Company’s operations will be state-of-the art with new growing and manufacturing facilities
Little Leaf Farms is establishing its first Tennessee greenhouse in Coffee County.
Little Leaf Farms will create 318 new jobs over five years and invest nearly $75 million at the Manchester Industrial Park, a Select Tennessee Certified Site.
“Agriculture is the backbone of Tennessee’s economy, supporting tens of thousands of jobs and driving growth in our rural communities. I’m proud to welcome Little Leaf Farms to our state and am grateful for their commitment to innovation and job creation that will strengthen our agricultural industry and expand opportunity for hardworking Tennesseans,” said Governor Bill Lee.
The company’s operations will be state-of-the art with new growing and manufacturing facilities that have the capacity to produce and distribute packaged leafy greens throughout the Midwest and Southeast U.S.
“When we launched Little Leaf Farms 10 years ago, our mission was simple: to bring fresh, sustainably grown leafy greens to everyone. A decade later that commitment remains unwavering and our expansion into Tennessee marks an exciting new chapter. With its central location and rich natural resources, Manchester is the perfect setting for year-round production and distribution, and we’re grateful to all of our partners here who made it happen,” said Paul Sellew, founder and CEO, Little Leaf Farms.
Additionally, the project benefits from Tennessee’s AgTrack Cost Share Fund, an incentive program to promote and encourage agricultural development in Tennessee.
Little Leaf Farms is recognized as the country’s No. 1 brand of packaged lettuce sustainably grown through controlled environment agriculture. The company developed its first greenhouse in Massachusetts in 2015 and has since grown to include facilities in Pennsylvania (which is the largest indoor leafy greens campus in North America).
Photo via Little Leaf Farms.
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