Urban farm Sunrich Awesome gets a visit from Uggah
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah paid a visit to the Sunrich Awesome ( Kuch) Sdn Bhd, one of the urban farms in the city, yesterday.
The farm, leveraging on the modern hydroponic system, is in a double storey industrial lot in Sejingkat. It started operations in January last year.
The farm cultivates 17 types of green salad, eight local vegetables, eight kinds of herbs and five microgreen. It has successfully cultivated cherry tomatoes and Japanese cucumber in the outdoor tower system.
On trials are the planting of zucchini, green and red bell pepper.
According to one of its directors Simon KS Yeo, the farm has a daily production of 10.41 kilograms and a monthly production of 322.67 kilograms.
“Our products are sold to all leading supermarkets and restaurants in the city,” he said.
The farm plans to expand in line with the Sarawak government’s vision to make the state a net food exporter by 2030. To reduce cost, it plans to set up outdoor hydroponic greenhouses.
Showing Uggah, who is also the Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development ( Manred), around was Sunrich Awesome ( Kuch) Sdn Bhd executive chairperson Lina Ding.
Present were Manred permanent secretary Datu Ik Pahon Joyik, Agriculture Department director Dr Alyvin Chai and a political secretary to the Chief Minister Dr Richard Rapu.