The company teamed up on the project with Okayama University biologist Manabu Sugimoto, who has been part of a Russian space project to explore ways to grow edible plants in space.

• 目前，札幌控股正与日本冈山大学的生物学家杉本学合作开发这一项目。杉本学一直在参与俄罗斯太空食用作物项目的开发与研究。