Chilli Crab in the Anthropocene: Book Panel Discussion | Green Market

About this Programme

"Daily, our eating turns nature into culture," the journalist Michael Pollen writes. How does this look like in Singapore, where a rich food culture seems to be at the heart of Singapore's identity and our unifying cultural thread?

Based on the titular essay of the local anthology, Eating Chilli Crab in the Anthropocene, this panel explores our relationships and stories with food in the midst of the climate crisis and discusses the possibilities for sustainable food production - specifically in regard to mud crab farming.

Let chilli crab tell the story of seafood sustainability through the lens of food culture, as we discuss #eatingchillicrabintheanthropocene.

This programme is targetted at a general audience, including teens and those aged 50 and above.

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Please note that presentation slides may be available during or after the programme, depending on the programme. Where applicable, only participants who attend the programme can have access to the slides via instructions given during the programme.

About the Panellists

An experienced naturalist, Xiaoyun is an avid biodiversity facilitator and partnerships executive with The Untamed Paths. She is also the author of the title chapter in 'Eating Chilli Crab in the Anthropocene' (2020), and contributed a chapter on the ecological dimensions of fast fashion in 'Local Encounters in a Global CIty: Singapore Stories' (2017). A graduate of Yale-NUS College, she specialised in environmental history and policy. Climate concerned and passionate, she guides others to realise the beauty and joy of the thriving natural world, and cultivate care and action towards environmental conservation.

Ms Peng-Ean Khoo read Economics at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, UK. She trained in London with Price Waterhouse in the Products Group, and subsequently, in the Technology Group, Boston of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Since 2000, Peng-Ean has co-founded Bilberries Blue servicing sustainable enterprises that support and enable the eco-systemic emergence of Good Work in local, regional, international economic development and in the capital marketplace. In 2022, Peng-Ean Khoo co-founded The Kind Grower with Gabriel Fong and Khoo Peng Keat, a pesticide-free food-forest-farm direct producer and distributor in the region. The Kind Grower is committed to be a global brand which leads #FoodSustainabilityintheAnthropocene, by rapid-cycle integrating food-forest-systems, with a commitment to innovating community & marketsplaces of character for sustainable development. The Kind Grower’s farm is nestled in the Sundaland Rainforest of Titiwangsa Mountains.

Dr Diana Chan is the Head of the Aquaculture Innovation Centre established by Enterprise Singapore for the local aquaculture industry in July 2019. She has been actively engaging farms and companies in aquaculture consultancy services and research since 2010. She also conducts training for farms and companies in Singapore Standards 670:2021 and 689:2022 as well as course on farm biosecurity and environmental management developed in collaboration with the Singapore Food Agency. Diana began mud crab hatchery research and development at AIC R&D farm in 2020 and has been leading a project team on developing customised growth stage specific feeds and nutrition using alternative ingredients instead of trash seafood; health and disease management and integrated culture systems for mud crab farming. Research findings about her team's work was presented at the workshop organised by AIC and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in November 2023 which involved mud crab experts from the region.

About Green Market

Green Market is NLB’s annual event that celebrates sustainable living and connects the community to green groups and initiatives they can support. This year’s theme, The Sea-cret Edition, dives deep to explore the wonders of the sea and embrace our interconnections with it, urging understanding and action to safeguard its fragile beauty.

From 8-9 June 2024, come have a whale of a time at Central Public Library. Get hooked on the ocean with our lineup of family-fun programmes, booths, storytellings, digital activities and more, brought to you in collaboration with local blue partners.

Can’t make the date? Join us instead from 25 May for our Green Market Challenge and other leadup programmes at selected libraries, and “wet” your appetite for all things marine.

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