New facility in Sungei Tengah will have farm-to-table restaurant

Artisan Green is adding a bigger, better farm to its stable come 2025. The local vegetable farm's new 2ha site - the size of around three football fields - in Sungei Tengah will have an indoor production area of 5,500 sq m and an outdoor production area of 1.5ha.

- Cheryl Tan

Artisan Green is adding a bigger, better farm to its stable come 2025.

The local vegetable farm's new 2ha site - the size of around three football fields - in Sungei Tengah will have an indoor production area of 5,500 sq m and an outdoor production area of 1.5ha.

Its existing one in Kallang, an indoor farm, has an area of 300 sq m. The new farm will grow its signature baby spinach, along with other leafy greens and microgreens. It will also have a farm-to-table dining concept to educate consumers on the value of buying locally grown produce, said chief executive Ray Poh.

The company is one of the few budding shoots of success in a sector grappling with teething challenges from high electricity costs to lack of demand.

But the journey has not been easy, Mr Poh told The Straits Times. The company did not succeed in the previous bidding round in 2020 for an agricultural land tender meant for vegetable farming, nor was it able to lease a plot in the commercial market.

Eventually, it managed to secure a plot in Sungei Tengah in April 2024. In hindsight, it turned out to be a blessing.