Young visitors enjoy themselves in the high-tech farm run by Cofco in Beijing. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily]

A high-tech farm of China's largest State-owned agriculture company, Cofco, launched a two-day program on May 28 for children to explore its high-tech farming systems and the world of plants.

The farm, 38 kilometers outside of Beijing, has an indoor farming area of more than 80,000 square meters, and several family game areas both indoors and outdoors, including a theater and a basketball game center.

The farming area adopts the highest level of modern agricultural technology to cultivate vegetables and mushrooms, including artificial lighting and temperature controls and multi-dimensional vertical planting system.

Young visitors enjoy themselves in the high-tech farm run by Cofco in Beijing. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily]

To help children better understand the science of agriculture, the farm's engineers explain how the farming systems work, and answer children's questions.

There are also free classes introducing succulent plants, and tips to grow them at home.

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