Growing Roots - This Farmer Is Taking Root On Your Rooftops // Discovery on Viddsee

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This documentary showcases the people behind the urban farms that have been mushrooming amidst the glass and steel towers of Singapore’s central district. The film follows the trials and tribulations of Comcrop’s Allan Lim and his vertical faming venture, as well as the challenges and triumphs of social entrepreneur Bjorn Low and his bespoke farm-to-table approach. Can cutting-edge agricultural technology and an enduring Singapore spirit of community & collaboration start to influence Singaporeans’ approach to food sustainability? This film captures this changing mindscape.
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@AG-fi3ry 6 жыл бұрын

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

@truthbetold2611 7 жыл бұрын

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

@anonymousprepper1463 7 жыл бұрын

I started such here in USA, Pennsylvania

@HeyGuysHave121 7 жыл бұрын

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

@Rick_Sanchez_C137_ 7 жыл бұрын

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 7 жыл бұрын

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 7 жыл бұрын

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

@lastatmyownpace3497 5 жыл бұрын

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

@marset.designsplus3813 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@marset.designsplus3813 5 жыл бұрын

@@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 5 жыл бұрын

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

@ModernDairy 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@TexasJungle 4 жыл бұрын

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

@marilynchoong2018 6 жыл бұрын

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

@gillianbc 6 жыл бұрын

Allan Lim - true pioneer. What an inspirational guy!

@rolfw2336 6 жыл бұрын

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

@ScubaLui 4 жыл бұрын

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

@lillywiggles8264 5 жыл бұрын

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 6 жыл бұрын

So heartening to learn about this movement in Singapore.

@indoororchidsandtropicals358 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@hadarahbatyah 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Truly inspiring 😌💗

@RinjaniDawnAdventuresLombok 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@murraylowe7493 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@TheDailyMemesShow 5 жыл бұрын

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

@megodzillaudeadable 5 жыл бұрын

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

@nodigBKMiche 5 жыл бұрын

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

@funny-video-YouTube-channel 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@chasek.497 6 жыл бұрын

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

@parthasmukherjee4774 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent Docu! Hats of to the Singapore entrepreneurs!

@nouhaila5226 8 жыл бұрын

this is amazing all the best

@mariawinzler 4 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

Kindly email me? I’m working on a similar project and creating a group of urban gardeners contact@tprot.org

@rameshm.appaiah5903 6 жыл бұрын

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

@foodforestsg8319 4 жыл бұрын

We need more of such forward thinking businesses!

@jervielynkyprianou7243 4 жыл бұрын

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

@freddiekinnaputi 6 жыл бұрын

Not only sustainability but respectability kudos team

@austinford4975 3 жыл бұрын

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?)

@bethbeth1792 7 жыл бұрын

very resourceful garden and creative idea .beautiful love it.

@LeFleur80 5 жыл бұрын

I wish more people were like him

@AnimalFacts 5 жыл бұрын

This is amazing.

@Kuroro5 4 жыл бұрын

I love Singapore so clean

@aquaponicssource5005 4 жыл бұрын

I am just getting into starting my hobby in aquaponics

@bttrickk787 4 жыл бұрын

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

@bte_permaculture 4 жыл бұрын

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

@incogb6696 3 жыл бұрын

Contact@tprot.com - sarah

@oldwatt 7 жыл бұрын

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

@668aqua 7 жыл бұрын

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

@incogb6696 3 жыл бұрын

Email contact@tprot.org with your city

@TheBanaxel 4 жыл бұрын

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

@hiddenemperor653 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@devinnorsworthy9243 6 жыл бұрын

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

@samanthapateman8054 5 жыл бұрын

I love these concepts, more the merrier

@staypositivepositive 7 жыл бұрын

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

@storesellify 3 жыл бұрын

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

@roylouis3788 4 жыл бұрын

Big guy with big dreams. All the best man.

@algebruh_m8652 6 жыл бұрын

Peppermint is a beautiful plant and smells amazing too

@desmondkevogo6397 3 жыл бұрын

I love this farmers; innovation is key in farmer

@SimonSozzi7258 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@ahmadsyarifudin6739 3 жыл бұрын

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

@bernhardrottelberger299 6 жыл бұрын

""WOW" Respekt für so eine Arbeit !!!

@Rick_Sanchez_C137_ 7 жыл бұрын

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

@jakeaustin901 5 жыл бұрын

could be a promising business venture...

