Growing food in our tropical climate

I was at a talk organised by Underneath The Radar this evening at Food03. The talk was presented by Ellis, who has been researching on urban farming. She had some video screenings, of which I did not arrive on time to view. I had the chance to listen in on the discussion afterwards and Heather Chi, an urban planner at URA spoke about the Community in Bloom report published by the National Environment Agency (NEA). The discussions zoomed in on how feasible it is to grow tropical food in Singapore and whether there will be people willing to change their diets. This would mean, a diet based on potatoes, sweet potatoes. Linda, a local food enthusiast and food03 staff member, spoke about how rice is seen to be a form of food rations back in the days. She raised an important point about changing our mindsets and actively making our diet accessible to us is lacking. To switch diets would prove to be a challenge. I am quite excited at the prospect of urban farming. I'd like to have one of those for my own!