The partnership introduces several greenhouse-grown greens to the produce aisle, including the Nature’s Promise Greenhouse-Grown Sweet Baby Butter, Nature’s Promise Greenhouse-Grown Green and Red Leaf, and Nature’s Promise Greenhouse-Grown Spring Mix.
Abby Prior to lead as SVP, Sales & Marketing; Matt DiNitto Joins as Director of Sales, East.
January 26, 2020
BrightFarms, a leading supplier of locally grown salads for supermarkets, has expanded its customer team to support retailer partners, with the promotion of Abby Prior and hiring of Matt DiNitto.
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.
BrightFarms builds and operates greenhouse farms near major metropolitan areas to provide supermarkets with a year-round supply of locally grown produce.
June 29, 2018
BrightFarms, Irvington, N.Y., secured $55 million in a Series D equity financing led by Cox Enterprises, Atlanta.
The CEA produce industry is primarily made up of brands using hydroponic, aeroponic or aquaponic methods.
April 2, 2018
Leading controlled environment agriculture (CEA) growers BrightFarms, Irvington, N.Y.; AeroFarms, Newark, N.J.; and Little Leaf Farms, Devens, Mass., joined forces to establish what is dubbed as the first food safety group geared specifically toward establishing food safety standards among CEA produce brands.
The greenhouse will use an estimated 80% less water, 90% less land and 95% less shipping fuel than West Coast salad farming operations.
March 28, 2018
BrightFarms, Irvington, N.Y., announced plans to break ground on a sustainable greenhouse farm in Abilene, Texas, this spring, making it the company’s fifth facility in the United States.
The BrightFarms Ohio Greenhouse will use 80% less water, 90% less land and 95% less shipping fuel than traditional farming methods.
March 27, 2017
BrightFarms, a New York-based start-up, announced plans to build a 160,000-square-foot greenhouse in Wilmington, Ohio, creating 30 permanent green collar jobs.