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There has to be a downside to these vertical farms. For the sake of simplicity, we will go through the issues faced with the vertical farm in Japan. The initial Capital cost was 590 million Yen (7.4 million dollars), and with an annual cost of 275 million yen (3.4 million dollars) (fieldrobotics.com, 2014). The success of the program is based on the qualifications and knowledge of the employees running the facility. The technicians are there to monitor the efficiency of the automated technology. When the desired success of the farm is reached, each year there will be a gross revenue 0.7 million dollars. That means that these plants will have a return on revenue on year 6 of operation. This means the profit is easily obtainable with current technology. The technology will only get more