Citing lack of funding, AeroFarms closes its facility in Danville

AeroFarms to close Danville-Pittsylvania location; all 173 employees will be terminated Friday

AeroFarms in the Danville-Pittsylvania area will close its doors Friday after the company’s largest investor pulled funding due to a restructuring, according to a Dec. 11 letter to the state. AeroFarms, an indoor farming company that grows leafy and microgreens, will terminate all 173 positions at its Ringgold facility, located in the Cane Creek Centre, an industrial park in Pittsylvania County. According to the letter, 127 of those employees ar…

Citing lack of funding, AeroFarms closes its facility in Danville

A cutting-edge company that opened a large factory in Danville three years ago will close the facility at the end of the week.