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[@AG-fi3ry]

"In order to do good, we must do well." Thank you for that, sir. Have a nice day.

[@truthbetold2611]

Such movement needs to go on in every corner of the world if mankind is to survive and thrive into the new Millennium.

[@anonymousprepper1463]

I started such here in USA, Pennsylvania

[@HeyGuysHave121]

I totally agree with you, so let us start from your own home, and start it from today.

[@Rick_Sanchez_C137_]

Ingrid Kuang "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." --Leo Tolstoy If you want to see a change elsewhere, start yourself; provide a local example for those around you....

[@nereidapr1]

Agree I started 3 years ago and don't regret it. I have saved money on food and eggs and the great thing is that it's fresh.

[@TradChadFarm]

Ingrid Kuang so do something. I stopped talking and started doing 2 years ago. be the chainge don't just see the chainge

[@marset.designsplus3813]

This is Awesome!!! Here in my country Trinidad &Tobago ( located in the Caribbean 9 miles off the coast of Venezuela) we have an abundance of very Fertile farming soil but, we still dont substain our need for produce. With 1,250,000 people we import almost the same % as Singapore. ☹ This being the first day of the new year, i feel so inspired and hopeful !!! Change is possible...one step at a time. Thank you for this inspiring video!!🤗🥦🥥🍅

[@axel-adrienrobert1145]

Marcia Mc Clean If you have a bit of land, you can easily start an aquaponic (or an easiest hydroponic) farm. Step by step, for not so much you could achieve to have your own vegetables and herbs. Look for “FAO report aquaponic”, a free 290 pages book with everything to explain you how to correctly do.

[@southwestsearch]

Truly a great idea! But I think using soil as a filter would have saved that guy's fish. Don't forget the bee's! They are declining.

[@mrrreddy8067]

😂😂😂

[@marset.designsplus3813]

@@southwestsearch Bees arw nit a problem here. I hear them all day on my Coconut tree. Earthworms galore... i just have to be consistent with my tending to my plants.

[@marset.designsplus3813]

@@axel-adrienrobert1145 Thanks so much for the information!! Divine order to you!!

[@lastatmyownpace3497]

YESSSS!!!!!I LOVE THIS KINDA STUFF ..THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR FOOD (KNOWLEDGE) WITH US... please keep up the work and keep advancing😊

[@marilynchoong2018]

Really love the personality of the hydroponics farmer. Funny and hardworking

[@TexasJungle]

I’m soooo inspired by this! Thank you for showing the beauty of our world and it’s potential

[@gillianbc]

Allan Lim - true pioneer. What an inspirational guy!

[@indoororchidsandtropicals358]

It is so amazing to make a dish or a meal with all or the majority of what you grew yourself. I don't grow wheat, and I'm not much of a cook either, but I made this incredible pasta with everything I grew myself. And call me a total geek, but whenever I plant a seed and it grows into this huge plant that makes food, there is this sense of awe. I always say, "look, I made a plant," even though I know all I did was give it water when needed, but it feels like I created something alive, and that is an amazing feeling.

[@ModernDairy]

Admitting this video and the efforts taken for roof gardening! I was unaware of the various practices, types of plants that can be used as roof plants and this video lists a clear picture of it! Well done team!

[@lillywiggles8264]

Love this! Was shocked to see how clean the water became in the fish tank! Very ingenious ideas!!! Thank you so much for sharing with everyone! God is good

[@cwong5643]

So heartening to learn about this movement in Singapore.

[@murraylowe7493]

I must salute you in all your efforts to reduce waste and increase food sources. You are our future in food production of the world.

[@rolfw2336]

Kudos to Allan and Bjorn.. urban gardens are a great idea. Thanks for presenting this!

[@RinjaniDawnAdventuresLombok]

I love this movement - it's so important! We're going to build an organic garden using aquaponics at our office in the coming weeks!

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

Almost any flat in SG can grow their own herbs, because there is often space for the flower pots near the entrance to the flats, because the HDB buildings have an open walkway. Some people do that already, but mostly with flowers.

