HKFP_Doc: Our Farm, Their Land: The Fight for Hong Kong's Mapopo Community Farm
Protesters have been occupying a community farm in Fanling after a developer deployed excavators and security guards to clear land it had acquired. Are all the villagers ready to hold out? And what is the importance of farming in Hong Kong? A HKFP team speaks to activists at Mapopo Community Farm.
Produced by Marco Chung, Kathy Ho, Aston Law, Petra Logo, John Pang, Dallas Sanders. With thanks to Eva Tam and Kevin Sites.
Our Community Farm: Mapopo Community Farm at TEDxKowloon
Becky & Kaikai are the founder of Ma Po Po Farm, a community farm in Fanling. Two of them gave up their previous full-time office jobs to pursue organic farms. Today, the farm supplies to various location in Hong Kong and Lamma Island, and offers farming courses, organic workshops and eco tours. In this talk they shared their interesting stories and how urban and rural lifestyle can co-exist.
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The Struggles of Mapopo Community Farm v2
This is the version 2 of the project with maximized rendering, further color correction and subtitle corrections
An interview with Becky Au about the struggle to create a greater policy that ensures the livelihood and safety of the farming community in Hong Kong. 2016
The changing face of Hong Kong farming
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As Hong Kong people are increasingly drawn to outdoor activities, some local farms in the territory are being converted into recreational farms targeting families with children or holiday farmers, while other farm owners are trying to stick with crop production.
The South China Morning Post got a look at the changes by visiting two modern farmers in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong's skyline farms harvest more happiness than food
(27 Mar 2018) LEADIN
With its skinny office blocks and tall apartment towers Hong Kong might seem like an unlikely place for farming.
But now thanks to its sunny roof tops and epic skyscapers a bunch of urban farmers are taking their plants to the skies.
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High above downtown Hong Kong's bustling, traffic-clogged streets, a bunch of office workers are keeping busy.
But they're not sending emails or signing contracts - they're harvesting a bumper crop of lettuce on top of a skyscraper.
It's rooftop farming taken to the extreme and is as much about attaining wellbeing as providing food.
These volunteers are picking lettuce on the decommissioned helipad of the 146-metre (480-foot)-high roof of the 38-story Bank of America tower.
The scenery: a vertiginous panorama of glass office towers framed by lush mountain peaks and Victoria Harbour.
The farm is run by Rooftop Republic, a three-year-old startup whose founders are tapping growing interest in organic food and taking advantage of unused roof space in the cramped, high-rent city.
I think first of all we practice organic farming practices, we work with local organic farmers and I think we're quite stringent about that. And by nurturing the soil and after growing over a long period of time we actually do see that organic vegetables that are grown with organic farming practises, says Rooftop Republic co-founder Michelle Hong.
The finance and trading hub of Hong Kong has rural suburbs, but farming only takes up 700 hectares (1,730 acres) of its land and agriculture accounts for 0.1 percent of its economic output.
Rooftop Republic's founders say the appetite for their services is growing among Hong Kongers who are seeking a more sustainable lifestyle and are concerned about where their food comes from.
I think people want to have a bit more control and also to have more trust because if I grow it myself I know what went in and I can trust whatever is coming out of that plot, adds Hong.
Hong Kong imports almost all of its food, much of it from mainland China. Public awareness about food safety in the former British colony has risen after countless food contamination scandals on the mainland.
Rooftop Republic has set up on average one farm a month since it was founded and now manages a total of 36 covering more than 30,000 square feet (about 2,800 square metres), including one in mainland China, according to Hong. It also provides workshops for companies, building owners, schools and community groups.
The Bank of America farm was a milestone because it was the first in the city's financial district. The company has since set up two more in the area and is looking at a few more sites. Vegetables from the tower are donated to a food bank for use in lunch boxes and are distributed to the needy. Some of its other farms are on hotels or restaurants which use the herbs, eggplants and melons for dishes on their menus.
Plenty of other groups or individuals have started cultivating their own rooftop vegetable gardens according to Matthew Pryor, a Hong Kong University architecture professor who has counted at least 60 and thinks there are a lot more he doesn't know about.
Pryor's research found approximately 1,500 rooftop farmers in the city, cultivating a total area of about 1.5 hectares. He thinks there's potential for that to easily grow to 50,000 people working on a suitable rooftop area of 600 hectares.
He helped set up a farm on top of a university building where volunteers, mainly staff, grow tomatoes, potatoes, strawberries, lettuce, dragonfruit, papaya, beans, peas and squash.
But Pryor says not all the food ends up being edible and is not actually the main priority:
So it's awesome to be here.
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Amid the rush to develop Hong Kong's most pristine island, traditional villages like Sha Lo Wan have ended up on the front lines of new construction projects. HKFP looks at whether the elderly villagers welcome development and asks whether they being properly compensated.
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CHARMING Last WALLED VILLAGES of Hong Kong
These people WALLED themselves inside their own small lawless cities and villages for centuries, and NO TOURIST could possibly go there back then. Now, a few tourists show up now and then. Who knows, maybe these walled villages of Hong Kong will become very famous tourist attractions? To go here is certainly one of the things to do while in Hong Kong. The two cities I visited was Kat Hing Wai and Tai Hong Wai. Join me exploring this part of the city of Hong Kong. The last walled villages and cities of Hong Kong. Fascinating street life in Hong Kong for sure.
