Revol Greens is preparing to open a new lettuce facility in Temple, Texas. This facility, the largest to date, will work in tandem with the company’s growth plans to meet increasing consumer demand.
Planting within the first of 20 planned acres in phase one of this new greenhouse is expected to start by the end of 2022. At scale, and coupled with existing capacity, the Texas facility will provide Revol Greens with nearly 50 acres of organic baby leaf production, equaling more than 25 million pounds of fresh product annually.
To further the success of the facility, Revol Greens is adding personnel. Warren Bishop has been named as the director of sales for the Texas region. Bishop joins Revol Greens with knowledge of the salad category, having worked for Dole Fresh Vegetables.
The team has also added two growers, Francisco and Efrain Rodarte, who each bring more than 15 years of knowledge and experience to Revol Greens, working for large-scale greenhouse operations including Windset Farms and Euro Fresh. They will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of growing operations at the Temple facility.
Expansion efforts are also underway on multiple fronts, including doubling capacity at each of the locations in Athens, Georgia; Owatonna, Minnesota; and Tehachapi, California. The growth at each facility will allow Revol Greens to increase organic production, expand local employment and keep pace with the growing demand for their products.
“We are focused on meeting the ever-increasing consumer demand for high-quality, sustainable, greenhouse-protected leafy greens,” said Michael Wainscott, CEO of Revol Greens. “In response to this increasing demand, we’re excited to continue to build capacity at our existing facilities and expand our national footprint with new locations.”
Revol Greens is a greenhouse lettuce grower that harvests and delivers its packaged lettuce products within one day, resulting in peak taste and nutrition, along with an extended shelf life. The company adopts the most advanced greenhouse technology and growing methods in the industry, including facilities that use 90 percent less water than traditional field-grown greens, irrigation from UV-sterilized water and sustainable sunlight. Revol Greens grows 20 million pounds of non-GMO lettuces annually.
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