Japan’s Indoor Garden Grows 10,000 Heads of Lettuce a Day

The world's largest indoor farm resides in Japan and can produce an astounding 10,000 head of lettuce per day, using 99% less water than traditional farms.

At the moment, half of the work on the farm is done by human workers and half by robots. The hope is that soon, the entire factory will be completely automated.

“But what makes most economic sense is to produce fast-growing vegetables that can be sent to the market quickly. That means leaf vegetables for us now. In the future, though, we would like to expand to a wider variety of produce,” says Shigeharu Shimamura, CEO of Mirai. “Using this method, if we can build plant factories all over the world, we can support the food production to feed the entire world's population. This is what we are really aiming for,”.

Do you think these future farms are the answer to the world hunger problems? What do you think could be a negative if any?