Micro gardens take root in Singapore as urban farming demand grows
There has been a surge of demand for urban farming, and we are experiencing this firsthand as we now maintain over 100 edible green walls across Singapore, including at Bukit View Primary School. Our local farming footprint has recently grown by 30 percent, running alongside our ongoing expansions into Malaysia and the United States. We believe this grassroots momentum directly supports national food resilience, proving that empowering everyday citizens to cultivate their own produce provides a vital, bottom-up approach to food security that perfectly complements large-scale agricultural efforts.
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From field to fork: Net zero starts in our food chain | Featured piece by our founder, Mathew Howe
Reaching true net-zero targets requires a complete overhaul of a global food chain currently responsible for a shocking one-third of greenhouse gas emissions. Transitioning to renewable energy isn't enough. By addressing the decline of local wet markets and the rise of high-emissions supermarket imports, we champion conscious daily lifestyle choices. Choosing foods with fewer food miles allows us to collectively cut down on pollution and protect our planet year-round.
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Starting a start-up: Pesto! How the sauce inspired ex-banker to grow vegetables on walls
Our founder shares with The Straits Times a peek into the journey behind building Grobrix. What began as a personal passion for growing fresh family produce has evolved into our proprietary indoor vertical farming technology. Today, we lease these modular, portable green walls to over 60 major corporate and educational clients and handle all maintenance to provide an interactive sustainability initiative where teams can harvest, eat, and bond together. Grobrix champions a bottom-up approach to food security that empowers communities to take production into their own hands.
→ Read full article on The Straits Times
This is how Mathew Howe is pioneering a new field of urban agriculture
We are proud to share our feature in The Peak Magazine, highlighting how we are pioneering a unique "distributed farming network" that flips the agricultural model by growing food directly at your place, with you. We are proving that high-tech indoor cultivation can be beautifully integrated into corporate spaces, enhancing hybrid workplace community and boosting both physical and mental employee wellness. Beyond aesthetics, our systems deliver a highly measurable environmental impact; an average commercial partnership yields 500 lbs of fresh produce, saves more than 500 gallons of water, cuts up to 275 lbs of food waste, and eliminates 2,500 single-use plastic wrappers over a period of one year.
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From banker to urban farmer: Why Mathew traded finance for greener pastures
Mathew shares with Singapore Global Network about how his struggle to grow fresh herbs at home inspired him to launch Grobrix. The vision developed into creating modular, edible green walls that allow corporate teams to harvest their own food, boost well-being, and bond over sustainability. At Grobrix, we believe that growing food changes how we value it. Supported by Singapore's food security goals, Grobrix is now expanding globally, including to the US and Malaysia, empowering everyday urban dwellers to become farmers and deeply reconnecting communities with their food.
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Right Business: How this company is turning empty walls into thriving farms
Our founder, Mathew, talks to Hongbin Jeong about making urban farming more simple and accessible.
A letter to Myself: From finance to indoor farming
Mathew shares about his journey jumping from bank into founding Grobrix in 2021, and why he believes his passion found him at the right time.
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The Future of Farming Is on the Wall – And in Your Office
We’ve officially landed in the United States! We are incredibly excited to partner with Boston-based Green City Growers to bring our automated, Lego-inspired vertical gardens to American homes, hotels, and workplaces. We are working together to foster food system literacy, inspire the next generation of environmentalists, and prove that anyone can be an urban farmer.
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Mothership takes a tour with our Ops Lead, Yong.
Visit our nursery and find out more about the technology that powers our nursery and farming network.
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I started growing basil at home because my kids love pesto. I didn’t expect it to become my new career
The Grobrix journey started with something as simple as wanting to grow pesticide-free basil for a family pesto pasta night. That personal experiment quickly evolved into our corporate "farming-as-a-service" model, where we now bring fresh, harvestable produce directly into major workspaces like Amazon and American Express. We believe that getting hands-on with real crops bridges the modern gap between urbanites and nature, weaving sustainable food production right into the fabric of daily city life.
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From recycled batteries to lettuce: Singapore firms with green thumbs take a slice of American pie
The Straits Times talks about the success of Grobrix in expanding its innovative indoor farming solutions to the US market, with our partner Green City Growers.
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Sustainability in Action: Grobrix
The Straits Times talks about the success of Grobrix in expanding its innovative indoor farming solutions to the US market, with our partner Green City Growers.
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