Little Leaf Farms Expands Production at Pennsylvania Campus
October 15, 2024 Little Leaf Farms, the leading brand of packaged lettuce sustainably grown through controlled environment agriculture (CEA) in the U.S., announced that it will further expand its McAdoo, Pennsylvania campus on October 15, 2024. The company recently opened a third greenhouse at the site and broke ground on an adjacent fourth greenhouse. The expansion will support Little Leaf Farms’ rapid growth, as the brand is now the fastest growing packaged salad brand in the country.
Little Leaf Farms opened its third McAdoo greenhouse in October 2024 and expects to open its fourth in fall 2025. Together, the additional 20 acres of greenhouse space will further Little Leaf Farms’ retail presence throughout the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest regions and support the brand’s mission to bring fresh, leafy greens to all.
Little Leaf Farms has made significant progress toward that mission in the last year, now reaching 66% more U.S. households compared to 2023 and doubling its household penetration in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions in the same period. The brand also holds the highest household penetration of all CEA leafy greens brands in the U.S.
“Our continued expansion in Pennsylvania will advance our progress against our goals to grow our capacity and bring our lettuce to more and more consumers throughout the country,” said Paul Sellew, founder and CEO of Little Leaf Farms. “We’re incredibly excited about this new milestone of being the fastest growing packaged salad brand and believe it’s true evidence of not only the promise of CEA, but also our efficiency in scaling our operations to enable the broadening of our retailer footprint.”
The two newest Pennsylvania greenhouses mark Little Leaf Farms’ sixth and seventh greenhouses across both its campuses in McAdoo and Devens, Massachusetts. Little Leaf Farms’ two greenhouse campuses support the brand in serving over 7,000 grocery stores. In addition to its greenhouses in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, Little Leaf Farms also continues to explore new site opportunities in the Midwest and Southeast regions.
