farms Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:59:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New farmerless “farm” to break ground in Japan https://www.greenoptimistic.com/farmerless-farm-japan-lettuce/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/farmerless-farm-japan-lettuce/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:59:35 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=59041 Japan will break ground on a new farmerless farm this summer. This indoor, fully automated farm will produce up to 17,000 heads of lettuce per day. The lettuce is grown in hydroponically, automated systems essentially cutting labor in half . The 3500m green building being built by Spread, will utilize several energy saving technologies including a 30% electric reduction by […]

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