Kalera
Orlando, United States · Operator: Kalera, Inc. (Kalera PLC subsidiary)
Overview
An Orlando-based vertical-farming leader with farms in Orlando, Houston, Atlanta and Denver; filed Chapter 11 in April 2023.
Citizen participation
Company-run mass production; no public participation.
Operating model
Commercial model operating indoor vertical farms across several cities, mass-producing leafy greens for foodservice and retail.
Impact
Rapid multi-site expansion inflated costs and accelerated loan obligations; after removing its CEO the firm collapsed, was delisted from Nasdaq and liquidated. Lesson: national expansion before profitability wrecks cash and debt management.
Crops
- leafy greens
Scale
Filed Chapter 11 in April 2023; liquidating plan approved and assets sold to Sandton Capital Partners
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