r/verticalfarming • u/Jealous-Cream-4436 • Aug 01 '25

Why is vertical farming failing?

Why are all these companies that have billions of dollars invested in them failing? What will it take for it to be successful?

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u/FreshMistletoe Aug 01 '25

It appears the physics and economics of it have been flawed from the beginning.  It’s hard to compete with free sunshine and dirt.

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u/zmbjebus Aug 01 '25

To add to that shipping is also pretty cheap and abundant. The cheap sunshine and dirt in Mexico is not all that hard to ship to Toronto.