[@mariawinzler]

In these uncertain times all of us should be doing this. I'm a gardner in a urban city and I use all spaces possible to grow something beautiful.

[@incogb6696]

Kindly email me? I’m working on a similar project and creating a group of urban gardeners [e-mail]

[@ScubaLui]

It's wonderful to see how this technology is becoming more wide spread.

[@megodzillaudeadable]

I really appreciate the comment that "you must do well to do good." A farm that goes out of business isn't helping anyone.

[@austinford4975]

The reason I love this video is because they're talking about and explaining the solution, while the problem is almost an after thought. (Also, does Alan drive a forester STi?)

[@dwaynaugustine32]

Fish happy! Plants happy!! People happy!!!... AWESOME!👍

[@serenemountain6769]

if you recicle food waste, you don't need fish ! that was is next step ... NO FISH.

[@incogb6696]

Serene Mountain how?

[@bte_permaculture]

Frigging awesome!! Anybody like to turn this dream into a reality? Love from Kerala, India ♥️😊

[@incogb6696]

[e-mail] - sarah

[@MSAUSA70]

Here in America...every community's Golf Course is more important than sustainable, community farming. --- M.S.A.

[@nunurbuisness5877]

Mark Alexander that's so true what a huge waste of water, land, and resources golf really is

[@indoororchidsandtropicals358]

Omg, right? I was thinking about how insane it is that so much money, effort, and land is spent on a place where people can hit things with sticks and how crazy it is that we grow this useless plant in our own yards that does nothing but use too much water and costs money to mow etc. Each year more of my grass gets turned into flower beds or food growing space. (And lots of the flowers are edible too) We need some lawn for the dog, to run and play, but Sometimes I am just in awe at the stupid things humans do. The yard is full of hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies, and I've got a whole medicinal and herbal garden. Some local wild trees bear fruit like elderberries and chokecherries and many of the 'weeds' are edible too, but we spend all this money on pouring poison on something we can eat and grows well in our climate. Total insanity.

[@shnbwmn]

Grass is important for beneficial insects and birds...

[@sabersahoge2695]

so what's wrong with entertainment.being human isn't just eating

[@gaybroshevik4180]

Unfortunately, this is very true. Very sad. I'm working on changing that though. I NEVER in my wildest dreams thought I'd become an Agrarian Farmer and 21st Century Space Communist Hippy.

[@freddiekinnaputi]

Not only sustainability but respectability kudos team

[@jervielynkyprianou7243]

Singapore really need this kind of farming specially now the whole world is in pandemic.

[@Rick_Sanchez_C137_]

It would be nice if all food waste was sent to farms that would either compost or feed to chickens and pigs....

[@jakeaustin901]

could be a promising business venture...

[@chenghouxd1552]

+Rick Sanchez C137 I found a great collection of videos that should help on Grape grower folio

[@Alex-se7jk]

heh thats actually was a thing in ussr

[@shortchanged.]

Smart farmers do seek out scraps

[@FLomasterZ]

But what about risk of meat infection with virus or bacteria from ill people?

[@hiddenemperor653]

Veeeery cool to see them take sustainability serious and to grow with 0 pesticides and offset aaalot of CO2 emissions. We really need to spread this movement to all towns in the world.

[@storesellify]

Do you know what people like you make our world beautiful. Love from Pakistan. Nice work.hope I can learn that 2.

[@emilywong4601]

I have heard of American engineering students doing similar green ventures such as kitchen mushroom grown in coffee grounds.

[@natel9019]

Emily Wong I would never eat those. Mushrooms will absorb heavy metal when grown in non organic coffee grounds.

[@JayXIsSad]

Growing anything in recycled organic matter is baby food compared to this.

[@howo357]

I was engineer student and I grew shrooms in college. Some of the best and worst trips but sure were cheapest.

[@marlan5470]

@@natel9019 Then you shouldn't drink the coffee either. Coffee grounds are only as organic as the plantations where the coffee plants are grown. So you are not making sense.

[@natel9019]

@@marlan5470 Where did I type that I drank coffee? Oh yeah I didn’t and you just assumed I did for some arbitrary reason. Talking about not making sense.

