Here are some that we've been to:
1. Hays Dairy
Farm
- Off Lim Chu Kang Rd at Lane 4
Website: http://www.haydairies.com.sg/
To get there: Bus no. 175
from Choa Chu Kang interchange. Alight at Lim Chu Kang Lane 4.
Visit early in the morning
by 9 or 10am to see them milking the goats. This two-hectare farm has
about
500 goats and produces some 250 litres of milk a day. Goats' milk
has a natural hazelnut flavour and is richer in Vitamin B and mineral
salts,
and the fat globules are smaller than that of cows' milk, thus
making
it more easily digestible. It is thus said to be good for asthmatics,
youthful
skin, allergies and people with lactose intolerance. The children
would love watching the kids (baby goats), learning about and
identifying
the different types of goats. You can taste & buy fresh
chilled
goats milk at the farm.
2. Quail's Farm,
Lian
Wah Hing - 5 Lim Chu Kang Rd at Lane 6F
Do not visit if you've
been
to the zoo or come into contact with any chicken or birds the day
before
as you may carry diseases that affect their fowl. There's turkey,
ducks, chickens, and of course quails in this farm. You
will
get to sample some cooked quail's eggs and can buy them cheap &
fresh
from the farm too. You can also buy quails & herbs to bring
home
and boil herbal soups and tonics. Quite pleasant-smelling and
tasting!
If you visit on a Sunday, you can even taste the different types of
herbal
soups that they have for guests!
3. Jurong Frog Farm -
56
Lim Chu Kang Rd at Lane 6 Website:
http://www.jurongfrogfarm.com.sg/
Bull Frogs, tiny frogs
(don't
know the name, but they tend to feed these to Arowana fish?), tadpoles,
etc. These water bullfrogs are known to many usually as delicacies.
Besides
frogs, there are also eels, turtles, tilapias and snakeheads in the
farm.
4. Aerogreen
Technology - 115 Neo Tiew Crescent, next to Sungei
Buloh Nature Park.
Singapore's first
commercial
aeroponics farm. This farm which uses aeroponic technology to
grow
vegetables. Aeroponics, which means growing in air as
opposed
to organic (soil), enables the growth of temperate vegetables in
equatorial
Singapore. Nutrients are sprayed directly onto the suspended roots of
the
plants and vegetables. Many types of vegetables are grown
here
namely Butterhead Lettuce, Batavia, Baby Cos, Kai Lan, Bai Cai, Lollo
Rossa
and Japanese Yukari (Chye Sim) as well as cherry tomotoes. The
Butterhead
Lettuce is fresh, crunchy, sweet and juicy. The farm produces some 500
kilogrammes of pesticide-free vegetables a day for local
consumption.
Sometimes, you may even be in the season for strawberries! Go on
Saturdays and you can do harvesting. All the vegetables you can
pluck
for your bag for one good price! You can also buy their
pre-packed
salad bowls, lettucino drinks and jelly. Contact
them to arrange for visits
And after you are done with the Aerogreen Farm, you might just want to pop over to the Sungei Buloh Nature Park. Check it out!
Others - that we haven't been to, but you can try & let us know!Copyright © 1999-2000 Moms in Mind (Singapore)