How Singapore is securing its food supply with rooftop farms

Jan 11, 2019

Rows of organic lettuces sprout from growing towers that are primarily made out of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes at Citiponics' urban farm on the rooftop of a multi-storey carpark in a public housing estate in western Singapore April 17, 2018. Picture taken April 17, 2018. REUTERS/Loriene Perera - RC131C8BA340

A rooftop farm grows organic lettuces in Singapore Image: REUTERS/Loriene Perera

Rina Chandran

Correspondent, Reuters

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A small farm on top of a mall on Singapore's Orchard Road grows herbs and leafy greens in a high-tech urban farming model that could improve the city's food security. Photo taken 13 November 2018. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran

A general view of shopping malls in the shopping district of Orchard Road in Singapore June 2, 2016. Image: REUTERS/Edgar Su

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