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Expansion of microalgae production to improve Singapore's food security

Microalgae holds the key to farming an alternative protein for the future - in a sustainable and productive way

Claudia Chong
Published Thu, Jun 6, 2019 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

LOCAL agritech startup Life3 Biotech and Temasek Polytechnic have joined forces in an effort to improve Singapore's food and nutrition security.

Life3 Biotech revealed that its continued partnership with Temasek Polytechnic aims to develop a special cultivation medium that uses food by-products to enhance the growth as well as nutritional profile of its microalgae variety as food ingredients.

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