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The company aims to initially produce about 1 ton of vegetables per day and will begin shipping around August.
The firm said it plans to raise the output to 5 tons a day by next year and move into the black in 2023.
Vertical farming relying only on artificial lighting has been drawing attention as a way to ensure stability in production and distribution of food items, as it is not affected by undesirable weather conditions and other risks such as epidemics, the
Such facilities are also expected to provide solutions for some of the problems faced by Japanese agriculture industry, such as a decline in the number of farmers and the aging of those still working the land, it added.
"We would like to make the most of our energy-saving technologies," said an official of the company. "Since it's indoor, vegetables are resistant to abnormal weather, and they are also safe because they are grown without using agrichemicals."
==Kyodo
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