Gig economy: Farmhand at an urban farm

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In his continuing quest to experience different jobs, John Lui tries his hand at being a vertical farmer.
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SINGAPORE – Some years ago, somewhere in the rural wilds of Lim Chu Kang, for this column, I became a farmhand.

Out there in the muck, I lost my innocence. The experience cured me of any post-retirement back-to-nature fantasies I might have harboured.

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