Vertical vegetable growing in Japanese cities

The Japanese are also experimenting with a new way to help their troubled agriculture – origo wrote after Euronews.com. Vegetables are grown in cities under artificial light.

Vertical crop production is about not only growing vegetables at one level, but also utilizing shelves vertically. The shelves are placed in an enclosed room at the ideal temperature and, in order not to be left to chance, feed the plants with artificial light instead of sunlight. (origo)