80 Acres Farms shutters Cincinnati operations, lays off 145 workers

Vertical farming startup 80 Acres Farms in Cincinnati filed for bankruptcy, shut down operations and laid off 145 local workers effective Aug. 17, according to a WARN notice. The closure was reported as part of Ohio's August 2026 WARN notices, which together affected more than 850 workers statewide. The article frames the shutdown as a result of the company's bankruptcy filing and formal WARN filing, indicating the cuts were finalized rather than planned. No specific departments within the company were identified in the notice. The report places this layoff in the broader context of multiple employer WARN filings in Ohio that month.

80 Acres Farms cut 145 jobs in OH as of August 17, 2026.

That is roughly 72.5% of the 200 people 80 Acres Farms employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 8 layoff events at 80 Acres Farms since July 2026, including 246 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 6 additional events known from news reporting.