What are some of the reasons for food waste in Singapore?
86% of locals prepare excessive amounts of food for parties, 25 % of locals buy more groceries than needed & 52% never take away unfinished food.
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How do you feel about this? What can we do to reduce this?
Think about small things that you can do to influence your personal / your family's decisions.
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What is Singapore 30 by 30 about?
Singapore plans to produce 30% of our nutritional needs locally by 2030.
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How many percent of Singapore's land area is designated for agricultural use? Why do you think this is so?
< 1%
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What is the name of the government agency set up to ensure and secure a supply of safe food for Singapore?
SFA (Singapore Food Agency)
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Name one type of meat that is grown locally.
Fish / Pork / Beef / Chicken
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When there was severe shortage of eggs in Singapore during the COVID-19 circuit breaker, we imported eggs from this country.
Poland
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How many percent of our food do we import now?
90%
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Food waste cannot be used to generate electricity. True or false?
False
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What are some insects that help us in growing / protecting crops?
Bee, Black Soldier Fly, Ladybug, Some beetles, Parasitic Wasp etc.
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This food outlet has 40% of the food market share in Singapore.
McDonald's
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The first fast food chain in Singapore?
A&W (American and Western). First opening at Dunearn Road in 1966. Market competition forced the chain’s exit in 2003, but returned in 2019...
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Upper Sec Geog teachers, do you have any interesting ways in which you teach the Chapter of Food Resources? Care to share? Free 'call a colleague' option available.
There is no limit to creativity.
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What does the term 'sustainability' mean to you?
Sustainability means meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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Can you name any environmental education lesson in Geography / CCE that was conducted in your school? How was it done?
Knowledge is everywhere. Thank you for sharing :)
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In our complex global food supply chain, we are becoming increasingly disconnected from our food. Discuss.
