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Breaking new ground in farming

Founders of urban farm aim to spread rooftop greenhouse concept to buildings islandwide

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Chang Ai-Lien, Shabana Begum

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Once a dreary-looking rooftop carpark on a Woodlands industrial building, it is now a verdant oasis that yields 1,000 fresh vegetable plants daily, for a start.
The men behind the eight-month-old, 800 sq m greenhouse, Comcrop partners Allan Lim and Peter Barber, have ambitious plans to extend the rooftop greenhouse concept to buildings islandwide.
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