The vegetables at the bus stop are placed in a hydroponic display so that the crops are able to grow optimally.
Singapore plans to produce 30 per cent of our nutritional needs locally and sustainably by 2030, but not many Singaporeans know much about the high-tech farms that produce them.
A new campaign by sovereign wealth fund GIC to raise the profile of urban farms in Singapore aims to change that, with seven bus stops islandwide sprouting vegetables such as kailan, butterhead lettuce and Chinese cabbage.
The vegetable displays can be found at bus stops at the Fu Lu Shou shopping complex, in Bencoolen Street, opposite the Jelita Cold Storage in Holland Road, next to CHIJ Katong Convent, at National University of Singapore's Bukit Timah campus, and in front of the St John's Ambulance Brigade headquarters and the Singapore Polytechnic School of Science and Tech.
Ms Carly Su, 22, a second-year student at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, said the vegetable display at the bus stop in Bencoolen Street had caught her attention during her commute, adding that it is a “cool idea”.
“It's a nice change from the usual ads that no one really pays attention to, and it's quite interesting to learn that Singapore has farms also,” said the Chinese national.
Another commuter, who wanted to be known only as Madam Ong, 61, said the display helped to improve the aesthetics of the bus stop at the Fu Lu Shou complex, where she was waiting to take a bus home.
She said in Mandarin: “I think it's very cute. I know of some farms in my neighbourhood Yishun but it's the first time I've seen it at a bus stop.”
