Medford, Minn.-based greenhouse grower Revol Greens has plans to add California production, with a 16-acre facility near Los Angeles that more than doubles the company’s acreage.
Revol Greens entered into an agreement with Equilibrium to develop the greenhouse at Tehachapi, Calif. The site is the former 64-acre SunSelect Produce greenhouse, recently purchased by the sustainable real assets investment manager Equilibrium, according to a Revol Greens news release.
The agreement allows Revol Greens to expand beyond its 10-acre facility in Minnesota, which distributes baby arugula, spring mix and other lettuces to more than 300 midwestern retail stores and restaurants, according to the release. Production is slated to begin this year
The California production is part of the company’s “5 Years — 5 Facilities” plan.
“Not only is Tehachapi an outstanding growing climate located near 22 million Southern California residents, but it is also just north of the Riverside area, which is a major distribution hub of many of our retail and foodservice customers,” Brendon Krieg, Revol Greens partner, said in the release.
The company’s greenhouses are highly automated, according to the release, using automated machine harvesting and hands-free packing.
“Scalability is now the biggest challenge in the controlled environment agriculture space,” David Chen, chairman of Equilibrium, said in the release. “We are proud to partner with and invest in the best-in-class advanced technology greenhouse operators in North America, like AppHarvest and Revol Greens, to meet this exploding demand.”
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