Kyoto-based Spread said the indoor grow house will start operating by the middle of 2017 and produce 30,000 heads of lettuce a day.

It hopes to boost that figure to half a million lettuce heads daily within five years.

The farm, measuring about 4,400 square metres , will have floor-to-ceiling shelves where tAhe produce is grown.

Seed planting will still be done by people, but the rest of the process, including harvesting, will be done by industrial robots.

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