Source: Mackensy Lunsford, ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 12/3/19


Burnsville will soon be home to a major hydroponic lettuce company, bringing 20 acres of high-tech greenhouses and at least 100 well-paying jobs to Yancey County.  Gov. Roy Cooper on Dec. 3 announced the planned expansion of the Massachusetts-based Little Leaf Farms, a grower of pesticide-free boxed baby greens. The company will invest up to $86 million in Burnsville to build a state-of-the-art greenhouse complex in a multiphased project that should create up to 100 jobs. The project will be at 70 East U.S. 19E.

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