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Little Leaf Farms Opens Third Greenhouse, Begins Building a Fourth in Pennsylvania

Oct. 15, 2024
McAdoo, Pa., controlled environment agriculture (CEA) campus continues to grow with demand for the retail packaged lettuce products the company produces.

Packaged lettuce producer Little Leaf Farms, which grows its products indoors in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) greenhouses, recently opened its third greenhouse at its McAdoo, Pa., facility and also announced and broke ground on a fourth greenhouse there, according to a release from the company.

The adjacent fourth greenhouse will support Little Leaf’s growth, which has continued since the third greenhouse expansion was announced in June 2024. Little Leaf built the first greenhouse at the McAdoo campus in June 2023.

The company expects to open the fourth greenhouse in the fall of 2025, and the additional 20 acres of greenhouse space is expected to support Little Leaf’s retail offerings throughout the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest. The company says its products now reach 66% more U.S. households compared to 2023, and it services more than 7,000 grocery stores.

The two newest greenhouses in Pennsylvania are the sixth and seventh overall for the company, as it has a production campus in Devens, Mass., as well. Little Leaf said in the release it continues to explore sites in the Midwest and Southeast to build additional facilities.

About the Author

Andy Hanacek | Senior Editor

Andy Hanacek has covered meat, poultry, bakery and snack foods as a B2B editor for nearly 20 years, and has toured hundreds of processing plants and food companies, sharing stories of innovation and technological advancement throughout the food supply chain. In 2018, he won a Folio:Eddie Award for his unique "From the Editor's Desk" video blogs, and he has brought home additional awards from Folio and ASBPE over the years. In addition, Hanacek led the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for several years and was vice president of communications for We R Food Safety, a food safety software and consulting company.

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