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Tech farming bears fruit

Technology has made farming a viable idea in Singapore, but owners of farms hope more can be done to help grow the industry as well as the country's food supplies

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Tan Hsueh Yun Food Editor, Tan Hsueh Yun

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Just a decade ago, the idea that farming might be a viable career or business in land-scarce Singapore would have seemed laughable.
But technology, which enables people to grow crops indoors and to literally reach for the sky and grow more on less land, has made farming less of a joke.
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