Why Fifth Season failed and vertical farming's future - former VP
The now-defunct startup's former VP Chris Cerveny says everything from timing to funding to how automation gets deployed can impact a farm's lifespan.
Fifth Season's robotic indoor farm. Image credit: Fifth Season Late last year, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Fifth Season abruptly stopped operations at its only vertical farming facility and closed up shop, abruptly and entirely . While the news surprised many, it wasn’t an isolated event among vertical farming companies. The sector has for some time struggled as sky-high valuations and too much hubris have given way to layoffs, abandoned SPACs and other company closures. As anyone who attended the recent Indoor Ag-Con show in Las Vegas knows, “failure” was an oft-uttered word at the show, s
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