Grown from necessity: vertical farming takes off in ageing Japan
The nondescript building on an industrial site near Kyoto gives little hint to the productivity inside: 30,000 heads of lettuce grow here daily, under artificial light and with barely any human intervention. This “vegetable factory”, using the latest vertical farming techniques, is part of a trend born out of necessity in Japan, where …
News story posted on 2019-12-31T08:02:00.0000000Z
