# Tisha Livingston

> Tisha Livingston co-founded 80 Acres Farms with Mike Zelkind in 2015 and became CEO of Infinite Acres in 2019. A former manufacturing and operations executive, she led technology development and industrial partnerships for indoor farming. Her story now includes the August 2026 wind-down of 80 Acres and September 2026 bankruptcy of the Dutch Infinite Acres entities.

- **Role:** Publicly listed CEO of Infinite Acres; Dutch entities entered bankruptcy in September 2026
- **Organizations:** 80 Acres Farms, Infinite Acres, FarmTech Society, Sager Creek Vegetable Company, AdvancePierre Foods
- **Education:** BBA in Operations Business Management, University of Cincinnati
- **Known for:** Co-founded 80 Acres Farms in 2015., Led Infinite Acres from its 2019 joint-venture phase., Helped establish industrial technology partnerships including Siemens and Signify.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2015** — Served as vice president of manufacturing at AdvancePierre Foods, overseeing 11 plants and more than 3,000 employees; subsequently served as COO of Sager Creek Vegetable Company.
- **2015** — Co-founded 80 Acres Farms with Mike Zelkind in November.
- **2019** — Became CEO of Infinite Acres in June, when the 80 Acres Farms, Priva and Ocado joint venture was announced.
- **2020** — Elected vice-chair of FarmTech Society.
- **2021** — Infinite Acres opened its Hamilton reference-design farm in January and became wholly owned by 80 Acres Farms in November.
- **2023** — Helped lead the Siemens collaboration; Infinite Acres and Siemens signed an agreement for a research center in The Hague.
- **2024** — Infinite Acres opened its Field Lab in The Hague in June.
- **2026** — Infinite Acres announced commercial availability of GroLoop on May 18; 80 Acres announced a wind-down on August 3; Dutch Infinite Acres entities were declared bankrupt September 8.

## Achievements

- Co-founded 80 Acres Farms in 2015.
- Led Infinite Acres from its 2019 joint-venture phase.
- Helped establish industrial technology partnerships including Siemens and Signify.
- Led Infinite Acres during the June 2024 opening of the Field Lab in The Hague.
- Led Infinite Acres at the May 2026 commercial release of GroLoop.
- Elected vice-chair of FarmTech Society in 2020; confirmed in the role in 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — The October 8 trustee report for Infinite Acres Holding B.V. described management’s explanation of dependence on the American group for revenue and recorded exploration of a restart; no completed restart is established by that report.
- **2026-09** — Infinite Acres Holding B.V. and Infinite Acres B.V. were declared bankrupt by the court in The Hague on September 8.
- **2026-09** — Spoke at the JPFA International Symposium on Plant Factory on September 1; the final official program lists her talk as The Unicorn, the Asteroid, & the Phoenix: Tales of Vertical Farming.
- **2026-08** — 80 Acres Farms announced August 3 that it was winding down after an anticipated acquisition fell through.
- **2026-05** — Infinite Acres announced the commercial launch of GroLoop on May 18.

## Links

- Website: https://www.infinite-acres.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tisha-livingston-25477341/

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Last updated: 2026-10-23