Toshiba, the Japanese technology conglomerate with a lineage dating back to the 19th century, is looking for growth in a whole new way. In a sterilized clean room about 35 miles outside of Tokyo, where Toshiba used to make floppy disks in the 1980s and 90s, the company is now starting to grow thousands of lettuce plants as it expands into indoor agriculture.
The goal is not just to operate this plant, but to sell these systems to others, including in places like Russia and the Middle East, where outdoor farming is tricky. But Toshiba is also going to feed Japan. It’s projecting that it will produce 3 million heads of lettuce here per year—about 8,400 per day.
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