CityFarm Malaysia is a newly-founded organization whose objective is to inspire more city farmers with the ability to grow locally from anywhere for a more sustainable future of food production. It launched in early July this year with an indoor controlled environment vertical show farm (450sqf) that is capable of producing 2000 heads of lettuce every month There are 3 main pillars that support CityFarm Malaysia to realise the mission mentioned above. First >> Food. The primary driver of CityFarm Malaysia to venture into indoor farming is its ability to satisfy the rapid growth in consumer demand for affordable, high-quality, locally produce crop in any climate. Farming within the city also able to reduce carbon food print where transportation can be optimized and making “farm-to-table” possible. Second >> Farm. Progression of Hydroponics technology makes soilless farming possible within the urban household and this is the key to address food supply issue where everyone is a city farmer and able to be part of the food supply process. However, the awareness of urban farming is relatively low compared to countries like Taiwan, Japan, Europe and the US. Hence, CityFarm Malaysia wishes to play a part in the movement by creating simple & affordable farming system in cities, e.g. Balcony set (20 plants capacity) for a small family and consultation to build indoor/outdoor farm. Third >> Family. CityFarm Malaysia’s next focus is mainly on education where we want to train the next generation on the importance of farming and how you can play a part to make the world a better place by growing food that is healthy, clean and fresh.
