June 9, 2009: Veggie Factory
 

Japan is a small country with limited tillable land, four seasons, and a voracious appetite... they once tried to eat Asia. ;)

http://cellar.org/2009/plants.jpg

I'd take issue with that last statement... it's still real food, except the garland chrysanthemums) just cleaner.
But I wonder about the taste though, because veggies taste different when they are grown in different locations, depending on the soil.
Either they'll make them all taste alike (ala McDonalds), or maybe different factories will compete to develop signature flavors?

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Sounds like a fantastic business venture that could only work in a place where apples are like $3 a piece.

*Most* food in Japan is about the same price as in Australia (I've never been shopping in the US and am too lazy to look it up). It is only specific "boutique" items with cultural significance that are insanely overpriced.

That factory is either the way of the future, or a dystopian nightmare, depending on how they run it. I hate to think about their energy bills, though. I hope they have solar panels on the roof.

It's really just mass hydroponics isn't it? That's been around for ages and working well. Plenty of people grow all sorts of veges that way and they don't taste the same. You could argue that the plant would simply have it's 'true' flavour even I suppose.

They've taken hydroponics to the next level with a completely controlled environment.

Yeah, I got that, but it's still hydro.

I've heard that people who grow their pot plants in a controlled environment can come up with an exceptional crop.

"I've heard" ?

...and for once I don't feel so inspired to eat the iotd. Needs meat.

What do you call that guy in the middle? Asparagus? We're all closet cannibals...

When I read the title I was expecting a story about any school in New Jersey.

You'd think they'd dress the workers in a different color for safety reasons. I wonder how many have gone in to harvest the plants and never returned? Or perhaps they're dressed in green so we won't notice when they end up in our garden salad?

This snotty witch I'm reading who wrote FRENCH WOMEN DON'T GET FAT would have a HUUUUUUGE problem with this. She's a snobby bitty thing who wears scarves and sunglasses all year round and buys her fruit from magic elves in Provence.

Apparently most of the pot sold in Amsterdam is now grown hydroponically. Pot plants no longer pot plants as it were.

So why are you reading it?

One third of French women are overweight.
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top, middle or bottom?

three thirds of french women are bitches
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That was classic, Classic.

woah -- you've discovered The Wikipedia Method! :)

:blush:

Well I don't know for sure of course, but I did hear about it. :)

Yes, that's what I've heard. lol

How dangerous is clean room grown food? I believe, though I have no sources, that exposure builds resistance. Keep your kid inside all the time and he/she ends up with ragweed allergies. Always drink pure water and you'll get the runs when visiting Indonesia. Never tramp around the forest and poison oak will make you break out at the slightest exposure.
I think of it as calluses for your immune system. Ever dug post holes without calluses? It sucks the next day.

Mmmm...mass hydroponics.:bong::fumette::devil:

Hydroponics
 

In Singapore huge similar clean hydroponic farms have been set up.
Salads are indeed super clean, never seen a snail or even ground :3eye:
The taste has nothing strange, as far as I noticed. Jus tasteless :yelsick:

and BTW, about french women: :rolleyes:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in666429.shtml

The standard greeting at Sheldon's parties.

Top. Definitely top.:whip: