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Farm in the City to Fork

Matt van Leeuwen, Chief Innovation Officer and Director , Sunway Group Sunway XFarms

04-Jul-22 12:00

Farm in the City to Fork

As traditional farming becomes unsustainable and starts to threaten Malaysia's food security, alternatives must be looked into to overcome these challenges, and one of which is vertical farming. We look more into this agritech space with Matt van Leeuwen, Chief Innovation Officer of Sunway Group and director of Sunway XFarms. 

Image Credit: Sunway X farms Facebook

Produced by: Freda Liu, Lily Chai

Presented by: Christine Wong, Freda Liu


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Categories:  culturefoodSMEentrepreneurs

Tags:  Farmsvertical farmingurban farmingvegetablesfood security





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