[@LeFleur80]

I wish more people were like him

[@chasek.497]

This is awesome. We need to apply this in every country, these creative solutions are certainly a step in the right direction

[@staypositivepositive]

WOW.. it is just too good to be true. but it is true. Salute for Singapore.

[@TheBanaxel]

At moments like this (covid 19) I am sure they really happy about projects like this one

[@hadarahbatyah]

Beautiful. Truly inspiring 😌💗

[@urbanwarchief]

I like to believe seeing green and other beautiful colors is good for the brain along with the fresh air

[@hellofromhoney]

👏👏👏 thank you for the EXCELLENT content!

[@Kuroro5]

I love Singapore so clean

[@nicolaiitchenko7610]

I have found that high levels of ammonia in aquaponic systems can be quickly reduced by having MANY-MANY more plants and grow beds. The plants can do with sharing very little nitrates if you have too few fish but not the other way around...

[@szilardegei9511]

Recent studies have shown that farm feeded fish (tilapia and salmon for instance) has high rate of toxins in them... making them very unhealthy for consumption. That's also because fish feed contains a lot of dioxine, which is eaten by the fish...

[@BaliBrit]

Hi Darth, Where can I get this information? Sounds like the perfect aquaponic system

[@ebonforce8750]

This is where you would have to source your fish from a reputable store, and your fish feed also from a reputable source. What is better is grow your own feed for the fish such as leguminous leaves & grains, worms, crickets & cockroaches...Smaller fish. It is NOT required to use fish feed from a box store or whatever.

[@aquaponicssource5005]

I am just getting into starting my hobby in aquaponics

[@bttrickk787]

Aquaponics Source is like too but my parents don’t want me too so I’m gonna build a hydroponic farm in my room and might save up for a aquaponic set up

[@nouhaila5226]

this is amazing all the best

[@ismaelfigeuras7443]

Yan ang masarap at healthy organic foods ang kainin hindi yung mga kung ano anong hayop na exotic animals na naglalabas ng virus Keep up the good work Modern farmers I have learned

[@TheDailyMemesShow]

There'd be a stronger push for this wonderful initiative worldwide! Saving the planet, one roof at a time!

[@668aqua]

This is just great. Would love to do my bit for Mother Nature.

[@incogb6696]

Email [e-mail] with your city

[@lindawilson9485]

Alan you are amazing!

[@unitcount503]

i started my garden about a month ago and think this is a good idea, i have my busness at my house in 3 years house will be payed off and relying on solar energy home grown vegtebles.

[@nodigBKMiche]

Way to rise up to the challenge people!!! Keep setting an example for the rest of us💛

[@parthasmukherjee4774]

Excellent Docu! Hats of to the Singapore entrepreneurs!

[@foodforestsg8319]

We need more of such forward thinking businesses!

[@bethbeth1792]

very resourceful garden and creative idea .beautiful love it.

[@brandonlamontcooper8141]

A beautiful quality operation...

[@ideasfromastreetwalker9187]

Any news on the progress of these rooftop farms? I'm just excited to see how it turned out after the last video shown. Please recommend other videos of this kind. More power!

[@Simonjose7258]

12:37 As the former president of my local community garden for 6 years (the Hollenback Community Garden in Clinton Hill Brooklyn) one of the most important things I learned and tried to pass on, was the importance and in fact required by regulations, of "Open Hours" on a schedule. Of course you need a fence or barrier, but you have to be open to the public. We scheduled them at the beginning of every month and everyone had to take turns opening up and staying at the garden for 3 hours. We had open hours twice a day, every day in the morning and the afternoon and all day on the weekends.

[@rameshm.appaiah5903]

I have just now seen your cliping in net, Sir my appreciations to your great method, and efforts. Congratulations.

[@desmondkevogo6397]

I love this farmers; innovation is key in farmer

[@kittentude]

Love Allan's vision, dedication, and humor. Wishes of success to Bjorn's farm to table venture. I really hope to see all prosper. I know there is some experimentation in similar farms here in the US. Would like to see all nations expand on this.

