Most Innovative Companies

BrightFarms

The World's Most Innovative Companies 2014 Farmers markets are great, but most people shop at grocery stores. BrightFarms works with the big stores to grow lettuce, tomatoes, and herbs on-site (or nearby) in large hydroponic greenhouses, which cuts transportation costs and waste and adds days to the shelf life of perishable foods in customers' refrigerators.

Lists

2014: Top 50, Food

2013: Food

Read More

Stories about BrightFarms

The World’s Largest Urban Farm Is Coming To Washington

BrightFarms is building a 100,000-square-foot greenhouse that will supply grocery stores and food banks.

The World’s Largest Urban Farm Is Coming To Washington

BrightFarms’ Hydroponic Gardens Let Grocers Sell Fresh Produce Grown On Their Roofs

BrightFarms wants to help grocers keep their customers close and their produce even closer.

BrightFarms’ Hydroponic Gardens Let Grocers Sell Fresh Produce Grown On Their Roofs

BrightFarms CEO Paul Lightfoot Wants To Grow Lettuce On Your Roof

Can The Local Food Movement Scale Up?

Ideas

These Food Waste Innovations Show The Big Impact Of Small Changes

A New Kind Of City Tour Shows The History Of Racist Housing Policy

Baby Bison Are Being Flown To Siberia To Try To Save The Permafrost

Entertainment

George Hamilton’s KFC Crispy Colonel Has A Familiar Whiff To It

Why Shania Twain’s Apology Can’t Un-Ring The Trump Bell

New BuzzFeed Series Uses Social Media To Retell American History

Co.Design

This $750 Chair Is Held Together By Ultra-Precise Wood Joinery

Cities & Spaces

See 10 Of America’s Most Inspiring Green Buildings

Turn Your Wall Into A Touch Screen For $20

Fast Company

YouTube removes about one video per second for violating its community standards

Most Creative People

The Modern Mini Cooper’s Designer Is Now Working On Flying Cars

Google Earnings: Why The Ad Backlash Hasn’t Happened