SINGAPORE: Cheaper, better- quality develop at double the supply – this is what Singapore’s newest fruit farm is looking to obtain with the help of automation and artificial intelligence.
The vertical land plans to meet a third of the local demand for bright button mushrooms from customers, and it wants to set them aside at about S$ 7.50 per pounds, or even lower. This is roughly half the price at the moment.
The land, which will be run by Finc Bio- Tech Mushrooms, is scheduled to become constructed on a land piece about the size of three soccer fields at Sungei Tengah Close.
Next time, it intends to start growing its first crop of vegetables.
” The mushroom industry has been developed ( on ) a scale … that, for example, in China and Japan, at least 70 per cent of mushrooms are now grown in the factory. So we want to use our valuable knowledge to market other markets,” said Bao Shengjie, a representative for Finc Bio-Tech Fruit.
The Shanghai- based company, which claims to be the nation’s largest Shimeji fruit company, has been growing mushrooms for years. It even exports its produce to Singapore.
Finc runs four facilities in China that are powered by large files, AI and robotics, producing roughly 260 kilograms of vegetables – or the mass of 65 elephants – daily.
It will now introduce the first-ever use of similar technologies in Singapore.