The Struggles of Mapopo Communiy Farm
An interview with Becky Au about the struggle to create a greater policy that ensures the livelihood and safety of the farming community in Hong Kong. 2016
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HAJI Gallery presents Seasonal by HK Farm
An exhibition that explores the relationship between our agricultural and creative work.
Opening: Wednesday 14th November 7-9 pm
Exhibition Period: 14th -- 29th November 2012
Address: HAJI Gallery, G/F, 12-14 Lok Ku Road, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Seasonal by HK Farm
HK Farm was created by a designer, archivist and photographer in March 2012. These creative backgrounds have influenced an urban agricultural direction that is honest, unpredictable, tangible and self-sufficient.
Their work is multidisciplinary, environmentally-charged and contextual to Hong Kong's urban environment. Similar to the crops grown on their rooftop and fertilised by resources found in the city, they work in a challenging environment - drawing their inspiration from the city and the communities they live in.
This October, Hong Kong gradually transitioned from its hot and wet season into its cool and optimal peak farming season. Parallel to sowing their seeds, HK Farm captured this transition on their rooftop farm in a series of mixed media artworks.
Seasonal by HK Farm is an exhibition that displays the relationship between their creative work and the seasons, and aims to highlight the importance in growing locally and eating seasonally.
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Established in 1956 as a base for the Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Association (K.A.A.A.), the KFBG site near Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, is one of Hong Kong's little known jewels. Nine kilometres of road wind their way up around organic farming terraces, theme gardens and native forest to the summit of the mountain, Kwun Yum Shan, at over 1800ft above sea level. A wide variety of educational displays, sustainability features and wildlife rescue facilities complement the extensively landscaped gardens with their cobbled paths, pavilions, bridges, waterfalls and picnic spots.
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「當山川河流枯乾/ 當高山翠綠不再/ 當天空佈滿塵埃/ 怎去想象 世界變了樣」- 〈難逃〉（《自在本性》）
When the rivers and lakes are baron and dry, when the tallest mountains seem lifeless and bare, when the sky is filled with dust and terror, how can we imagine a world like this -- No escape from Dharma Bums
睽違5年，本地樂團戳麻快將推出首張專輯《自在本性》，為帶出專輯訊息，樂團於農曆新年前舉行「《自在本性》播種音樂會」，用種子來代表專輯，邀請樂迷一起來種植。是次活動得到馬寶寶社區農場(
《自在本性》將於2014年3月正式推出，音樂會當日會發售專輯的預購券。
Five years in the making, local headbangers Chock Ma are set to release their first album Dharma Bums soon. To spread the message of the album, the band will host their album release seed show on January 11th at Hidden Agenda. The album is represented by actual seeds, inviting participants to sow seeds, and reflect on life, death, and their own lives. Working with community farm Mapopo ( and innovative eco-green product developer Greenamic ( the show aims to actively engage audiences to take part in the Chock Ma experience.
Dharma Bums is expected to be released in March 2014. Special preorder vouchers will be available on the day of the show.
活動詳情/SHOW DETAILS:
《自在本性》專輯播種音樂會
特別嘉賓： 朱凌凌 JUICYNING、Qiu Hong/秋紅
日期: 2014年1月11日(星期六)
時間: 8:00PM (Doors open)
地點: Hidden Agenda (2A, Wing Fu Industrial Bldg, 15-17 Tai Yip Street,
Kwun Tong, Hong Kong)
票價: 預售 $130HKD ∕ 即場 $160HKD
(現場發售《自在本性》專輯預購券以及限量版T-恤)
首一百名預購專輯的朋友，將獲贈由Greenamic贊助的CapsulePot，其餘入場觀眾亦將獲贈「戳麻種子」，數量有限，先到先得。)
Dharma Bums seed release show
Special guests: Juicy Ning, Qiu Hong
Date: January 11th 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 8:00pm (Doors open)
Address: Hidden Agenda (2A, Wing Fu Industrial Bldg, 15-17 Tai Yip Street,
Kwun Tong, Hong Kong)
Tickets: Advance 130HKD / Walk In 160HKD
Special preorder vouchers for Dharma Bums and limited-edition t-shirt will be available on the day of the show only.
The first 100 people who preorder Dharma Bums will receive a free CapsulePot (mini garden in a capsule) from Greenamic. All concertgoers will receive special packaged Chock Ma seeds from MAPOPO community farm and letterpress organization ZHI HUO (字活) ( Seeds are limited, in first come first serve basis.
The difficulties of HK Farmers
The difficulties of HK Farmers
AMOS YEE in his natural habitat.
First off, I'd like for anyone who has watched this video to understand that the footage in the video does not paint a full picture of the situation that took place.
There's not going to be a blog post on this issue as it isn't really mine to talk about anyway.
Skip to 1:22 for the dramatic footage.
Also, do watch the Singapore Dance Delight videos when they are released as they were dancetastic. *totally enjoyed We Will Be Back's super creative guest performance*
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