A Japanese company has developed an easy way for people in communities to participate in agriculture through the internet, with its demonstration farm becoming a gathering place for local residents in Kyoto.
Toray Construction Co., a real estate and construction company, came up with a "sharing" agriculture model, which allows participants to sign up online to do simple tasks in the greenhouse.
The Osaka-based company joined forces with several institutions to start the six-month demonstration experiment in September after receiving government funding.