Farming for Change: how green tech and innovation are transforming cities
[This is a talk in Changemaker Gear Up Training Series (GUTS)]
When you think of farming, you might picture big machines spraying chemicals in rural areas. But what about in the city? With green technology, farming has taken on new forms that are transforming urban landscapes.
Our speaker, Mr Raymond Mak, co-founder and CEO of Farmacy HK, will share his insights and experience on how technology can address food security, fresh food supplies, and carbon emissions in urban environments. Join us to discover how green tech is changing the way we think about farming and its potential to shape our future.
Speaker:
Mr Raymond Mak
Co-founder and CEO, Farmacy HK
Raymond is the co-founder and CEO of Farmacy HK Limited, a green-living and urban agriculture tech company with a purpose on social impact. He led the team to develop data-driven farming systems and cloud-based solutions, empowering people to address food security, fresh food supplies, and carbon emission challenges in highly urbanised cities across the globe.
Farmacy is the latest winner of 2023 APEC Bio-Circular Green Award and 2022 Hong Kong ICT Startup Awards (overall Grand Award and Social Impact Gold Award). The award-winning technology, i.e. Smart Mobile Farms, enable supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, office, schools, and neighbourhood to grow what they want and harvest what they need onsite. Together we reduce 30% food waste, achieve 1.86 tons carbon emission on every sqm of farm, while securing 100% freshness and nutrition intake from the vegetables.
Raymond also initiated and partnered with HKSAR Government, a green architect, and a local NGO to build K-Farm, the first urban community farm in Hong Kong incorporating hydroponics, aquaponics, and organic farming systems, to promote sustainability / eco-education and social good purposes to the public at the harbourfront of Kennedy Town.
Prior to his journey in Farmacy, Raymond was a management consultant in leading international management consulting firms, specialised in strategy planning and execution, business transformation and turnaround. His has extensive experience in retail & FMCG, transportation & logistics, financial services, government & public sectors etc. across 14+ countries in Asia-Pacific region.
Having sitting in the Trade & Industry Advisory Board of HKSAR Government, the Consumer Council, and the BUD (Branding-Upgrading-Development) Fund Panel and Vetting Committee, Raymond focuses on improving new tech & innovative product commercialisation, quality enhancement and identifying overseas market opportunities for SMEs through various regional economic and cultural development initiatives for Hong Kong.
Remarks:
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