A good friend of mine, let’s call him Farmer K, has ventured into vegetable farming and I got to look at his project this past weekend. On about an eighth of an acre, he has put up a green house and has planted about 2000 tomato plants complete with drip irrigation, as well as about 700 capsicum.

Many young people and professionals are not too interested in where their food comes from, as long as they are able to buy it. Such a venture as Farmer K’s is a departure from the norm, especially since Farmer K’s day time job is in technology, and not related to agriculture. Perhaps at some point in the not too distant future we shall see him employing high tech systems within his (hopefully) much larger farms.

From his projections which I got to look at, the returns on investments are not too bad, not to mention that farming can be relaxing when one is used to the hectic city life.

A template to follow perhaps in the very near future…