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Check out this article, Vertical Farm Opens In Singapore, Sells Out Instantly,
by Lloyd
Alter at Treehuger.com. Singapore is using public money in a
public/private partnership with Sky
Greens , a local company, to help reduce the
city's reliance on importing vegetables. This is an innovative idea that could
be implemented in urban populations around the world. It would be another dent
in the world’s use of fossil fuels not having to transport the vegetables to
market and not having to use petroleum based fertilizers. It would also give
the local community healthy, pesticide and chemical free vegetables and job opportunities. Sky Greens works closely with the
Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (SCORE) as an active
participant and assists ex-offenders by giving them an opportunity to obtain
gainful employment. This is an example of the types of pioneering enterprise that we need to find a way to foster. One farm at a time.
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