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AppHarvest Secures $82 Million Investment, Plus Series A, For 60-Acre High-Tech Greenhouse

AppHarvest Secures $82 Million Investment, Plus Series A, For 60-Acre High-Tech Greenhouse

Agtech startup AppHarvest has secured an $82 million investment from Equilibrium Capital's Controlled Environment Foods Fund to build its 60-acre high-tech greenhouse in Morehead, Kentucky. In addition to the cash infusion, the startup has also raised a Series A equity round of an undisclosed amount, led

This High Tech Greenhouse Is Harvesting Talent and Produce to Revitalize Eastern Kentucky

This High Tech Greenhouse Is Harvesting Talent and Produce to Revitalize Eastern Kentucky

The unemployment rate in Pike County, Kentucky is 8.7 percent. Kentucky-born Jonathan Webb graduated from University of Kentucky with an opportunity to go into coal sales — Kentucky is the third largest coal producing state, but turned it down in favor of pursuing a career path that promoted sustainability.