The world’s first fully automated farm is being built in Japan

Japan’s population is aging at a frightening pace, and it’s already experiencing labor shortages as a result. The shortages are only going to get worse as more people grow old and exit the work force while fewer people have children to replenish the work force, but the solution to the problem happens to be one that Japan is a world leader in: robotics. The country’s skill in robotics has grown to the point where a Japanese company by the name of Spread is building the world’s first farm that’ll be almost entirely maintained by automated workers.