vue - More than work: Tokyo office grows own food in vertical farm
In a country with very little arable land (only 12% compared with 20% in the US), in one of the most populated cities in the world, one company chose to give up 43,000 square feet of valuable workspace to grow food. In the Tokyo headquarters of human resources company Pasona Group they grow 200 species of fruits and vegetables and even rice that are harvested and served to employees. The indoor urban farm doesn’t just provide food, but by mixing work space and farm space, the company tries to provide a healthier quality of life for employees. Here green isn’t just a window dressing: immediately upon entering the building you walk over a 1,000-square-foot rice paddy, continue through an okra field and you enter the vine-covered “tomato guest room” or the “vegetable factory” filled with hundreds of hydroponic heads of lettuce. On the second floor, fruit trees form partition walls between meeting spaces, bean sprouts are grown under benches and herbs grow on shelving along the walls. Even the outside of the building is covered in plants helping keep the building cool in summer and warmer in winter. According to the farm’s designers Kono Designs, “it is the largest and most direct farm-to-table of its kind ever realized inside an office building in Japan.” Original story: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/more-than-work-tokyofice-grows-own-food-in-vertical-farm/
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I have been dreaming to do this in India. Hope I can do it soon
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This looks so cool :) I love to see buildings like this! Thanks for sharing :)
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who takes care of the crops? the employess? or they hire someone else?
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what if the pumpkins fall on somebody's head?
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Looks amazing but what if the building catches fire? All the produce gone
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cool but unsustainable
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I hope this catches on. I've been dreaming of stuff like this ever since hearing about vertical farming, aquaponics, etc. Amazing and inspirational video; thanks for posting.
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Wish there were more indoor farms like this in my city! Brilliant idea
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1:00 What a Natural Setting Contrast... The natural work field, elevated to a non laborious, non stoop over height... Surrounded by those who would have physically been planting and reaping it. Reckon the gestalt here is... City File Cabinet Agriculture. Again Kristen, many thank's for the lack of senses blocking music utilized by the majority of posters.
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This is so beautiful.
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I have friends in Japan that have grown vines outside their windows on their homes for cooling ...saves energy.....we should do that here in California. They grow vines that also produce vegetables and fruits. They have been doing that for years. We do seem behind Japan in this area.
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Didnt like the ending too much but overall really great video.
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How are the flowers of the plants pollinated tho? No wind or insects or bees?
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can someone explain the rice paddy part. i mean, like how they harvest it to become consumable (white rice).
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Pretty awesome, I wish every building was more like this. You may have the coolest channel on youtube.
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Truly Smart!!!
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Brilliant,just imagine
if every business did this with their buildings ,
And gave half to the
poor ,
Hunger and poverty
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きれいなところですね~
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this would be cool, but it would have been cooler if they cut out the ceiling and let natural light shine through from all angles or something that would be neat...but this is a start
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Pasona is a very bad company anyway.
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