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Singapore grows only 4 percent of the vegetables it
consumes. The ___1___
and all of the fruits we eat ___2___
from abroad. Currently, the United States is our
third ___3___
fruit and vegetable supplier, accounting for nearly
15 percent ___4___ imports.
The first officially Alar-free harvest of Washington
State ___5___
came to supermarkets here some time ago. These
apples may ___6___
look as red as before but the color ___7___
will hardly be noticeable. Apart from the United
States, ___8___
buys from over 45 other countries which ___9___
varying levels of pesticides. Not long ago, our
largest ___10___
of fruits and vegetablesa exported vegetables ___11___
with excessive pesticides that made over 130 people ___12___
after eating it. After that incident, the Ministry
of the Environment ___13___
its assurance that it enforces strict laws on ___14___
levels. It also conducts daily checks on imports.
Singapore, meanwhile, ___15___
to grow more vegetables at home. The key ___16___
in hydroponics which allows plants to be grown ___17___
nutrified water. Hydroponic farmers have more
control because ___18___
can regulate and sterilize this nutrified water to
___19___ most
favorable condition possible for their plants. Some
___20___ farms
have become so successful that their products are
exported. |
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Singapore grows only 4 percent of the vegetables it consumes.
The rest and all of the
fruits we eat come from
abroad. Currently, the United States is our third
biggest fruit and vegetable
supplier, accounting for nearly 15 percent
of imports. The first officially Alar-free harvest
of Washington State apples
came to supermarkets here some time ago. These apples may
not look as red as before
but the color change will
hardly be noticeable. Apart from the United States,
Singapore buys from over 45
other countries which use
varying levels of pesticides. Not long ago, our largest
supplier of fruits and
vegetables exported vegetables
contaminated with excessive pesticides that made over
130 people sick after eating
it. After that incident, the Ministry of the Environment
gave its assurance that it
enforces strict laws on pesticides
levels. It also conducts daily checks on imports.
Singapore, meanwhile, intends
to grow more vegetables at home. The key
lies in hydroponics which allows plants to be
grown in nutrified water.
Hydroponic farmers have more control because
they can regulate and
sterilize this nutrified water to the
most favorable condition possible for their plants. Some
local farms have become so
successful that their products are exported. |
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