Hear from Nithiya Laila about using food as a medium to discuss the topics of heritage and culture. As a culinary anthropologist, she sees food as aspiration, identity and overcoming prejudices.

During the pandemic lockdown in 2020, some of us baked bread, other made Dalgona coffee, and Hao Pei started guerilla growing rice varieties on a terrace. In this episode, Hao Pei reveals the origin story of 飯醉集團 Secret (Rice) Society - a guerilla rice garden to save and share native rice varieties and vernacular growing knowledge located on a rooftop in Toa Payoh. He shares about his brushes with the Town Council due to ‘unauthorised planting’, as well as the erasure of native rice...

In this episode, Aditi unpacks the language that come to shape our perception of soil and shares how Living Soil Asia aims to build and renew our connection to soil through its education programmes. Likening soil to a sourdough starter, Aditi reveals how the life that exist within our soil, or soil microbiology, forms the basis of a healthy food system. Han Jing also discusses the often-overlooked aspects of soil when it comes to growing food and the need for soil regeneration in urban...

Many of us are unaware that behind the old ORTO site lies Ground-Up Initiate (GUI) - a 2.6ha nature-inspired educational farm and woodworking craft arm. GUI will have to relocate by the end of 2023 as the current land is slated for new housing developments. Unlike the fate of other farms, GUI has secured a new site in the heartlands of Khatib, right behind NS HomeTeam Khatib. Bingyu and the GUI team are fundraising for the new space and getting ready for #GUIsBigMove. The first thing GUI...

In this episode, we chat with Foo Mao Sheng, an Entomologist from the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (NUS). He shares with us how he got started with eating edible insects after trying his first bamboo worm from Thailand as a protein replacement, as well as the history of entomophagy. Join our hosts Movin and Sankar as they try silkworm pupae, grasshoppers, crickets and superworms live (don’t worry, they’re SFA-approved!).  Resources and further reading 1. Mao Sheng on...

In this episode, Rachel Wong shares her journey starting and writing about agriculture and the food system at Cong and Co. Growing up with her grandmother who cooks sparked her curiosity towards how food is prepared and the broader socio-economic forces that shape and determine the food we choose to put on our plates, as well as what is considered palatable.  Rachel also discusses the Western-centrism of vegetarian diets and breaks down why agro-biodiversity is important to a sustainable...

“I never thought I’d be a farmer.” In this episode, Evelyn Eng-Lim reflects on her origin story of volunteering with Nature Society before she found herself at the crossroads of owning a plot of land to reclaim autonomy of the food and produce she consumes and eventually, building a food forest at the heart of Lim Chu Kang. She highlights the importance of people and community in building a soil-based farm and what we stand to lose as farms rich in biodiversity are being replaced by...

The cheesecakes are back - with guests! This season delves into food and the communities in our backyard. Who plays a role in Singapore’s food story, and who gets to shape our food future? Stay tuned as we launch this 8-episode season, and follow us on Instagram @climatecheesecake.

In the final episode of the season, the Climate Cheesecake team was invited to the Waves of Change Festival 2022 at ArtScience Museum. They share personal experiences with climate anxiety, and some of the ways they cope with it. Recorded live on 9 October 2022, with postscripts.

Why do we love pandas and hate bugs? Doesn’t all wildlife deserve the same love and respect? We discuss this double standard in our responses to these creatures in this 25 minute episode! Our very first guest @sgbeetlenut hangs out with @theweirdandwild and @sankarology to talk about beetles and shit. No legit, we talk about actual shit.

Why is it that animals used to be so commonplace but now we need to take day trips to Ubin to see them? Turns out this is a bigger phenomenon at play! Karsts, rainforests - our constant demand for resources and unsustainable trade are pushing these ecosystems to the brink - and there's a real cost to biodiversity! Join @sankarology and @ohletsfly as they talk about this crisis and what we can do about it.

COP27 is happening in November 2022, and that means.... global promises! Time to hold up our end of the deal. But…what is a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and who decides how these climate commitments are made? And do these commitments actually translate into actual climate action? We may only be scratching the surface of COP27, but we will get to the rest of it soon. The outcomes of COP27 are important because it affects our lives. So how can we take charge of our climate...

What do forest fires have to do with peat?

What does climate change have to do with palm oil?

What does climate change have to do with food security? Here's what we'll be talking about! 01:22 - About Chicken Shortage 02:10 - Chicken shortage causes - war, disease, heatwaves! 03:30 - Heatwave and changing rainfall in India 04:18 - Heatwaves affecting mango supply 10:23 How to make Tofu (Yes, it comes from soybeans) 16:06 Maybe (probably) we’ll have to eat crickets one day! 17:39 - Sustenir (Not a sponsor, but you can slide into our DMs)

Climate change is depressing and it’s honestly a lot to take in. What do global climate declarations and supply chain disruptions actually mean to the average person on the ground? Here at Climate Cheesecake, we try to break down these global, regional and local happenings into more manageable slices - so it’s not so overwhelming (not so jelat lah).