The Sky's the limit for homegrown vertical farm

Singapore

SKY Greens, a local vertical farm, has sky-high ambitions. It has tested out the feasibility of establishing vertical farms on the rooftops of Housing Development Board (HDB) buildings, schools and even multi-storey carparks - and it is not stopping there.

The company was established in 2012 by Jack Ng, an engineer who wants to help countries which have a short supply of land, like Singapore, to still be able to have food security.

It is situated in the north-west of Singapore, at Lim Chu Kang, where much of Singapore's agricultural industry is centred at. Sky Greens now sells its produce to local supermarket chain NTUC FairPrice and also exports to…