Singapore has one of the highest population densities on the planet. More than five million people crowd into this small, wealthy island city. Land here comes at a premium, forcing people to expand up, rather than out. And it’s not just office towers and apartment complexes that are reaching skyward. Singapore now has one of the world’s first commercial vertical farms.

This story was produced by The Center for Investigative Reporting.

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