The greenhouses will each produce more than 2 million pounds of fresh, leafy salad greens and herbs per year while using an estimated 80% less water, 90% less land and 95% less shipping fuel than West Coast farms.
February 26, 2019
BrightFarms, Irvington, N.Y., announced plans to build new sustainable greenhouse farms in Central Mass., Hudson Valley, N.Y., and North Carolina.
Whole Leaf will be what is said to be the largest lettuce greenhouse operation in North America, dedicated to growing ultra-clean Canadian lettuce year-round.
November 30, 2018
Whole Leaf, Canada, announced plans to double the size of its facility, with Phase 2 set to open March 15, 2019.
Techno Farm Keihanna features an automated cultivation system capable of producing 30,000 heads of lettuce every day.
November 6, 2018
Spread Co. Ltd., a Japanese-based member of Earthside Group, opened Techno Farm Keihanna, what is said to be the largest automated vertical farm in the world.
CB Mexico will produce whole leaf lettuce, broccoli florets, iceless broccoli and green onions year-round.
October 17, 2018
Church Brothers Farms, Salinas, Calif., and grower-owned processor, True Leaf Farms, also based in Salinas, Calif., announced plans to build a new facility in Northern Mexico to increase year-round capacity.
This plant uses natural gas cogeneration to produce electric power and low-temperature refrigeration.
April 20, 2018
Church Brothers Farms, Salinas, Calif., is now in position to use 100% clean energy to power the True Leaf Farms salad making facility in San Juan Bautista, Calif.