At present, Will considers his way of living as half farmer, half monk. He is co-founder of FOLO (Feed Our Loved Ones) farm, a community organic vegetable farm feeding nutrient-dense, microbes rich vegetables to families and people in need.

Will is also co-creating A Little Wild, SEAsia's first Syntropic Agroforestry farm bringing soil health and biodiversity back to degraded oil palm land while growing forest and food. Previously, Will had a 15-year career as a public servant in Singapore and a civil engineer in various countries.

Marcus Koe is the founder and director of Habitat Collective. As an anthropology graduate who has always been interested in humanity, the environment, and the intersections between them, he started his journey as an urban farmer started back in 2017.

Since then, he has passionately pursued expertise in designing ecological food gardens and forests, small and human-scale systems, permaculture inspired regenerative solutions, and community-supported agriculture.

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Recommended Resources

The Soul is in the Soil by Oleh Mandat

The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka

Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard​

John Ong is an aerospace engineer and problem solving specialist, who is on a mission to provide a wide variety of fresh produce to everyone living in urban cities through micro-urban farms.

Spore Gardens hopes to redefine a new gold standard for urban mushroom farming and empower individuals & corporations to become contributors towards global food security.

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Fantastic Fungi - A Film by Louie Schwartzberg

Prior to joining the fish farming industry, Deborah worked in the F&B industry for 10 years, running cafes and restaurants, which explains her curiosity and interest in knowing where our food supply comes from. 

Tiberias Harvest is a floating marine fish farm located off the north-eastern coast of Pulau Ubin that has been in operation since 2011. Tiberias Harvest believes in responsible farming and fish health management practices - this means ensuring food safety and growing fish less intensively, and being mindful of the impact on the sea environment.

Jun Ning co-founded A Little Wild in 2020 with Imran, Thomas and Will  because they were disillusioned and frustrated with the modern food system. As Southeast Asia's first commercial-scale Syntropic Agroforestry (SA) farm, they aim to demonstrate that humans can accelerate the restoration of degraded soil + biodiversity + ecosystem using observation, knowledge, and management techniques.

Prof. Veera is a Nature-Based Solutions Professor at National University of Singapore and a Botanist /Urban Greening/Urban Farming Specialist/Green Futurist with over 35 years of experience. His green career route has taken him to many parts of the world including Pakistan, Morocco, Seychelles, Africa, Vietnam, China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia, where he worked on a broad range of nature-inspired consultancy projects for Eco-Parks and Zoos. He has also established  businesses to transform urban and nature spaces into thriving habitats and sustainable ecosystems with regenerative, nature-based solutions.