Bollywood Farms
| Bollywood Farms Pte Ltd | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of Bollywood Farms Pte Ltd | |
| Town/City | Lim Chu Kang |
| Country | Singapore |
| Coordinates | 1°25′06.6″N 103°42′59.5″E / 1.418500°N 103.716528°E |
| Established | 2000 |
| Owner | Ivy Singh-Lim Lim Ho Seng |
| Produces | Organic vegetables |
| Status | open |
| Website | bollywoodfarms |
Bollywood Farms Pte Ltd, formerly known as Bollywood Veggies Organic Farm, is a farming collective and organic growing education center located in the Lim Chu Kang district of North West Singapore.[1][2]
Background
The center was launched in 2000 by Ivy Singh-Lim and her husband, former NTUC FairPrice chief executive, Lim Ho Seng, as a project to run after they had both retired from their previous careers.[3][4] Neil Humphreys covered the center in his 2006 book Final Notes From a Great Island.[5]
In 2010, Bollywood Veggies was charged with failing to have its buildings inspected by a structural engineer or hold the inspections after several requests that they do so. Singh-Lim and Lim stated that they did not own the buildings on the center's property (as they were leasing the land[6] ) and that they had not received any prior notices about the requested inspections, to which the courts stated that they were the legal owners of the buildings.[7] They were later cleared of the charges on 25 March 2011, after a judge ruled that it could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Bollywood Veggies had received the notices.[8]
In 2020, the land lease for Bollywood Veggies was to expire in 2021 but was extended to allow transition of the business.[9][10] It was then rebranded as Bollywood Farms.[10]
In 2026, Singh-Lim sought to extend the lease again when the lease expired at the end of the year.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ Peter K. L. Ng, Richard Corlett, Hugh T. W. Tan (2011). Singapore Biodiversity. Editions Didier Millet. p. 201. ISBN 9789814260084.
- ↑ Aziz, Hatta. "Bollywood Veggies and its 'praying hands' bananas". Travel CNN. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ Lee Si, Min. "Bollywood Veggies - Singapore's very own farm and countryside". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ "My Business: Finding paradise and success in retirement". BBC News. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ Humphreys, Neil (2006). Final Notes From A Great Island. Marshall Cavendish Editions. pp. 127–128. ISBN 9789814398961.
- ↑ Oakes-Ash, Rachael (22 March 2013). "The plot thickens". SMH. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ "Bollywood Veggies fails to get charges dropped". MSN. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ "Bollywood Veggies cleared of building law charges". Straits Times. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- 1 2 Ng, Keng Gene (18 April 2026). "Bollywood Farms lease to end in Dec, owners keen to stay on". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Singapore's Ivy Singh-Lim: 'We've got to bring the countryside back'". CNA Luxury. Retrieved 20 April 2026.