CC: We had tech investors in Silicon Valley, and they had expectations of how fast things were going to come out. At the same time, everybody was pulling back. So the funding was not readily available, like had previously been, to build a farm of this size and build a national brand.

Gotham Greens is an American fresh food and urban agricultural company founded and headquartered in the Brooklyn borough of New York City that grows local produce year-round in greenhouses, with its lettuces, herbs, salad dressings and sauces sold under its brand name.