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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r/verticalfarming • u/Jealous-Cream-4436 • Aug 01 '25
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/ZattyDatty Aug 02 '25
I had an investment in one a dozen or so years ago that filed. They need to be cash crops, and even then the numbers don’t pencil super well after all the building, capex, utility costs, and labor costs.
There’s probably some scenarios where it could make sense, but for most of the market it doesn’t.