Square Roots Announces New Company In Japan

Square Roots has announced Square Roots Japan, a new company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Square Roots Japan has licensed and will build upon the modular and flexible indoor farming platform developed and deployed by Square Roots in the United States, while partnering with traditional Japanese farmers to future-proof the production of specialty crops.

"We've created a flexible and scalable platform for innovation that is enabling partners across the global agri-food ecosystem to shape the future of food," said Tobias Peggs, Square Roots' CEO and cofounder. "We're honored that the team behind Square Roots Japan has chosen to build on our platform, with a business model inspired by tradition while looking firmly towards the future."

The partnership originally took root during a joint field trip to visit specialty farmers in Hokkaido, an island in the north of Japan.