Singapore: 5 urban vegetable farms to explore with the little ones
With Singapore’s 30 by 30 mission to start being self-sufficient when it comes to food security, there’s so much focus on local urban farms growing fresh produce.
By Priyanka Elhence
Asia One
December 05, 2020
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Bollywood Veggies
Bollywood Veggies is perhaps one of the oldest, and certainly one of the most famous, local farms in town.
Grown without the use of any chemical fertilisers, pesticides or growth hormones, there’s even over 20 varieties of bananas that are available here.
Sign up for their guided farm tour for hands-on farming experiences, learning methods of sustainable and planet-friendly farming, and of course, tasting fruits and vegetables at their freshest.
Try paddy planting, pot a plant or an art with nature session among many other activities. There’s even a food museum tour to show the influence of agriculture and what effects civilisation has on it.
Kin Yan Agrotech
Located in Lim Chu Kang Agrotechnology Park, near the lush Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve, the 20-year old Kin Yan Agrotech is Singapore’s largest commercial organic wheatgrass and mushroom farm.
Other crops that the farm also grows include fresh edible cactuses, pea shoots, leafy vegetables and aloe vera.
The farm is 100 per cent organic and pesticide free, and also grows its own organic compost from the farm’s biological waste that are not suitable for sale, such as leftover wheatgrass, pea shoot clippings and greens.
Sign up for one of their farm tours with special activities geared towards young children.
