Lettuce See the Future: Japanese Farmer Builds High-Tech Indoor Veggie Factory - GE ReportsLettuce See the Future: Japanese Farmer Builds High-Tech Indoor Veggie Factory Humans have spent the last 10,000 years mastering agriculture. But a freak summer storm or bad drought can still mar many a well-planted harvest. Not anymore, says Japanese plant physiologist Shigeharu Shimamura, who has moved industrial-scale farming under the roof. Working in Miyagi Prefecture in eastern Japan, which
