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Oishii's move into Japan follows a logic that CEA companies rarely spell out: research where the expertise is, scale where the capabilities fit, and sell where customers pay. Executive takeaway. Japan does not have to be the most…
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Most of the money in vertical farming has gone into the room around the plant: LEDs, climate control, robots, software. Oishii Farm is now…
Vertical farming has spent a decade showing what can be grown indoors. Lettuce, herbs, strawberries and tomatoes have all been produced under LEDs with…
Mike Zelkind has given his first substantial public account of why 80 Acres Farms failed: too much growth, too fast, with too little capital…
Oishii Farm has won Japan’s agricultural startup award for its indoor strawberry production. The reason given by the government reaches beyond the fruit: it…
Two days at J-AGRI Tokyo 2026 offered a firsthand look at Japan's agricultural technology sector. From industrial robotics and digital twins to vertical farming…
VerticalFarming.blog will be on site at J-AGRI Tokyo 2026 as press. The show runs from October 7 to 9, 2026 at Makuhari Messe in…
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