Canadian Food Startup, Fieldless, Raises $17.5M for Major Expansion

July 21, 2022 Fieldless

Fieldless Farms, a modern food and Controlled Environment Agriculture company that launched in 2019, announced a Series A round raising $17.5 million in equity and debt to expand operations at its Cornwall facility by 10 times. The expansion will help Fieldless better meet demand for its cut lettuce mixes, and introduce new products to displace imports with local and more sustainable options in high-volume grocery categories.

Little Leaf Farms Hires New Senior Vice President of Sales to Lead U.S. Expansion

July 14, 2022 Little Leaf Farms

Little Leaf Farms, the country’s #1 brand of packaged lettuce sustainably grown through controlled environment agriculture (CEA), is proud to announce the addition of Chris Hill as its new Senior Vice President of Sales.

Little Leaf Farms Raises $300M in Capital with Financing from TPG’s The Rise Fund and Bank of America

June 16, 2022 Little Leaf Farms

The capital will support aggressive growth and expansion of farms and distribution, making Little Leaf Farms’ local lettuces accessible to more than half of the country’s population by 2026. Immediate expansion and a doubling of acreage comes with the opening of a new greenhouse in McAdoo, Pennsylvania this summer.

OPS 2022 Educational Session Announcement: CEA Part 2 – CEA of Tomorrow: From the Greenhouse to the Consumer

The burgeoning growth of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) and how growers and consumers view this emerging segment of fresh produce production is the second of two educational sessions devoted to CEA at Organic Produce Summit (OPS) 2022.