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Fain founded Bowery Farming in 2015 and built it into the largest vertical farming company in the U.S., raising $600 million to operate pesticide-free farms that use 95 percent less water and supply Walmart, Amazon, and Whole Foods year-round.
Irving Fain is the founder and former CEO of Bowery Farming, once the largest vertical farming company in the United States.
Fain founded Bowery in 2015 to build a modern indoor farm using proprietary software, machine learning, and controlled environment agriculture, raising over $600 million from investors including Google Ventures, Fidelity, and Temasek and supplying greens to major retailers. Bowery ceased operations in late 2024 after a plant pathogen outbreak and difficulty securing further financing, and Fain remains a closely watched figure in agtech and climate-focused entrepreneurship.
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