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From community garden to megafarm: Greenphyto’s path to the world’s tallest hydroponic farm

Automation helps the agritech startup reach new heights

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Published Wed, Dec 31, 2025 · 09:00 AM
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    • Susan Chong, founder of GreenPhyto, says the farm began as a community project she ran at her previous company.
    • Susan Chong, founder of GreenPhyto, says the farm began as a community project she ran at her previous company. PHOTO: TAY CHU YI, BT

    [SINGAPORE] Susan Chong, the founder of agritech startup Greenphyto, had never planned to become a vegetable farmer. After all, she already had a multimillion-dollar business designing environmentally friendly packaging for companies.

    But it was a “simple community project” with that company, Greenpac, that introduced her to growing vegetables.

    Sometime around 2011, Greenpac engaged senior citizens and secondary school students in Taman Jurong – where the company is located – to grow vegetables using hydroponics systems.

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