Made from scratch

Giving local produce a boost

Open Farm Community

130E Minden Road

Operating hours: Mon to Fri, noon - 3pm, 6pm - 10pm Sat, Sun and public holidays: 10am - 10pm

Tel: 6471 0306

www.openfarmcommunity.com

IT wasn't by chance that celebrity chef Ryan Clift's new restaurant - Open Farm Community (OFC) - is set in a 35,000 square foot garden in Dempsey, nor was it for the sake of a natural ambience. As its name suggests, the space is really a microcosm of entrepreneur Cynthia Chua's grand plan to make urban farming a reality in Singapore.

As a reformed naysayer herself, she is now out to prove by example that commercial and responsible farming is possible in a land-scarce city like ours.

Not only does she believe that enough can be grown to reduce our existing carbon footprint and dependence on imports, it can also be a viable career option for young millennials looking to …