Why I Do What I Do is an original AsiaOne series where we showcase people with uncommon professions and what it takes to get there. After more than two decades of cultivating crops, we'd understand if Evelyn Eng-Lim would prefer to take a step back to enjoy the fruits of her labour. But the 78-year-old organic farmer at Green Circle.
She has spent more than $700,000 of her own retirement savings on building a farm in Lim Chu Kang from scratch in 1999, but for Evelyn Eng, it is not just about the money. "It's such a waste of potential (of the farmland) if everything here gets bulldozed," said this 78-year-old in an interview with AsiaOne. Once littered with plastics.
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Mr Chai Nian Kun runs his organic farm Fire Flies Health Farm on a three-hectare plot in Lim Chu Kang. (Photo: Cheryl Lin)
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SINGAPORE: While some cheer the cool weather when storms hit Singapore, 40-year-old farmer Chai Nian Kun says to himself: “Jialat” – an expression of concern over what is to come.
Heavy rain is not uncommon in tropical Singapore.
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But days of continuous downpours can wreak havoc on many of his organic vegetables, which grow outdoors on a three-hectare plot in Lim Chu Kang.