Eco Factor: Food factories produce organic vegetables 24 hours a day.
With the land available for farming depleting quickly, inventors have started to look toward possibilities that allow farming practices that are not dependent on the climate or the season. While greenhouses are not a new concept, some scientists in Japan are trying to refine the concept and design plant factories, which can be used to produce organic vegetables 24 hours a day and seven days a week.
The plant factories make use of systems that control the interior temperature, lighting, humidity, water and carbon dioxide and alter them precisely to aid vegetable growth. The plantations are shielded from outside air and the producers wear protective suits normally seen in chemical plants while they are on the premises.
The sterile environment means that the producers don’t need fertilizers and pesticides to prevent plants from being destroyed by insects. Ozu Corporation, the creators of plant factories in Tokyo, states that the vegetables are so pure that they can be consumed without washing. The factories are so efficient that lettuce grown in them can be cropped up to 20 times a year. The vegetables that are grown in these plant factories are solar at a premium to Japanese consumers.
Via: DailyMail
