Vegetable and seafood farms in Singapore face falling demand amid high utility costs

22-07-2025

Farms in Singapore are calling for more residents to not only eat local, but also buy local produce. This is as they face obstacles such as competition from imports and low consumer awareness. The call for more awareness comes amid road bumps in Singapore's drive to meet 30 per cent of its nutritional needs locally by 2030. Its vegetable and seafood farms are facing falling demand, on top of other challenges like high utility costs. Farms are trying all sorts of survival strategies, from simpler farming methods to bring in new food options. Ivy Chok reports.

Hashtags

Try Our AI Features

Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:

Comments

No comments yet...

CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: Having built car vending machines, Gary Hong now fuels connections for social good

CNA

2 hours ago

CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: Having built car vending machines, Gary Hong now fuels connections for social good

Gary Hong of Autobahn Motors is best known as the man behind Singapore's iconic car vending machines. Apart from dealing in classic and luxury cars, Gary is also the co-founder of PlayPan, a social enterprise that brings people and organisations from different backgrounds together to spark off innovative collaborations for social good. In this conversation, Gary shares how curiosity and optimism paved the way for him to discover a deeper meaning in his work, and how he has learned to re-channel his personal challenges into a source of creativity.

CNA

5 hours ago

Asia First - Wed 30 Jul 2025

02:25:56 Min From the opening bell across markets in Southeast Asia and China, to the biggest business interviews and top financial stories, tune in to Asia First to kick-start your business day.

Growing wave of businesses going belly up in Singapore

CNA

6 hours ago

Growing wave of businesses going belly up in Singapore

More businesses are going belly up in Singapore, with more being forced by the courts to shut. So far this year, 187 companies have been liquidated, a jump from 146 in the same period last year and just 95 the year before. This has been keeping debt collectors busier than ever; they say that about 30 per cent more companies are having trouble paying debts. Our reporter Sherlyn Seah joins us in the studio to discuss this issue. She talks about the situation and what the numbers reflect about the economy. She also explains why debt collectors may be involved and tells us more about the outlook for businesses from here.