Would you eat lettuce grow in a factory?

Would you eat lettuce grow in a factory?

Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, a factory half the size of a football field, with 17,500 LED lamps grows lettuce on 15 levels. Each day 10,000 heads of lettuce are produced, using 1% of the normal amount of water needed for the same crop yield.

An advanced system that controls water irrigation, air humidity, air flow & overall temperature allows the factory to produce the ‘perfect’ environment for lettuce to grow and speed wise it beats its outside cousin by 2.5x!

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You also benefit from No pesticides, No need to rinse, No insects & low radiation

They also reduce the waste from around 50% (outside plants) to around 10%, creating a 100x increase in productivity per square foot, the use of LED lights saves around 40% of power compared with a fluorescent alternative.

 

Would you eat lettuce grown in a factory?

“I knew how to grow good vegetables biologically and I wanted to integrate that knowledge with hardware to make things happen.” – Physiologist Shigeharu Shimamura, CEO of Mirai Co.,

 

But does it taste ok?

According to their website: “A large amount of vegetables have been delivered to restaurants. People who have eaten vegetables unanimously say “It tastes good!””

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Can I not grow my own?

Yes you sure can! We’ve even got a post on how you can regrow lettuce! 

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