Giving back to the earth, getting veggies in return


Here are two enterprising ways of cutting food waste: A hotel and an organic farm work together to turn kitchen waste into compost while a food foundation gets surplus food for the needy.

WILL Chua is a civil engineer with three masters degrees who was working in a high-powered job as a manager with the Singapore Economic Development Board before deciding to give it all up and return to Johor Baru – to get into organic farming.

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