How a group of Hong Kong university graduates turned an organic farming start-up in Greater Bay Area’s Jiangmen city profitable


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Hong Kong entrepreneurs are finding success across the border as they take advantage of opportunities in the Greater Bay Area . Three university graduates from Hong Kong ventured into the Bay Area city of Jiangmen in 2016 to pursue their dream of becoming “modern farmers”, launching a sustainable agricultural start-up for growing organic vegetables and fish. Within five years the start-up, Guangdong Shining Farm, has broken even and will be paying profit tax this year, according to co-founder Victor Lo. “We wanted to find a new way of approaching agricultural production that was healthier and more environmentally friendly. But land...