[ilyt]

> So why spend millions in capital expenditures on fancy stacked farms with high tech intense lighting, in order to cut a few tens of thousands of dollars in real estate costs?

and ongoing maintenace. I'd imagine harvesting crops from flat piece of land is also cheaper than from vertical stack.

[linsomniac]

Have you seen what a John Deer costs?!?

[roarcher]

A few million, and it can farm thousands of acres. How much does one of these vertical farming facilities cost, and how much food does it produce compared to those thousands of acres? Then add the cost of replacing all the sunlight blocked out by the roof.