80 Acres Farms shutters Marysville facility, ceases operations after prospective buyer withdraws; 55 laid off

80 Acres Farms, a Hamilton, Ohio-based vertical farming startup that raised hundreds of millions in venture capital, is closing its Marysville production and packhouse facility and ceasing operations after a prospective buyer withdrew, resulting in 55 layoffs and citing financial and funding challenges.

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