel=AnimalEquality

[@tylerwestover234]

Even seed greenhouses the Netherland model would be good for Singapore.

[@leehyunsong7001]

Vegetables only provide very little calories in our daily diet, it makes almost no contribution to food security that we aim for, staples protein and fat. Singapore still import every drop of cooking oil and rice and wheat flour.

[@123456789oldenholden]

Ummm there are lots of high calorie vegetables. Lentils. Kidney Beans. Soybeans. Sweet Potato. Avocado. Yams. Potatoes. To name a few but yeah not to mention grains, nuts, coconut. All have higher health benifits than meats. But what would I know as a sports nutritionist elite athlete.

[@wzr3293]

bruh, recommended right after malaysian chicken import halt

[@samuelross9884]

How about bug farming? Might be a way to reach sustainability?

[@freddyng1843]

First of all, most food we consumed are considered income normal goods. This means that there are readily available substitutes. And for the general population, disposable income almost certainly never grow as fast as inflation. How many of us actually have the benefit of an annual salary increment to match the inflation? The business goal is always to maximize profits, while the consumers goal is to minimize expenditure. So if the business cannot achieve allocative efficiency, then consumers will naturally seek alternative sources. So how can you always expect the general population to pay more to support local produce?

[@jamesl2590]

The taste of vegetables grown from these setups will likely not be the same as those grown naturally overseas. The taste of the food, especially vegetables, usually takes after the water source. Some argue that using processed water does not help with the taste. The toxicity of farmed fish (due to what they are fed) is also frequently debated. However, whether or not local produce tastes nicer is a subjective matter. Unless they can take the price of local produce a notch lower than imports, it will be hardly viable for such business in the long run. P.S. Imported fresh produce cost can be ALOT lower if imports from Southern Thailand by transport via West Malaysia Highway was not blocked by the Malaysian Govt. Just take a trip to Hat Yai one day if you don't believe. Without protectionism, I am not sure how are local produce gonna compete.

[@123456789oldenholden]

Ahh no the flavour takes after nutrient levels, temerature and produce that can be picked as cost to ripe as possible without spoiling. Which is why local produced tomatoes will always be better than tomatoes shipped from overseas as the overseas are picked whilst green and ripened in containers. I grow both hydroponic and soil based crops, both tatste great.

[@toomanymarys7355]

America gets tons of its produce from overseas, especially off season. it's cheap.

[@charlie-ot5ug]

Better secure the supply chains for all the chemicals required.

[@konstantinkokkorakis1907]

Vertical farming is the answer so long as it uses natural seed not GMO and does not use pesticides .land must be replanted with trees !the seas must be allowed to restock and also be helped to restock !if our world stands a chance

[@redsouthernfire5617]

These SINGAPORE company ought to sell lower price than imported so as to be competitive to export as well. After all, these bosses enjoy special benefits such as grants and incentives.

[@jont2576]

They just need to grow weed and opium,there's no way u can recoup the cost growing bok choy in Singapore. And a business that's reliant on subsidies is not viable long term

[@jazminruffaromanov1880]

Nothing beats real meat...

[@paulfleming715]

You haven't tried meat substitutes for sausage and bacon products that taste very good. And much healthier than meats with chemical additives

[@superkd7030]

@@paulfleming715 All these meat substitutes uses `vegetable` oil and most uses soy as filler and you think its healthier? Its not even healthy as oils have shown to increase cell oxidization, lowering lifespan and its possible the cause of many disease. And soy is a hormone disruptor. And the worse is how much we consume it. These toxic waste are in every food and you want us to replace meat with more of it? 🤢🤢🤮

[@faryghiff5373]

Good that realistic, they may have 100 good reason but price matter always a big factorrr , especially when you a freshgrad 🤣🤣🤣

[@criessmiles3620]

Buy Palantir while u can Best in class Cheers

[@monikal1294]

Your veggies looks really fresh but that plastic packaging also really turns me off.

[@thamtham4000]

Do you know that when they buy veggies in markets or in Giant's price of 3 veggies for $2.00; they choose and choose the best plastic packet, then push them aside until the veggies got bruises. At the end of the day, these veggies costs becomes a loss of profit to sellers😭 So ???🤔

[@kenlee1416]

Time to invent food pills. 2 pills per meal - one for nutrients, one for satiation.

