BrightFarms In The News
BRIGHTFARMS OPENS YORKVILLE GREENHOUSE – FIRST OF 3 REGIONAL GREENHOUSE HUBS TO OPEN IN 2024
Each Greenhouse Will Add 32 Acres of Growing Space to BrightFarms’ Capabilities IRVINGTON, N.Y., Sept. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — BrightFarms, a national leader in the indoor farming industry, today announced the opening of its new greenhouse hub in Yorkville, Illinois, a city within the Chicago Metropolitan area. This is the first of three new regional greenhouse hubs opening for BrightFarms in […]
Read MoreThe Ultimate American Salad for National Salad Month
As we celebrate National Salad Month, aka the best month of the year, lettuce dish out the freshest findings from our recent survey with OnePoll to learn more about what the perfect (and weirdest) salad looks like. A poll of 2,000 Americans revealed that… 78% of salad lovers are diving into their leafy greens at […]
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Leading Indoor Spinach Grower BrightFarms Enters Exclusive Licensing Deal With Partner Element Farms
In a landmark move for sustainable agriculture, BrightFarms is teaming up with Element Farms to set a new standard for indoor-grown produce in the Northeast. Both trailblazers in sustainable, controlled environment agriculture (CEA), this mutually beneficial partnership allows BrightFarms to distribute Element Farms’ indoor-grown spinach throughout the Northeast under the BrightFarms brand, further satisfying the […]
Read MoreBrightFarms Expands with Four New Regional Salad Greenhouse Hubs
Expansion with Next Generation Farms is a response to customer demand that will reach two-thirds of the U.S. population and increase revenue 10x by 2025 IRVINGTON, N.Y., March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — BrightFarms, a national leader in the indoor farming industry, is expanding with four new regional greenhouse hubs offering sustainably grown leafy greens to more people across […]
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Cox Enterprises Expands its Cleantech Portfolio with Acquisition of BrightFarms
The leading indoor agriculture company builds on Cox’s more than $1 billion of investments in sustainability and cleantech ATLANTA, August 17, 2021 – Cox Enterprises announced the acquisition of BrightFarms, an indoor farming company and provider of locally grown packaged salads. The move solidifies BrightFarms’ leadership in the indoor agriculture space and provides a strong, stable foundation committed […]
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BrightFarms Accelerates Indoor Farming Innovation Tenfold with the Formation of R&D Hub Led by Bayer Veteran and Greenhouse Expert
“BrightLabs” will expand the company’s focus on the development of biotechnologies that increase the profitability of its indoor farming operations and deliver breakthrough product innovations IRVINGTON, N.Y. (June 24, 2021) – BrightFarms, the leading grower of indoor leafy greens, today announced the formation of BrightLabs, a world-class innovation and research hub launching at its Ohio growing facility. Matt Lingard, PhD, a former Bayer plant scientist with over 15 years of experience working at the intersection of […]
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BrightFarms Extends Its Indoor Farming Stronghold to the Southeast with New High-Tech Carolina Greenhouse
The opening of the company’s fifth greenhouse puts it on track to double in size and production in 2021, making it the largest producer of indoor-grown greens in the U.S. IRVINGTON, N.Y., May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BrightFarms, the leading grower of indoor leafy greens, is announcing the opening of its latest indoor farm in Hendersonville, […]
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