Setting up urban farms where you least expect them

Going green: The vegetables at the bus stops in Singapore are placed in a hydroponic display for optimal growth. — The Straits Times/ANN

THE city-state plans to produce 30% of its nutritional needs locally and sustainably by 2030, but not many Singaporeans know much about the high-tech farms that produce them.

A new campaign by sovereign wealth fund GIC to raise the profile of urban farms aims to change that, with seven bus stops islandwide sprouting vegetables such as kailan, butterhead lettuce and cabbage.