Minds farmers' market sells vegetables grown by people with intellectual disabilities

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SINGAPORE - Since 2016, Mr Ang Kian Chuan, 22, has been hard at work growing vegetables like kangkong, red spinach, pea sprouts and baby bok choy.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - Since 2016, Mr Ang Kian Chuan, 22, has been hard at work growing vegetables like kangkong, red spinach, pea sprouts and baby bok choy.

Mr Ang is one of 14 beneficiaries involved in farming activities at the Minds centre. The farming project was piloted in 2016 with the help of the National Parks Board and the now-defunct Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority. The proceeds, which amounted to about $300, were split among the beneficiaries as additional allowance.

This will double the number of beneficiaries involved in farming and increase the crop yield, said Minds deputy chief executive Koh Gee May. "I hope he can eventually find a job outside and get a stable income, so he can be even more independent and not have to depend on our mother."

 

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