Kerns, who originally was credited with the vertical farming concept, was booked Aug.
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One glaring issue for Geisler, however, is the upcoming trial of former Vertical Innovations partner Jim Kerns, who remains jailed in Greene County. But a likely site exists along a’s West Olive Street it’s home to nearly 80 towering MFA grain silos. We’re moving through all of the issues with Vertical Innovations.”īecause of the uncertainty, he wouldn’t specify the possible location. “But, yes, we are looking to set up a new company. The team has pruned plans, at one time deciding to just growing lettuce in three silos, a $5.5 million proposition.Īs for the new venture, “I’m probably a month or so away,” Geisler said.
The plans included a hefty, $40,000 annual lease signed with property owner Missouri State University. The plans called for 200 acres worth of hydroponic growing space capable of annually producing some 2.2 million pounds of lettuce, according to Springfield Business Journal archives.īut the efforts stalled in late 2016 and early 2017 as funding was slow to blossom. With a planned investment north of $12 million, the original Vertical Innovations concept was to grow lettuce and mushrooms in dozens of former MFA silos at Boonville Avenue and Phelps Street. At least one former partner of Vertical Innovations LLC – the company with once-grand plans to convert vacant grain silos in downtown Springfield into an indoor farm – is hatching new plans for a similar concept in Aurora.ĭavid Geisler of Vertical Innovations said he is working to finalize financing, a letter of intent and a contract to create an indoor farming operation in the town southwest of Springfield.
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