[HN Gopher] Vertical Farms Tried to Compete with Open Field Farm...
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       Vertical Farms Tried to Compete with Open Field Farming. It Isn't
       Going Well
        
       Author : Kaibeezy
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2026-03-22 20:52 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | Kaibeezy wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/ABX8U
        
       | 2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote:
       | It's hard to compete with free energy from the sun.
        
       | joegibbs wrote:
       | "What Gotham Greens can grow in about one acre of our greenhouse
       | we believe would require about 30 acres out in the field" but
       | what's the price of an acre in Brooklyn vs 30 acres in rural
       | Indiana? How do you go up against free sunlight, free water and
       | very cheap land?
        
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