Artisan Green is adding a bigger, better farm to its stable come 2025. The local vegetable farm's new 2ha site – the size of around three football fields – in Sungei Tengah will have an indoor production area of 5,500 square meters and an outdoor production area of 1.5ha. Its existing one in Kallang, an indoor farm, has an area of 300 square meters.
The new farm will produce 30 tonnes of vegetables a month in the initial phase, up from one tonne a month currently. In the second phase from 2026, this will be increased to 90 tonnes a month. The farm's indoor section will feature a controlled environment, tapping LED lights, for instance, to grow higher-value crops like baby spinach and microgreens. Its outdoor greenhouse component would be more suitable for common local crops like xiao bai cai.
The company is one of the few budding shoots of success in a sector grappling with teething challenges from high electricity costs to lack of demand. But the journey has not been easy, Mr Poh told The Straits Times. The company did not succeed in the previous bidding round in 2020 for an agricultural land tender meant for vegetable farming, nor was it able to lease a plot in the commercial market.
Eventually, it managed to secure a plot in Sungei Tengah in April 2024. In hindsight, it turned out to be a blessing.
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