Urban Farming
Students grow, harvest, and sell organic vegetables, then donate the proceeds to charity. Learn how this programme builds responsibility and entrepreneurial skills.
Overview
Urban Farming is a signature programme aligned to our efforts in ‘Growing Character’.
Our Sec 2 students are provided with some basic training on tending to the vegetable garden which includes planting, weeding and harvesting. The students are also made aware of the challenges of food sustainability and benefits of organic food. With this knowledge and conviction to serve, they tend to the vegetable plots, regularly water the plants, as well as care which also develops values like responsibility and resilience in our students.
After a period of regular, consistent care for this vegetation, the crops are then harvested. Our students take time to pack these harvested vegetables, together with a team of teachers and think of innovative marketing techniques to sell these organic produce to their schoolmates in an organised platform; Farmers’ & Makers’ Market. Spurred on by their passion to serve, the students’ entrepreneurial spirit is also honed as they think of various ways to market and promote the sales of these crops such that it benefits the consumers and adequate funds are raised for charity. Some of the innovative ideas are premix packs, organic facial packs and use of online platforms. The sales proceeds are then donated to a select beneficiary like Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore.
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Farmers’ & Makers’ Market
