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BrightFarms

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.

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2014: Top 50, Food

2013: Food

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

Fast Company Magazine

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

It’s BrightFarms CEO Paul Lightfoot’s mission to fix the broken food-supply chain by helping grocery stores access fresh, pesticide-free local produce–from hydroponic gardens on their own roofs.

BrightFarms CEO Paul Lightfoot Wants To Grow Lettuce On Your Roof

07.21.11 | 12:55 am

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