80 Acres Farms just shut down.

Linked by Michael LevenstonHere is what a decade of vertical farming collapses actually has in common and the way ahead. By Henry Gordon-Smith, Agritecture, August 2026Excerpt:80 Acres Farms announced Monday it is winding down: eleven years in business, more than $350 million raised, roughly 300 jobs in the Cincinnati area alone. It was the last large, venture-backed vertical farm in the U.S. still chasing the industry’s original promise, everyday produce for the supermarket aisle. The technology behind it worked, the same way the technology has worked at nearly every well-funded vertical farm that has since gone under. In the UK, GrowUp raised £140 million over its lifetime and was sold out of administration in December for £1.85 million.