Pasona O2, Tokyo's underground farm

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:15:34 GMT

clipped by: enbar
clipper's remarks: In a vault underneath a major Tokyo office building, there is a 1000-sq.m. organic rice and vegetable farm, utilizing LED lighting, computer-controlled temperatures, and hydroponics. Intended to give jobless young people some agricultural experience.

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Tokyo: Underground High Tech Urban Organic Farming

In a major business district of Tokyo, a High-Tech Underground Urban Organic Farm provides training to aspiring farmers...

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An underground rice and vegetable field beneath an office building in Tokyo's Otemachi business district. This urban farm - in what used to be the vault of a major bank - is maintained using computer-controlled artificial light and temperature management. It was brought into being by a personnel company as a means of providing agricultural training to young people who are having trouble finding employment and middle-aged people in search of a second career.

The "field" has an area of about 1,000 square meters. Tomatoes, lettuces, strawberries, and other fruits and vegetables are grown, as well as flowers and herbs (100 different produces). There is also a terraced paddy field used to grow rice.

PASONA Group (Human Resources corporation)
http://www.pasona.co.jp/english/
http://www.pasona.co.jp/pasona_o2/

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Pasona O2, Tokyo's underground farm

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