Touch the Soil News #1708 (Feature Photo – Hydroponic Lettuce – Public Domain, Leon Brooks)
Bright Farms has been making news. In January 2020, Bright Farms opened one of the world’s largest indoor greenhouse hydroponic operations. At 280,000 square feet (6.5 acres), the green house can produce 2 million pounds of fresh produce each year – that’s 5,500 lbs. a day. In other news. Bright Farms just received an additional $100 million in new venture capital funding to expand the building of large greenhouses near large metropolitan areas. You can read more here: