Agtech firm Sustenir steps into functional foods space to seize opportunities in gut health, mental well-being
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Get to Know Benjamin Swan of Sustenir Agriculture, a Pioneer in the Sustainable Food Revolution
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Swan is a bit of an accidental champion for this cause. He started off his career as an engineer and project manager, arriving in Singapore via Australia after he was appointed to lead the construction of the Skypark at Marina Bay Sands. He then decided to stay on in Singapore, joining Citibank to design their Smart Banking Platform.
At the same time, Swan was struck by the disparate standards in fresh food between Singapore and Australia. He became passionate about growing fresh greens in land-scarce Singapore after discovering the benefits of vertical farming. Being a pioneer in vertical farming in Southeast Asia, I’ve had to have a lot of conviction about what I was doing in the early days. Vertical farming as it was conceptualised then was designed for large scale warehouses, not tight spaces inside office buildings. We’ve been able to innovate and design a plug and play system that fits into any indoor office building, making us up to 178 times more productive than the tr