1. CITIZEN FARM

4. FOOD SUPPLY CHALLENGES
1. Destructive Agriculture Practices
2. Farmers are moving into the city
3. Climate Change and unpredictable weather patterns

6. By 1959 By 1965 By 1975 Self-Sufficiency by Mid of Last Century
Primary Production Department (PPD)
20,000 farms
25% of the land (14,500 ha)
Population of 1.6 million
Production of:
Poultry (80%)
Eggs (100%)
Pork (104%) We were exporting!
By 1959
By 1965
By 1975

7. Industrialisation and Decline of Production
Resettlement of farms to the North and North West
By 1980
All pig farms phased out
By 1989
700 ha
Production:
(1% of our land)
By 2013
Leafy vegetable (8%)
Eggs (26%)
Fish (8%)

8. Our Importation Level 90% of our food 170 countries 2015
13% of leafy greens
24% eggs
10% of fish

9. What is food sustainability?
A requirement of our generation to manage the resource base such that the average quality of life that we ensure ourselves can be shared by all future generations.

24. SOCIAL CHALLENGES
1. 15% of the world’s population suffers from disability
2. Global Ageing population in cities
3. Disruptive technologies will displace millions of jobs

25. THE FUTURE OF URBAN FARMING

26. The Penjara Model Community of farmers with the same values
Employment of marginalised communities
Closed-Loop ecosystem of systems for food production
Co-existence of working space with farming

29. Indoor growing hydroponic system Mushroom growing Insect Farming
Aquaculture
Food loss & waste composting
Aquaponic growing system

31. MUSHROOM FARMING

33. BLACK SOLDIER FLY

34. Disruption of Food Systems
Lesser miles, lesser carbon footprint
Transparency
No middle man
we know exactly how that piece of leaf is grown and how it reaches our plate

35. OUR IMPACT Each Citizen Farm can produce 100 kg of leafy greens DAILY
Take in 200 kg of food waste DAILY
Hiring of 30 beneficiaries per Citizen Farm
300 Citizen Farms needed to fulfil ALL of Singapore’s Leafy Green production

36. THE FUTURE

37. THE FUTURE

38. THE FUTURE

39. WHAT WE
HAVE LEARNT
The office staff has provided positive feedback of working side by side a functioning farm, and ubs livability of the city
The greater community has expressed a lot of interests about why we are doing this and we can be a part of their lives
Consumers and chefs are seeking a closer relationship with their food source that is severely lacking
Urban farming is better done together, than as a single entity.

40. FUTURE PLANS Scale to HDB Scale to more Viaducts
Any under-utilised spaces
Office Spaces in the CBD
Car parks

41. FUTURE
PLANS

42. FUTURE
PLANS

43. A CLOSED-LOOP URBAN FARMING MODEL

44. PROJECT PIPELINE PROJECT PIPELINE 2017 2018 2019 2020 Citizen Farm
Penjara
Launch of our B2C Basket
Citizen Farm Scale to 5 Viaducts
Regional expansion (SEA cities)
Citizen Farm Funan
Largest rooftop urban farm in the civic district
Citizen Farm 10 Viaducts
International expansion (global cities)

46. OUR TEAM
“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.”
A great mix of individuals with diverse backgrounds who fully believe in our vision and mission
–Masanobu fukuoka