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Plant plants cropping up in Hong Kong

Plant factories, in which vegetables and other crops are grown indoors, are cropping up in Hong Kong amid growing awareness about food safety among the middle class.

With some 20 companies entering the market over the past three years, annual production of hydroponic farms is expected to reach 750 tons.

In late November, at a supermarket in the territory's Wan Chai district, Davis, a 35-year-old man who works at a financial institution picked up packaged vegetables produced by the Vegetable Marketing Organization, an operator of the vegetables wholesale market. Davis, who only provided his first name, said he has the feeling that Chinese vegetables are contaminated with pesticide residues and tries to buy vegetables that are grown in Hong Kong or overseas as much as possible.

In 2013, VMO established Hong Kong's first indoor plant factory with the support of the Hong Kong government. The second floor of a building -- an area of about 230 sq. meters -- was renovated into a clean room. Adopting systems of Japanese chemical maker Mitsubishi Chemical, the room has an air conditioning to maintain an optimal room temperature, water treatment equipment that recycles water, and lighting facilities for indoor cultivation.

Read more at Nikkei Asian Review
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