Japanese industrial supplier Misumi Group has announced a strategic partnership with US-based vertical farming company Oishii Farm Corporation, in a move aimed at accelerating the use of robotics and automation in indoor agriculture.
The deal centers on supporting Oishii’s highly automated vertical farms, where crops such as strawberries are grown indoors using AI-controlled environments and robotic harvesting systems.
The partnership reflects growing interest in using automation to address labor shortages and improve food production efficiency. [Read more…] about Misumi partners with Oishii to advance robotic vertical farming systems