Singapore’s Homegrown Farming Dream Is Beginning to Fade
- Nation’s local food campaign is faltering at the halfway mark
- High costs, government red tape are hampering farming startups
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By most measures, Karthik Rajan’s farm in Singapore is a success story. Run from a two-hectare plot of land in the island’s north, LivFresh has been supplying major supermarkets with spinach, lettuce and other Asian green vegetables since 2022. The firm turned profitable in March.
It may still close down by the end of the year.