Lush green patches of spring onions, basil, eggplants and chilies are growing in bamboo garden beds. Rice straws are spread over the soil to keep it moist in the blazing sun.
“My employees are stressed. We’re all stressed in the office. So we came up with an idea to grow vegetables such as morning glory or anything that can be eaten with chilli paste,” said Thapakorn Asawalertkul, 54. The businesses help taxi drivers to secure financing. The latter typically make a down payment from around 3,000 baht onwards for a cab worth more than 1 million baht.
Not far away, a few employees are tending to the mini gardens. One of them stands on the boot of a pink cab to water the greens on its roof. Thousands of driverless taxis are scattered around Bangkok. According to Thapakorn, the cooperatives plan to expand their car-roof gardens in Bang Waek to other parts of the capital city.
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