@chenghouxd1552 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Alex-se7jk 5 жыл бұрын

heh thats actually was a thing in ussr

@shortchanged. 5 жыл бұрын

Smart farmers do seek out scraps

@FLomasterZ 4 жыл бұрын

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

@urbanwarchief 2 жыл бұрын

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

@lindawilson9485 2 жыл бұрын

Alan you are amazing!

@kittentude 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@ideasfromastreetwalker9187 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@emilywong4601 7 жыл бұрын

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

@natel9019 7 жыл бұрын

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

@JayXIsSad 5 жыл бұрын

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

@howo357 5 жыл бұрын

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

@marlan5470 3 жыл бұрын

@@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 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@dwaynaugustine32 5 жыл бұрын

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

@serenemountain6769 4 жыл бұрын

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

@incogb6696 3 жыл бұрын

Serene Mountain how?

@hellofromhoney 7 ай бұрын

👏👏👏 thank you for the EXCELLENT content!

@brandonlamontcooper8141 3 жыл бұрын

A beautiful quality operation...

@MSAUSA70 7 жыл бұрын

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

@nunurbuisness5877 7 жыл бұрын

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

@indoororchidsandtropicals358 7 жыл бұрын

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 7 жыл бұрын

Grass is important for beneficial insects and birds...

@sabersahoge2695 6 жыл бұрын

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

@gaybroshevik4180 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@ismaelfigeuras7443 4 жыл бұрын

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

@unitcount503 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@angelyroses 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

Did they appreciate it as much as you did?

@rahkista 3 жыл бұрын

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

@junesalmarri4118 5 жыл бұрын

That's just brilliant!

@yourpalantonio6393 4 жыл бұрын

Good on him to take initiative really great video

@tanezra4849 4 жыл бұрын

so applicable right now...

@lenhumbird 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing story!

@nicolaiitchenko7610 7 жыл бұрын

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 7 жыл бұрын

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 6 жыл бұрын

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

@ebonforce8750 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@TheJunkyardgenius 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. true champions of the food world

@adventurecreations3214 3 жыл бұрын

You are a rock star. Thank you

@southafricanvstheworld3299 6 жыл бұрын

i need to move to this place it amazing

@suhasafar2911 3 жыл бұрын

Wooow. It’s wonderful

@merciart3090 7 жыл бұрын

I love this!

@artgeometrix6346 4 жыл бұрын

The rooftop carpark farm seems like a fantastic idea.

@mdada8 7 жыл бұрын

I wanna have like that for my family's use 🙏🏼

@joshuab5943 5 жыл бұрын

I love this guy

@sazud9915 6 жыл бұрын

great work I love it so much!

@paulinekendi9135 4 жыл бұрын

This is great!

@kevindavis1948 5 жыл бұрын

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

@timlowe7538 4 жыл бұрын

Alan is a mad lad

@petermongoose6856 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing !

@orinnoco2919 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@AYOGAgriVenture 3 жыл бұрын

Well said... nice farmer

@selvagemlatino7050 4 жыл бұрын

14 janeiro 2020 , terça feira . 13h 41 min. Legal. Muito bom ver essas empresas produzindo alimentos saudáveis.

@adityachristnoegroho4773 7 жыл бұрын

i really love it. 😊

@growrootslandscape465 5 жыл бұрын

Progress within the progress.

@shannon2228 4 жыл бұрын

Sharing on Minds social media

@hughes40 7 жыл бұрын

wow i wished we were more like this

@melaniamonicacraciun9900 11 ай бұрын

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

@margieo1507 4 жыл бұрын

wonderful!!

@kf4294 6 жыл бұрын

“It’s actually a more atas name for seabass..” - nailed it. Hahahaha

@petert.52 6 жыл бұрын

Great Video, very inspiring :D 加油！

@lovejoh6737 4 жыл бұрын

WOW, love it

@gursongurson1397 7 жыл бұрын

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

@user-iw3or7zm6j 4 жыл бұрын

نريد الترجمه إلى اللغه العربيه. شكرا

@chethunt2455 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@wetfish20 4 жыл бұрын

AWESOME!

@rasitawinner8203 4 жыл бұрын

Great idea for sustainable food

@mhgscrubadub9917 7 жыл бұрын

It's a hard but beautiful way to live.

@subramanianve3637 4 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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.