Bollywood Veggies has a bistro that serves food from the farm. The food is healthy and organic with no MSG and little salt.

PROS:

1. Saves time

High-tech farming does not require working for long periods of time much, and it also speeds up the growing process.

2. More production

High-tech farming increases production rate by perhaps involving the use of chemicals and so on. This also leads to an increase in profits and trade.

3. Less natural problems

Problems such as environment, diseases and pests are removed. For example, countries with unfavourable conditions (for example, too cold) can have high-tech farming, unlike traditional farming.

4. Saves space

Certain high-tech farming methods like aeroponics can save space, making room for more crops to be grown.

5. Less work

Unlike traditional farming where farmers have to sweat under the hot sun to grow crops, high-tech farming requires less strenuous work, increasing efficiency.

CONS:

1. Expensive

High-tech farming requires a large amount of money to set up the facilities, develop the technology and so on. More money is needed to maintain the farms too.

2. Difficulty hiring, society not that supportive

Not many people have the qualifications to work in a high-tech farm. Some people do not even know what is high-tech farming. Thus, society might not be so supportive of high-tech farming, maybe because of the rising costs and limited knowledge.

3. Use of chemicals

High-tech farming often involves the use of chemicals (for example, the nutrients used for hydroponic plants. This may not be as safe and clean.

After visiting the 2 farms, I could see the differences between them. One of them is high-tech farming, whereas the other is organic farming. The high-tech farming makes use of chemicals and technology to increase its efficiency in farming, whereas the other does it the traditional and natural way to increase its quality in farming.

I feel that both farming methods are equally important and essential for everyone. However, I feel that high-tech farming is more needed for the future. The world is facing food shortage problems and right now as well as in the future the important thing is to provide enough food for everyone. High-tech farming can increase food production whereas organic farming takes a longer time to produce food and also organic food is more expensive. Thus, I feel that high-tech farming is very important and can solve food shortage in the world. However, high-tech farming needs a lot of money and only a small number of countries can afford it (and usually, these richer countries are the ones that are not facing much food shortage..). Hence, if the money problem can be solved, high-tech farming will also be able to solve the food shortage problem in the world.

I think that high-tech farming can be beneficial to Singapore too. Singapore's population is increasing and we cannot just rely on other countries for food. High-tech farming will give Singapore an assurance that we have enough food for the citizens. Also, bearing in mind that Singapore has a lack of land area, high-tech farming requires less land thus it is another advantage for Singapore. For example, in aeroponics farming, the plants can be stacked on top of each other (like in shelves), saving land area.

However, high-tech farming might incur a lot of expenses for Singapore. It is very expensive thus in the long run, the cost may be very high. But perhaps it will be worth it since there will not be food shortage in Singapore?

High-tech farming, though, has many methods of farming. My group tried hydroponics in an experiment. The results were quite good, as in a few weeks the vegetables could already be harvested. Also, I feel that fruits and vegetables grown using hydroponics are safer for consumption as the crops are free from pesticides (they are kept in a greenhouse that keeps pests out). No soil is used, so no diseases can be transmitted from the soil to the crops too. However, hydroponics may not be the best solution. The experiment was done at SamSam's house, thus I could not monitor the progress of the plant growth.

Different methods of growing food are hydroponics and aeroponics. In my opinion, both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, thus they are equally good and effective.

Overall, I feel that high-tech farming is an important aspect in tackling food shortage. The world's population is rapidly increasing, and our food supply is declining too. High-tech farming, although it is a good solution and can benefit us, is not a foolproof solution. We can also do our own part by planting more fruits and vegetables, as well as saving food and not wasting them by being picky and choosy.