Hong Kong: Very MK Rooftop Farm – Now Closed
Hong Kong: Very MK Rooftop Farm – Now Closed
Linked by Michael Levenston
Only 2.3% of Hong Kong’s vegetables are locally produced, this number is expected to decrease with the development plans.
By Rachel Young, Fulbright Research Scholar, Hong Kong
HK Rooftop Farming Project
Published on May 31, 2016
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Very MK Rooftop Farm was founded on April 2014 on the 6th-floor rooftop of an apartment building in Mong Kok. The rooftop farm is organized by a group of “students, designers, teachers, business consultants, cafe workers, young professionals, social activists, urban planners, writers, musician and journalists” from different parts of Hong HK Farm’s original location was on the rooftop of the apartment complex in the middle.
The rooftop farm still cultivates a wide range of crops. For instance, during the month of August, the farm was growing passion fruit, wild hibiscus, Thai basil, and bitter melon. At their new location in Mong Kok, the farm also started to practice vertical farming. Vertical farming allows for more crops to be grown despite the limited space.