[@vanamharish9507]

😂

[@vanamharish9507]

This is same as what we are eating chemical food

[@abdallahahmed43]

i ve seen people who eat pills as food,

[@kenlee1416]

​@@vanamharish9507 Well yes. Since we are already eating plenty of chemicals and microplastics (already found in seafood and even our water supplies), might as well just eat pills. Frees up lots of time for other activities too.

[@kenlee1416]

@@abdallahahmed43 Yes I'm almost there. Since I have a permanent throat injury, can no longer eat any vegetables since they are too fibrous - so I take powdered ''green'' drinks. And who knows if the drink is made of real greens or created in a ''food'' lab..

[@ianyeam3384]

And due to the war in Ukraine, food security is becoming much much important. India ban of wheat export, Indonesia banning palm oil while Malaysia is banning chicken.

[@schmetterling4477]

And there is still no food shortage and never will be. Not in Singapore, at least.

[@aldinoruswandi]

​@@schmetterling4477 Nahh man, there was chicken shortage in Singapore due to Malaysia banning their export. Due to that the Singapore importing their chicken from Indonesia. And also Singapore gas and energy still depends on Indonesia to supply it.

[@schmetterling4477]

@@aldinoruswandi I have not seen a significant reduction of traffic in Singapore. ;-)

[@aldinoruswandi]

@@schmetterling4477 wdym

[@aldinoruswandi]

@@schmetterling4477 is there a traffic in Singapore?

[@jvdmakes]

hoping that there's no more starvation :(

[@lauratanln]

I hope more thought is put into chickens' welfare instead of focusing on their productivity as they're the one of the most abused animals around the world.

[@PamBum28829]

Good job Singapore, dont be like Malaysia gov ..chiken export from China... cant affort to spend do research to raise chiken underwater. ( dont ask about the land, Malaysia is smaller then S'gapore and forest untuk pembalakan haram saje)

[@56fbb2]

SINGAPORE NATIONAL DISH= CHICKEN RICE CHICKEN = IMPORTED RICE = IMPORTED 🤣🤣🤦‍♂️🤣🤣🤣

[@surunitemiakanni-oye4346]

Food for thought

[@aldinoruswandi]

I mean, they didn't have any land left

[@laopang91362]

Singapore understands the challenge. Another country is China, feeding 1.4B population is no small task.

[@mariaannainditahernawati7132]

ow, berarti krn pengembangan di pertanian dan peternakan makanya mereka minta bibit benur ya hehehe pantesan jadi masalah ekspor ilegal

[@lucys6328]

A very condescending statement to start a documentary presentation. The way it is narrated shows some egoistic and vainglory side of Singaporeans, but I have to admit that the competitiveness and the strive of Singaporeans to be the best is laudable and exemplary.

[@dexterkun4307]

remove some country golf clubs. place farms

[@shukriramlee]

Yikes.

[@TMM-N]

Stop using plastic! Wth

[@maxmaxuyao1]

Suggest a green alternative that’s producible on a large scale then

[@shauryaverma9133]

Third

[@saptarshismartphone2379]

What Singaporeans are doing today will someday be used in Mars settlement.

[@Al-vw8qt]

so much plastic leaching into soil :-(

[@catoftruth1044]

singapore should import chicken, rice banana from the philippines instead from china.

[@tanvorn9323]

FIRST

[@linustw]

Seriously what has singapore produced and planted? Enuf even for quarter of population?

[@maxmaxuyao1]

Sigh. Beginning already stated currently producing 10% of all food supply. Pay attention.

[@kaiserlow652]

I manage to get S'pore grown vegetables everytime i go to the supermarkets.

[@brunoheggli2888]

This is horrible,the chickens can never Go Out and Just have to stay in This unnatural Environment!

[@briangerard2145]

Singapore innovation..my black ass..everything also want to claim la u fellas xD

[@laurence82]

u must be Indonesian, everything also want to claim

[@lukepeita1420]

I love a good steak dinner with all the trimmings yummy

[@bellawest9105]

Yes delicious! I’m always gonna feel bad for the animals but I still eat them. :)

[@lukepeita1420]

@@bellawest9105 exactly right there's to much goody 2shoes people out there just enjoy what you love eating life is too short 👍💯

[@darthvader5300]

10% x 8.8 = 88% x 4 = 352% Or 10% x 4 = 40% x 100,000 = 4,000,000% You youtubers figure that out.

