The first tomato harvest has started at a hydroponic greenhouse here on a site that was once covered with tsunami debris.
The tomatoes are ripening in 125 rows of plants at the 2-hectare Sun Fresh Koizumi Farm in the southern part of Kesennuma city. Each row is about 100 meters long, giving the greenhouse the look of an indoor forest of tomato plants.
Four to five tons of tomatoes from the farm are expected to be shipped daily.