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都市農夫林世昌在天台上盡一份心意，努力實現都市綠色生活
Even in one of the world’s most densely populated, land-scarce territories, a Hong Kong TV director has found new ways of educating urbanites in the benefits of organic farming
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在香港商業區摩天大樓頂層擁有一個辦公室，顯示你已是成功人士。今年50出頭的林世昌淡泊名利，卻同時在兩座高樓的頂層經營業務。事實上，林世昌並非大公司總裁，手下只有幾位員工，平日接觸的都是土壤、種子及蔬菜。林世昌只是一位在天台種菜的農夫，不過他獨具創意的天台田園卻受到媒體的廣泛關注，美國CNN還曾為林世昌製作了特別報道。
林世昌是「都市農莊」創辦人，他用2x3英呎的種植箱在兩座工業大廈天台種菜。位於鰂魚涌的天台面積為8,000平方呎，位於九龍觀塘的天台面積則為7,000平方呎。林世昌出租種植箱，讓都市人一嘗種菜的滋味，租金由HK$130起。林世昌的員工負責每日淋水，而租客每周可以除草、施肥或收割一次。都市農莊的租客大部分是初入門者，沒有太多經驗。「我的客人多數是住在大廈附近的主婦、年輕白領及家庭。」林世昌還為他們開設課程，使他們不至於手忙腳亂。到目前為止，已有300多位學員上過其基礎有機耕種課程。
IN HONG KONG’S CORPORATE DISTRICT, a corner office on the top storey of a skyscraper means you have arrived. But though he has a workplace on the 20th floor of not just one but two buildings, 50-something Osbert Lam is oblivious to status and titles. This Hong Kong resident is no CEO — in fact, he only has a handful of staff. His days are spent in the company of soil, seeds and vegetables. Lam is a humble rooftop farmer, but as the man behind City Farm he has gained much media attention — including a TV feature on CNN — for his innovative green efforts.
Using 2 x 3ft planter boxes, he grows vegetables in the two industrial building rooftops: an 8,000 sq ft space in Quarry Bay and a 7,000 sq ft space building in Kowloon. He leases out the boxes, starting at HK$130, for urbanites to plant vegetables and herbs. Lam and his team take care of watering these daily, and owners can visit once a week to tend to the upkeep, fertilise or harvest their vegetables.
His clients are mainly neophytes — “housewives, young workers and families who live close to the building,” says Lam — with no experience of growing anything more than their own home plants in their apartments. But this project does not throw them into the deep end on their own; he teaches classes too, and so far over 300 students have learnt the fundamentals of organic rooftop farming. He enables them to enjoy growing their own vegetables without the drudgery of tending to a large land area far from the city.
Even in one of the world’s most densely populated, land-scarce territories, a Hong Kong TV director has found new ways of educating urbanites in the benefits of organic farming
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在香港商業區摩天大樓頂層擁有一個辦公室，顯示你已是成
林世昌是「都市農莊」創辦人，他用2x3英呎的種植箱在
IN HONG KONG’S CORPORATE DISTRICT, a corner office on the top storey of a skyscraper means you have arrived. But though he has a workplace on the 20th floor of not just one but two buildings, 50-something Osbert Lam is oblivious to status and titles. This Hong Kong resident is no CEO — in fact, he only has a handful of staff. His days are spent in the company of soil, seeds and vegetables. Lam is a humble rooftop farmer, but as the man behind City Farm he has gained much media attention — including a TV feature on CNN — for his innovative green efforts.
Using 2 x 3ft planter boxes, he grows vegetables in the two industrial building rooftops: an 8,000 sq ft space in Quarry Bay and a 7,000 sq ft space building in Kowloon. He leases out the boxes, starting at HK$130, for urbanites to plant vegetables and herbs. Lam and his team take care of watering these daily, and owners can visit once a week to tend to the upkeep, fertilise or harvest their vegetables.
His clients are mainly neophytes — “housewives, young workers and families who live close to the building,” says Lam — with no experience of growing anything more than their own home plants in their apartments. But this project does not throw them into the deep end on their own; he teaches classes too, and so far over 300 students have learnt the fundamentals of organic rooftop farming. He enables them to enjoy growing their own vegetables without the drudgery of tending to a large land area far from the city.