Want to take climate or social action, but unsure where to start?
Food Citizen is an educational organisation in Singapore that provides workshops, talks, and programs to help people learn about food sustainability and climate action. Our goal is to share global knowledge about food, living systems, and health with a local context.
Join our workshops to rediscover the living systems we inhabit, and what it means to care for our shared Earth and all living beings.
Bringing lecturers and aspiring educators from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, to a community kitchen by the Saturday Movement
Be a Food Citizen
Be a citizen of Earth who understands the impact of your choices - and shifts your actions accordingly.
More than a consumer, you
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care about environmental and social issues
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understand issues of the global food system
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want to support fair, regenerative, and local food practices
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want to choose food based on how it was produced
Food Citizen's social impact
Food Citizen is a business that emerged from an informal network of people who care about eating and living 'better'. Public agencies and schools wanted to learn from the network, to better understand the food landscape in Singapore. Today, our main customers are educators, or individuals wanting to take meaningful climate or social action.
Our trainers and speakers are invited practitioners who freelance with us. Food Citizen work towards creating meaningful fair trade opportunities, allowing our co-creators and freelancers to focus on other priorities, including selected community projects.
Our work is guided by the ethics of permaculture:
Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share
A gift for Tuckshop Practice, a key programme of The Theatre Practice
What our participants said
Living Systems
I loved that we were not only guided on the how-to’s, but we were also taught the science behind it which I found both intriguing and informative. The information that’s shared is what most content that I came across lacked, and (our trainer) Cuifen delivered it in such an engaging and digestible way, you’ll just get it. Her perspective on soil health would also help you understand climate issues, nutrition, and nature’s health much more holistically - you’ll see that everything is connected."
Jocelyn Cai
Community Composting
"Oh wow, that was so inspiring! Thanks for sharing this story with us, it definitely helped us understand more on how community composting can really change the choices we make and slowly improve the climate crisis, rather than thinking that there is no hope in the future."
SS, high school student
Food Experiences
"I loved that many of the ingredients were locally harvested, foraged or rescued. This is a wonderful way to connect people with what is locally available and to unique flavours, the experience helps to open one's mind to new possibilities, demonstrating that these types of ingredients are not lesser than, but pull their own weight. I would love to see more pairings like this, different iterations of local herbs, edible flowers, foraged food, medicinal plants, rescued food."
Olivia Chong, The Tender Gardener
Connections between Food & Soil
"The workshop is fun and informative! Chingwei (our trainer) shared lots of detailed information that we have never noticed even though we have been seeing it everyday. She is also full of knowledge about soil and compost. She patiently answered all our questions about it."
HY, preschool teacher
Nature-based Gardening
"I have really enjoyed the evenings following both workshops (delivered by natural farmer Tang Hung Bun). I think being in the presence of such much enthusiasm and dedication during the workshop really rubs off, re-energising me in the process."
David Taylor, lecturer
Place-based projects
Food Citizen co-creators, Cuifen and Chingwei, lead place-based projects that combine nature-based principles with community action. These include Boon Lay Nature Garden, Bukit Gombak Compost Stewards, and Project Black Gold.
We encourage our workshop attendees and alumni to join us in applying knowledge by contributing to the long-term success of local place-based projects. Together, we can design programs that align with your organisation's educational, well-being, or social impact goals while shaping the future of our city.
We also welcome sponsorships and other forms of meaningful engagements with value-aligned organisations. Email us to find out more.
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