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The only way is up: Vertical farming in Kyoto

Story highlights High-tech farm produces over 20,000 heads of lettuce a day Indoor farming reduces inconsistencies of regular crop production, giving rise to considerable efficiencies A desire for "safe" produce has increased demand post-Fukushima Kameoka, Japan CNN — The fields around the Spread factory in Kameoka, a satellite town west of the Japanese city of Kyoto, are scrubby and barren – the farmers there have long since harvested the rice ahead of winter. They’ll see 21,000 heads of lettuce shipped out across the length and breadth of Japan today, all delivered to supermarkets and restaurants within 24 hours of leaving the doors of this vertical farm. Euan McKirdy/CNN Marrying agriculture and industry Spread is Japan’s largest vertical farm, a unique blend of agriculture and industry, and its Kameoka factory grows and ships out produce – for now four varieties of lettuce but potentially any kind of leafy vegetable – year-round. “I don’t think vertical farming will take over the whole farming industry,” he said.

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