Automated indoor vertical farm will produce 30,000 heads of lettuce per day

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This farmerless farm will also be soilless and sunless, instead relying on robotics, LEDs, and hydroponics to grow more than 10 million heads of lettuce per year in Kyoto, Japan. The future of local food production, at least in some densely-populated areas, might look a lot more like a factory than a field, and may reduce labor costs considerably by taking the farmer out of the loop in favor of automation, Using highly efficient methods for plant growth, such as hydroponics and aeroponics, can reduce water loss to a minimum, as well as enable the recycling and reuse of water, and engaging energy-efficient LED lighting that can be 'tuned' to plant-friendly spectrums can cut indoor farming energy demands, and when coupled with assembly line techniques, can provide perpetual harvests every day of the year, regardless of the weather outside. Read the full article at TreeHugger