CAN (ON): NatureFresh Farms adds 32 acres in Leamington
With construction beginning in the summer of 2018, NatureFresh Farms will further increase its presence within the tomato category by 2019. In this new facility, there will be a variety of Tomato crops being grown, including Tomz Snacking Tomatoes, Tomatoes-on-the-Vine, and Beefsteak Tomatoes.
NatureFresh Farms expanded its greenhouse production into the United States in 2015 with the construction of a 45-acre facility in Delta, OH. In Ohio, NatureFresh Farms also grows Tomz Snacking Tomatoes, Tomatoes-on-the-Vine, and Beefsteak Tomatoes, but these crops are grown using High-Pressure Sodium (HPS) lighting, allowing year-round availability of Ohio-grown tomatoes. With supplemental lighting and other innovations being launched in the new facility, the Leamington, ON greenhouse will be equipped with the same state-of-the-art growing technologies as seen in Ohio.
Matt Quiring, Executive Retail Sales Accounts Manager at NatureFresh Farms, is expecting great success from the expansion: “The first full growing season in our Ohio greenhouse has been very successful so far, so with the same technology that we use in Ohio being implemented in our new Leamington greenhouse, we expect similar success. We should see higher production, greater efficiency in the growing process, and consistently high-quality products from our new Canadian greenhouse.”
Once construction is complete on the new facility, NatureFresh Farms will be growing tomatoes across over 90 acres of greenhouses.
For more information:
NatureFresh Farms
www.naturefresh.ca