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Part 1: Why Soil?

"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.“ - Henry David Thoreau If you’ve interacted with us you know that the team at Cultivate Central loves soil. But why? We garden and grow food without chemical fertilisers. We do this ...

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Back to School!

Permaculture education to 550 students across different schools! That’s how we kicked off our 2023. Here is how we focused on school programmes the past three months… Students Reached: 550 Schools Engaged: 2 Workshops Delivered: 22 Themes...

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How To Make Your Own Herb Salts

Growing herbs is one of our favourite things at the Goodman Community Farm. It is a source of food with wide variety in taste. Grown by considering the microclimates in the space, we have found that they are more versatile than people think. We grow ...

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Cook with Microgreens Recipe 3: Raita with Sunflower Microgreens

It has been so warm in Singapore and we are all just looking for something cool, refreshing and delicious. Raita is traditionally from South Asian cuisine and it is a yoghurt usually mixed with different cooked or raw vegetables eaten as a side salad...

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Cook with Microgreens Recipe 2: Tanghoon Soup with Buckwheat Microgreens

Tang Hoon! Tang Hoon! Why do I love Tang Hoon so much? There was a period of time from when I was about 10 - 20 years old, my family and I were poor. Don't get me wrong, I had a lovely childhood, very happy, filled with good memories but it was a fin...

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Cook with Microgreens Recipe 1 : Quinoa, Daikon Radish Microgreens and Tapioca Salad.

I'm hooked. I love Daikon Radish Microgreens. Radish Microgreens come in a number of different varieties. I've tried three so far and hope to try more. The stems on these different radish microgreens look different. Radish Microgreens have white stem...

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Cultivate Central's DIY Coco-dama kit

Hailing from Japan, the beautiful and hand-crafted Kokedama has long been seen as garden art that allows individuality and creativity. The compound word explains what it is 'Koke' meaning moss and 'dama' meaning sphere. Originally crafted with moss ...

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Top 5 Tips for Growing Microgreens At Home

FOOD. We consume food for survival and enjoyment on a daily basis. More often than not, even the food that we eat for energy makes us happy; we are all truly foodies on the inside.What does this mean for all of us as consumers of food in the global ...

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