Little Leaf Farms Becomes World's Largest CEA Leafy Greens Producer
Expansion of Pennsylvania campus will support the company's expansion into the Southeast, Midwest and Canada.
Little Leaf Farms, the country's No. 1 producer of packaged lettuce sustainably grown through controlled environment agriculture (CEA), has opened a new greenhouse at its McAdoo, Pennsylvania campus.
The new facility marks the company's fourth greenhouse on the site and cements Little Leaf Farms' McAdoo site as the largest CEA leafy greens facility in the world.
Now totaling 40-acres, the campus in McAdoo, Pennsylvania, supports the company's expansion into the Southeast, Midwest and Canada, furthering the company's mission to bring better leafy greens to more consumers. Now available in more than 8,000 grocery stores, Little Leaf Farms is both the country's leading CEA produce brand and the fastest-growing packaged salad brand, of either CEA or field-grown brands.
"2025 marks a decade of transformation and growth for Little Leaf Farms," said Paul Sellew, founder and CEO of Little Leaf Farms. "When we started 10 years ago, controlled environment agriculture for leafy greens was virtually nonexistent in the U.S. Today, Little Leaf Farms has expanded what is possible in CEA, reshaping retailer assortments and consumer perceptions and pushing the packaged salad industry into a new era of variety and quality."
The McAdoo expansion will support consumer demand for Little Leaf Farms' newest innovation, Romaine Leaf lettuce, which has doubled in national distribution since its launch in July.
With the launch of Romaine Leaf, Little Leaf Farms became the only greenhouse in the world growing "teen" leaf romaine, which maintains the size of field-grown Romaine yet still preserves the variety's classic crispness.
In anticipation of increased demand for its leafy green varieties, Little Leaf Farms recently announced a new campus in Manchester, Tennessee. Once fully operational, anticipated in 2026, the Tennessee campus will supply fresh leafy greens to the Midwest, Southeast and Texas.
About Little Leaf Farms
Little Leaf Farms is on a mission to transform the food system by growing better food in a better way. Using advanced greenhouse technologies, Little Leaf Farms is growing fresh, sustainably farmed lettuce 365 days a year. Little Leaf Farms utilizes captured rainwater, natural sunlight that shines through high transmission glass, and solar-powered energy in their precise, soil-less hydroponic farming. The crispy, flavorful baby greens are harvested without ever touching human hands and are free from harmful pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides.
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