Leamington-based Nature Fresh Farms Sales is adding 123 acres of lit production with their growing partners Nature Fresh Farms, Ketler Farms, and VineFresh, leading to one of the largest signings of LED/HPS lights in North America. 

The Netherlands-based company Agrolux Lighting, a worldwide supplier of lighting for horticulture, recently signed an agreement between the greenhouse companies bringing a significant number of horticultural lights to their farms, to be completed in the fall of 2022. This greenhouse lighting project is one of the biggest horticulture lighting deals of the past years, including one of the largest in North America. This major deal involves the majority being Agrolux Wega LED light fixtures and some HPS fixtures. It is also the first signed agreement for Agrolux Wega LED fixtures in North America. 

For Nature Fresh Farms the lit crop will expand across their Leamington, Ontario, and Delta, Ohio farms. In Leamington, 31 acres of organic cucumbers are to be under LED lights with Ohio’s recently announced 45-acre expansion also to be devoted to LED-lit organics. With the 123 acres of lit production in total spread between their partners and their farms in both the U.S. and Canada, Nature Fresh Farms will be covering all conventional commodities, in addition to organics with this light order. 

“Technology and innovation are fundamental to Nature Fresh Farms, and we are continually looking for better ways to provide our retail partners with year-round fresh produce,” shared director of sales, Matt Quiring. “Increasing our lit crops allows us to hit all of our core commodities including peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and organics.” 

Source: Nature Fresh Farms November 1, 2021 news release