I agree with your general point but I think you have to inspect the numbers. Ag has problems that vertical farming still looks like a solution for: - market ga

I agree with your general point but I think you have to inspect the numbers. Ag has problems that vertical farming still looks like a solution for: - market gardening is labour-intensive - water shortages look like getting worse, not better, in many regions - food miles, fertiliser and pest controls are significant costs - time to market is critical for some produce Just today I read an article on HN about the labour costs of asparagus. A capital outlay that can reduce that labour is still appealing. And may I point out the complexity of conventional agricultural machinery? A bubble bursting doesn't invalidate the field. Maybe the first generation of startups will go tits-up, but the growth opportunity is still there. You had inside perspective on the mortgage bubble, but I think that without that perspective in this case, you're only right by accident. I am not sure this is even a vertical farming bubble, it might be better described as a credit crunch affecting startups in multiple industries, and VF might be hit hard simply because it's all startups at the moment.