VIDEO: On Tour With Little Leaf Farms
By AMY SOWDER
March 22, 2021
If you've ever wondered what a commercial scale, hydroponic grower of leafy greens in the New England area is like, wonder no longer.
And if you haven't wondered, you'll still enjoy this virtual tour of an example of a growing sector of the produce industry: agtech and indoor growing.
Founder and CEO Paul Sellew of indoor grower-packer-shipper Little Leaf Farms, Devens, Mass., leads us on a tour of his expanded facility.
The greenhouse grows green leaf, red leaf, arugula, and other lettuces harnessing the power of the sun. When the sunshine isn't doing its thing, then there are LED and other lights to fill in.
See how a freshly seeded row comes in, and all the greens at different stages of growth shift along the line to keep the process moving.
Sellew said it's part of the future of agriculture and enables consumers along the East Coast to buy lettuce grown closer to home during all seasons.