Vertical Farming Is Enjoying a Second Growth Spurt

Vertical Farming Is Enjoying a Second Growth Spurt

Vertical farming was once so sexy that it tempted the likes of Natalie Portman, Lewis Hamilton and Justin Timberlake to join venture capital and private equity firms buying into high-tech facilities cultivating crops in stacked layers using soil-free growing techniques. Those investments have turned ugly recently — but there are still reasons for optimism about the future of high-rise food.