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Every good school deserves a community garden
Getting students on board the movement to grow more local produce can seed a new generation to lead Singapore’s push for greater food self-sufficiency.
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Pupils at Eunos Primary School helping to water vegetables for the SG50 School Gardening Project in 2015.
PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER FILE
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These days, many Singaporeans know what “30 by 30” refers to – the goal for Singapore to produce 30 per cent of its nutritional needs by 2030.
The Singapore Food Agency is the key government agency driving this initiative. Is 30 by 30 an achievable target? Personally, I have my doubts. Indeed, when I first heard this objective years ago, I was both taken by the catchiness of the slogan and sceptical about how achievable it is for a country that imports 90 per cent of its food, to attain even that level of food sufficiency.
