The seeds of vertical farming robotics startup Fifth Season might once again see the light of day after the company's sudden shutdown last fall if efforts from a new independent board of directors and a chief restructuring officer prove successful. But what those seeds produce and who might be tasked with planting them, if anyone, remains unknown for now.
In the interim, Michael Von Lehman has been tasked with trying to get the company's assets to turn a new leaf, whether that's through an acquisition by another firm or otherwise. He was brought in as Fifth Season's chief restructuring officer shortly after Fifth Season executives told employees last October that the company would effectively be shutting down and that it would soon file for bankruptcy.
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