Plenty Unlimited dramatically reduced its workforce from a planned 300 employees to just 66 by the time of its March 2025 bankruptcy filing. The company closed its South San Francisco facility in 2023 and its Compton, California facility in December 2024, slashing 50 employees in South San Francisco and 100 in Compton. The company that raised nearly $1 billion from investors including Jeff Bezos and SoftBank halted expansion at its Virginia facility in November 2024 amid liquidity issues.
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Plenty's indoor vertical farming uses 1% of the land and up to 90% less water than traditional farms while achieving yields up to 350 times greater per acre. CEO Arama Kukutai stated the farm is "a model for the positive impact climate-agnostic agriculture can have, and proof that vertical farming can deliver the crop diversity, scaled and local production needed to future-proof the global food system." The company's pesticide-free produce eliminates need for preservatives by locating farms near consumers.