[@mksabourinable]

I have a Purple Shamrock plant (Oxalis Triangularis), and when I first got it I looked up info on it so that I knew how to properly care for it, I remember reading that it can be eaten, and that it's really flavourful, but I've never seen anyone do it, or even heard of it. It's usually just a houseplant. So when I first saw it I was like "wait what" and then I remembered, then when the chef was talking about it..... it's making me want to take a nibble at my houseplant!! lol EDIT: I tried it. It's fucking DELICIOUS. WHAT. Like it tastes like spinach in a raspberry vinaigrette - RIGHT OFF THE PLANT!! :O Oh dear this is dangerous..... for my plant. Awesome for me lol

[@romazone101]

I just spat out the leaf I tried! so bitter! lol

[@oldwatt]

This is genius ! I love it. I'll come visit you next time I go to Singapore :D

[@roylouis3788]

Big guy with big dreams. All the best man.

[@lenhumbird]

Amazing story!

[@orinnoco2919]

Roof top edible gardens can help mitigate solar radiance that heats up buildings in tropical Singapore which would feedback into reducing electrical bills from air-conditioners. It is a win-win solution definitely. The impetus for government should be to quickly step-up and encourage more technological and creative enterprises to flourish since they currently have technological lead in this nascent field. A very unique solution for many other countries to follow suit! Adding food security on the table in this volatile world essentially increases a nation's self-reliance should major problems arise in future.

[@retak4110]

Oh, that explains why food in Singapore is so expensive.

[@MassDefibrillator]

that 90% of it is imported?

[@angelyroses]

This is so interesting and the documentary is breathtaking, making me want to learn more. I really appreciate this creative and engaging video. I will surely share it with other people.

[@peteborum6109]

Did they appreciate it as much as you did?

[@Inconsistent-Dogwash]

I love these concepts, more the merrier

[@rahkista]

These are the guys that will save SG when a pandemic happens.

[@adventurecreations3214]

You are a rock star. Thank you

[@AnimalFacts]

This is amazing.

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

Let's invite everybody enjoy gardening, building up oxygen factories and neutralize pollution, this is the solution to save ourselves from extreme climate change and weather gone insane disasters, yeah, if everybody should just be smart about it, you are a huge inspiration for everybody guys

[@ohHeyKev]

Peppermint is a beautiful plant and smells amazing too

[@devinnorsworthy9243]

Theyre brilliant in shaping and creating this system this is the future and should be only the begginning

[@subramanianve3637]

Mother is the only person who spares all her time energy and all her belongings to look after you from the beginning of your life till the end of her life.

[@mirrorflame1988]

So what about Fathers who work themselves to the bones their entire life to provide for you? *Parents (plural) are improtant for children to have a chance at growing into sound individuals.

[@timlowe7538]

Alan is a mad lad

[@ahmadsyarifudin6739]

It's so cool! The greens look so okeasing to the eyes.

[@suhasafar2911]

Wooow. It’s wonderful

[@TheJunkyardgenius]

Great video. true champions of the food world

[@schmuelsonsradang4301]

Very inspirational. I visited Israel farming industry twice in the mid 1990s and 2008. There has been a miraculous advances in their achievement; producing so much in a very small and limited plots. Jordan anf Northern Saudi Arabia has adopted the Israeli technologies and practices and have shown tremendous productivity as well over the past 10 years. Singapore can and in fact is highly capable to do the same with advanced technology, enterprising spirits of ts citizen and the private sector R&D and investment.

[@incogb6696]

Thanks for sharing. What tech do they use?

[@joshuab5943]

I love this guy

[@AJDem]

We all need to be doing this as this is the future

[@Sulfen]

Not all roofs should be used for food. Solar Panels should be in a lot of them as well.

[@DeSilver215]

Sulfen solar panels on top of the garden 😊

[@Nest_o]

Saw an article in 2015 about transparent solar cells. Solar greenhouses maybe?

