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Sounds wrong, doesn't it? Lettuces are supposed to be grown in fields. Irrigated. Fed with fertilisers. Sprayed with herbicides and pesticides. Harvested and washed, but at the supermarket it still might have some dirt or bugs in it.

Not in Japan. They grow lettuce in sterile factories. Hydroponic and sealed off from the real world. I'm not sure if I should be freaked or amazed.

Some factories are vast - and can produce three million vegetables a year.

More at the Daily Mail.

Labels: japan, lettuce