Japanese vertical farms are facing increasing labor and energy costs that they cannot avoid.

2025-09-04 00:00

"It's becoming harder to maintain our margins with the 5% increase in labor costs," a Japanese grower stresses. Even here, growers cannot escape the increasing numbers, and at the end of the day, the margin stays the same. Or does it? "Luckily, we're able to slightly increase prices in retail to."

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