Freshest vegetables you can get with high tech vertical farming

In this episode, we visit Singapore-based agritech company Archisen to check out their unique vertically grown crops.

Chef Bob creates two dishes using freshly harvested ingredients from Archisen's flagship brand, Just Produce.

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Video Transcript

CHEF BOB: Hi, guys. Welcome back to Bob's Gastronomical Trail with Yahoo. It's season three, and finally I am outside getting some sun. Ironically its during COVID. So right now I'm at Archisen to see how they produce high tech vegetables. Let's go baby.

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OK guys, right now I'm in Archisen, where they produce salads like this. And with me is Zhi Heng, the farm manager for this whole operation. So Zhi Heng, what is actually Archisen, and what do you do over here?

ZHI HENG: Archisen is actually an Agritech company that specializes in hydroponics. We focus on controlled environment agriculture. We control the perimeters here in growing. From the humidity, to the lights, to the temperature.

So we ensure that our crops are grown in the most optimal environment. And from there, we can actually ensure that we grow out the most fresh, flavorful and nutritious produce here in Singapore.

So my job over here as farm manager in Commonwealth Greens is to manage our day to day operations in the farm. Be it growing, to production, and to fulfillment and logistics.

CHEF BOB: So why does this salad solar grow vertically and not horizontally like other conventional farms?

ZHI HENG: So actually here in Singapore, we are growing them in this vertical system, so it's actually much more dense compared to other conventional farms here in Singapore. So the same amount of space.

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Source: Yahoo News