Restoring Singapore's Food Collective Actualisation Through Regenerative Agrarian Dynamics
About Paper
This doctoral research explores how Singapore’s food systems can be transformed through regenerative agrarian practices, community-based farming, and new approaches to urban food sovereignty. It examines how food production in a highly urbanised, land-scarce city can move beyond purely technological solutions toward more relational models that connect people, place, ecology, and collective care.
Key points:
Urban agriculture can function as more than food production, it can support community connection, ecological awareness, and social wellbeing.
Regenerative agrarian practices offer pathways for strengthening Singapore’s food resilience within the constraints of a highly urbanised environment.
Food sovereignty can be reimagined through community participation, spatial interventions, and care-based farming models.
Building resilient food systems requires attention to nutrient equity, biodiversity, social inclusion, and relationships between people and place.
Collective action and regenerative approaches can contribute to more sustainable and inclusive urban food futures.
This paper may resonate with readers interested in regenerative agriculture, urban farming, food sovereignty, sustainable cities, and community-led environmental change.
Authored by Bjorn Low
Institution RMIT University
