BrightFarms Brings Indoor Lettuce Production to North Carolina
June 10, 2020 
BrightFarms produces leafy greens and other produce in its facilities in four states.
Greenhouse lettuce producer BrightFarms is once again expanding. The company recently broke ground on a new 280,000-square-foot hydroponic greenhouse in Hendersonville County, NC. Once complete, the facility will be the largest greenhouse for leafy greens in the state.
The new greenhouse will add to BrightFarms’ growing network of local, sustainable greenhouse farms that will reach thousands of supermarkets between Maine and Georgia. BrightFarms chose the Asheville region for its central location to leading retailers in the Southeast. The company has existing greenhouse farms in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois.
“We have longstanding relationships with customers that have a strong footprint in North Carolina and the surrounding states,” says Abby Prior, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing at BrightFarms. “With more consumers seeking out clean, safe, and responsibly grown produce, our expansion into the state will allow us to fill a crucial demand for retailers.”
BrightFarms plans to begin shipping from its Hendersonville greenhouse in early 2021. The farm will grow the company’s core lineup of products, including spinach, Spring Mix, arugula, ‘Sunny Crunch’, and ‘Baby Butter’. As one of the few companies growing local spinach in the controlled environment sector, BrightFarms is anticipating record demand for its best-selling local baby spinach.
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