[@er1cw]

“The planet can't support billions of meat eaters. If we all ate only plants, we'd need only half the land we use at the moment.” David Attenborough

[@leehyunsong7001]

Human need protein to survive, idiot

[@er1cw]

@@leehyunsong7001 Plant can provide all nutrients required to sustain life. Protein included. Many people in the world don’t eat meat and they feel just fine.

[@leehyunsong7001]

@@er1cw animal protein and plant protein are two different things. Sorry to say we human evolved not as vegetarian.

[@er1cw]

@@leehyunsong7001 They have different amino acid profile. But plant protein still can sustain life and build muscle as well as animal protein. How can you prove that human must eat animal protein while many vegan athletes are winning medals and thriving without eating meat at all.

[@leehyunsong7001]

@@er1cw how can you prove eating only plants will use only half ofnthe land and solve the climate problem?

[@stoopidsillyyy5831]

So absurd that the cage free system is regarded as a new alternative to growing chickens. Any sensible country would forbid the cage system and move towards organic ways of growing chickens - like it has been done in many places all over the world a long time ago.

[@kuchikopi4616]

Yes, but battery farming method is unfortunately the only way to mass produce chicken. I mean there is less land used and the chicken can be butchered really quickly. It's supply and demand in the end, if we ate more plants chicken and pigs could be ethically reared.

[@jont2576]

Cage chickens or broiler chickens as they call it is how u get that delicious KFC 8 piece bucket and Arnold's chicken without costing a bomb. If u want to pay $8 for a drumstick go to trader's Joe

[@stoopidsillyyy5831]

@@kuchikopi4616 I disagree. While I have experienced organic products to be unaffordable for low-income families in the UK, they're much more affordable in Germany and other countries with a bigger market for them. So in that case, demand can actually help solve the problem. And this is also a win-win situation because people who have chosen to change to organic meat will probably buy less meat, not just because of they're awareness but simply because it is more expensive

[@stoopidsillyyy5831]

@@jont2576 I don't know what you're talking about. This seems like a problem of American fast food culture to me. Maybe you should just stop giving all your money to the billionaires owning the fast food chains, and start eating real food (like almost all the 7 billion not-American people in this world do). And I bet you will pay less for that food after you have found the hidden gems in your city, even if you have to look more that ten feet away from your next McDonalds

[@jont2576]

@@stoopidsillyyy5831 american fast food culture?lmao....thats how 95% of the chickens in the world that is being eaten is produced....the chicken at kfc or made into ur mcspicy patties...the chicken sold in ur supermarket rotisserie,the frozen chicken u buy from the poultry section......the chicken in ur chicken rice in every hawker center in singapore,every singaporean stall selling anything thats related to chicken.....thats BROILER GMO CHICKEN TWIT......chicken specifically modified and bred to grow into unnatural sizes within hyperaccelerated time frames. do u honestly think that cheap ass chicken that cost 5 bucks per kg is anything close to real food?ahahahaha peasants in asia can afford to eat real food but rich people in western countries cant?im a born and bred singaporean and im dieing laughing.....go back to ur stupid gems u twit. u people shop at sheng siong and ntuc for christ sake not cold storage,jason's marketplace or Isetan at orchard......all ur chicken are bred by massive corporations and gmo farms trying to drive their cost down to the cheapest.... u want to know where u can find organic free range chicken....maybe try poulet restaurant at kallang wave mall......they charge $20 for half a roast chicken.....thats gotta be some special ass organic free range bird fed with imported grass and worms from new zealand lol..... u know the why organic is so expensive.....by the very nature its bred and its high maintenance requirements like some golden princess........chickens gotta have room to run about and land is a premium especially for something like chickens....u gotta give it all natural food, worms from worm farms,compost and what not, no chemicals and injections for the birds,no genetic modifications,no hyperaccelerated growth, no special feed,u get tiny ass chickens which means less meat and more expensive......u cant cram thousands of them into a warehouse.......

[@connieliew]

Regenerative farming is the way to go.