Singapore: DBS Bank creating eco-friendly urban farm for employees
“While (community farms) are increasingly common in housing estates and shopping malls, it’s not often you find one in a commercial space.”
By Jessie Lim
Straits Times
June 20, 2020
Excerpt:
Touted to be Singapore’s first community farm on the premises of a bank, the DBS Food Forest will feature more than 50 varieties of edible plants and herbs that Singaporeans consume every day. The 46 sq m farm, outside the DBS Asia Hub building in Changi Business Park, will be completed later this year.
Employees will be able to enjoy vegetables such as sweet potato leaves and herbs like lemongrass for lunch. Meals with freshly picked produce will be served at the hub’s in-house cafeteria.
To launch the DBS Food Forest, the bank has partnered Edible Garden City, which has developed 240 food gardens over the past seven years. The social enterprise – which specialises in urban farming – is supported by DBS Foundation.
The community garden, besides giving employees a taste of farm-to-table dining, will also come with eco-friendly features. Waste generated by the in-house cafeteria will be used as fertiliser for the Food Forest. To save water, a waste-efficient drip irrigation system will be installed.
