How BrightFarms quadrupled capacity in six months
Added on 09 April 2025

Photo above © Eric Guel / Photo courtesy of BrightFarms
BrightFarms opened its first greenhouse in 2013 in Yardley, Pennsylvania, with an idea to serve hyper-local markets with fresh, indoor-grown salad. The dream was big, but the scale was small. There were only a few companies developing an indoor-grown salad program in the United States, and sales in that category were low compared to outdoor-grown lettuce. The greenhouse growers’ share of that category was almost nil.
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