Topic 1: Happy new year!

1. How did you spend your new year holidays?

2. What are things that impressed you last year? Did anything special happen to you?

3. What are things that you expect to happen this year?

4. What are your new year’s resolutions? What are your goals this year? What are you going to start or stop doing this year?

Topic 2: How should we be engaged in plant factories?

1. How much are you familiar with plant factories? What kind of stories have you ever heard about artificial plant growth at commercial scale?

2. How much more are you willing to pay for fruits or vegetables grown in plant factories? Is it acceptable for you to pay twice or more the price of conventional ones?

3. What are pros and cons of plant factories in terms of quality, economy, environment, etc.?

4. How should we be engaged in plant factories? Should we urge the government to promote them more by any means necessary, or should we let private companies go their own way? If you have any idea about what you hope to see in the future, let us share it.

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