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On a single farm spanning an area the size of 50 football fields in rural Neo Tiew, conveyor belts do the job that human hands might once have in feeding and rearing chickens.

Singapore has set a target of producing 30 percent of the island nation’s nutritional needs by the year 2030, and Chew’s aspires to play a contributing part in this endeavour.  The company has scaled up its daily production to 800,000 eggs and has plans to increase its production further to reach a target of one million eggs daily in future.

With its recent certification from American non-profit organisation, Humane Farm Animal Care — and plans to construct a new farm with larger state-of-the-art cage-free facilities — Chew’s Agriculture is certainly hatching exciting new plans for the future.

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30 years later, Chew’s Agriculture Pte Ltd remains a family-owned and family-operated business and joined the Certified Humane® program to meet a growing consumer demand for products labeled with verifiable animal welfare claims.

Eggs are one of the basic and most nutritionally complete food. Whether imported or locally produced, the availability of eggs to a country contributes to its resilience.

A staunch supporter of environmentally friendly farming methods, he took over the management of Chew’s Agriculture, a humble chicken farm established in 1987, with one intention: transformation. “Even though 2020 was challenging for most, we managed to set up a brand-new, high-tech farm in Singapore,” he says.

Chew's Agriculture is the only farm in the region with a cage-free system. Chew's has more than 20 chicken houses, two of which use a cage-free system, each raising 22,000 laying hens.

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Singapore has over 220 farms that produce some 10% of its food supply. Behind the scenes, farmers, entrepreneurs and scientists are working against the odds to produce not just more kinds of food, but better and more nutritious options.

24 hours is all it takes for Chew’s eggs to complete its journey from farm to shelf. Learn more about one of Singapore’s largest egg farms from the keepers themselves, and discover the not-so-secret lives of the hens that reside there!

Chef Melvyn Lee whips up Japanese Omurice and Creme Brulee using Chew's Fresh Eggs and Omega 3 Eggs.

In Singapore, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how some things are done and sped up changes in other sectors. Be it education or hospitality, migrant housing or food security, what is the new normal we can expect?

Chew’s Agriculture, a farm in Lim Chu Kang spanning an area the size of 50 football fields, currently produces 800,000 or almost half of Singapore’s locally farmed eggs per day. It aims to increase production to one million eggs a day in the second half of 2023.

A case study: How Singapore’s leading egg producer uses EcoStruxure™ to boost operational resilience and improve business efficiency.

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More than just a masterful leader, Chee Nam is an innovator in his own right, having designed a 4-tier chicken house system that helped produce over 300,000 eggs a day. Under his steadfast leadership, Chew's Agriculture has weathered the many shifts and evolutions of the farming industry, while always keeping an eye to the future. 

Today, Chew’s Agriculture is producing 700,000 eggs per day, and is yet another example of how local farms are embracing new farming methods and advanced technologies to help Singapore achieve its “30 by 30” food security goal.

For Chew's, free-range does not mean turning to backyard farming but investing in automation to keep layers in conditions that meet animal welfare standards. 

DBS today announced that Chew’s Agriculture, a leading egg producer in Singapore, has signed a 10-year, SGD 27 million sustainability-linked loan with the bank. This marks a milestone for sustainable development in Singapore – it is the nation’s first sustainability-linked loan for an SME.

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New agri-food standards have been jointly launched by the Singapore Manufacturing Federation and Standards Development Organisation. They call for a more holistic approach to farm management, from site selection and quality assurance, to ensuring traceable and responsibly farmed produce. 

Fresh eggs expert Yancy takes you through all the reasons locally laid eggs are simply eggs-quisite.

Follow spice queen Devagi Sanmugam and nutritionist Charlotte Mei as they visit Chew's Agriculture's egg farm and cook with local eggs! What's cooking? Egg masala and omelette briyani!

Sustainable food is on the menu in this episode. Participants learn to grow their own greens and discover the benefits of buying local and diversifying the types of food in their shopping baskets.

Chew's Agriculture is one of the largest and most modern layer farms in Singapore. Their newly developed eco-conscious and climate-controlled poultry houses are capable of improving air quality and reducing risk of disease contamination.