BrightFarms Opens New North Carolina Lettuce Greenhouse

Posted by Brian Sparks|May 12, 2021

BrightFarms has opened its latest indoor farm in Hendersonville, NC. The 6-acre greenhouse will produce 2 million pounds of lettuce per year for the Southeast region.

The new greenhouse is centrally located for quick delivery to retailers across the Southeast, including North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

“With 10 years of innovation and growing under our belts, we are ready and able to bring our proven indoor growing model and fresh greens to millions of new consumers in the Carolinas and beyond,” says Steve Platt, CEO of BrightFarms. “We are committed to being the leading supplier of local salads in the Southeast and look forward to partnering with retailers to make fresh, clean, and safe produce a reality.”

BrightFarms’ North Carolina lettuce greenhouse aims to bring economic vitality to the region, employing more than 55 staff trained to operate cutting-edge greenhouse technology. The Southeast, which currently has limited options for indoor-grown greens on shelves, will now be a part of the growing excitement around the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry, which has seen more than $1 billion in capital raised in the past six months alone.