News About Farming in a Shipping Container
High-Tech But Low Returns, Farming in Singapore Faces a Time of Reckoning
Another thing that farmers would like: More understanding from the government.
One example of a shining light in high-tech farming here exists at the Tampines Round Market and Food Centre, where an unassuming grey shipping container sits, seemingly idle, a few feet away from the car park.
But it is, in fact, Singapore’s first urban fish farm in a container, dubbed “Our Fish Storey”, developed by local startup Aqualita Ecotechnology and supported by Temasek Foundation.
Singapore: First Batch of Freshwater Fish Harvested From Tampines Container Farm
On June 15, MPs for Tampines GRC Baey Yam Keng and Desmond Choo visited the container farm and viewed the harvesting of the fish. Launched in November 2023, it is Singapore’s first container fish farm located in an HDB estate.
Singapore’s First Urban Fish Farm In A Container Launched In Tampines
The container fish farm is located in Tampines Street 11, next to the Tampines Round Market and Food Centre, and residents can look forward to enjoying the popular jade perch, a fish delicacy, after the first harvest in four to six months