[@yourpalantonio6393]

Good on him to take initiative really great video

[@universe12e]

Singapore is nice place.gov. is good. This is good experiment for urban food safety. Currently ,farmer spent money to bring vegetables to city.which also adds the cost of transportation and also carbon foot print. This venture in singapore will remove carbon foot print and also make city green

[@holni1]

According to another KZbin video that I watched, you need larger surface area for bacteria to grow in order to have enough bacteria breaking down those ammonia. Edit: Get larger surface area by using porous rock/volcanic stone to increase surface area for bacteria to thrive in a limited space volume.

[@myconerd]

Nice, but what about all the plastics, like containers and single used ones, that are "needed" to maintain some projects like this?

[@kevindavis1948]

Yes I Trini I feel the same way ini rest in the VI and we got farmers but majority of food still come from away, ini feel the carribean islands need to link up and feed each other. We can do it

[@bernhardrottelberger299]

""WOW" Respekt für so eine Arbeit !!!

[@MassDynamic]

i think the pros outweigh any possible cons of the implementation of this idea: a) reduce energy spent on packaging and transportation of organic materials. b) reduce pollution involved in transportation and packaging of said materials. c) improved freshness of the organic materials. d) possibility to improve local air and water quality. Cities are the most energy-efficient constructs for sheltering large amounts of people; the trick is designing a city to maintain a certain population size comfortably and keeping waste to a minimum.

[@ruliyuu8288]

That man like everyone to be happy

[@greatwanna]

So Singapore is a very small country, but it has the best climate for growing plants. Unlike my country I assume it doesn't need energy to warm crops during winter. I think the herbs keep growing all year. So if they can solve the spacing issue and develop a new technology of stacking up the plants, this has a big potential.

[@growrootslandscape465]

Progress within the progress.

[@lewtheprof]

One hint for you; Get a digital light meter, then, measure your light levels above the plants in your racks. Then make reflective panels for each side, top to bottom, out of something no more complicated than large cardboard panels with aluminum foil spray glued to them, and then hung so that it encloses the entire rack and read light levels again. The light reaching the plant's surface can be more than doubled in some cases. More light is escaping out the four sides and so, being wasted the way you have it there, than is actually reaching a plant in some spots underneath. With artificial lighting, a highly reflective side wall is a good wall. The difference they make can be astounding! I do this and it still amazes me how much better!!!

[@angelsbackgroundsounds]

I wish the whole world can join this

[@nunurbuisness5877]

I think the amonia problem is a matter of having proper balance between fish and plants

[@waltobringer2928]

Maybe some seaweed to metabolize the waste.

[@ashishitD]

they all r soooooooooooo chubby and cute ..................i wanna hug em

[@beth-rg8bm]

When a fish dies of ammonia poisoning it also releases massive amounts of ammonia making a chain effect of spike and die...add rocks to your tank for bio-support!

[@gursongurson1397]

When we moved from country to city my father started growing our fresh produce on our roof top now he started the Hydroponics as well he inspired lot of people in our area and now lot of people started doung this Its good to have fresh home grown organic food and fresh air especially if you live in the polluted city

[@سناءحاج]

نريد الترجمه إلى اللغه العربيه. شكرا

[@chethunt2455]

Awesome!

[@AYOGAgriVenture]

Well said... nice farmer

[@dream2ceylon]

Nice video and information,

[@anonymousjastyce2544]

Lolz, the guy around 12:50 who said that "Gardens should never had a FENCE" is definitely ignorant of gardening. Fruits and vegetables are consumable, it's like welcoming thieves and animals to destroy the property. What a very in-depth statement. Had me dying lolz

[@baphomethamphetamine4003]

he's the thief himself lol

[@incogb6696]

Crop Circle y lol

[@ninogvianidze804]

This is so cool, i wanna do this. And then reality hits me i have no Fing money, and i live in one room flat.

[@syahsukesyah128]

I think this a great idea.because some people really do like seeing farm garden then overflowered garden.also i will make our next generation more understanding about value of local food is.

[@tanezra4849]

so applicable right now...

[@erwinconxepts]

life in singapore metropolis is so stressful thats why people try to find a way to relax by getting in touch with nature artificially. here in the philippines all are natural, not maybe in manila but most part of the philippines. wish i can bring soils to singapore because they have more passion planting than we are.