BrightFarms Selinsgrove Location Closes

Jennifer Polanz

Five years after its opening, BrightFarms is closing its 280,000-sq. ft. Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, growing operation, according to multiple local news reports. The greenhouse employed 76 people, and company officials cited the ability to scale up new farms in regional hubs in Illinois, Georgia and Texas as the reason for the closure.

Left: The current production farms (minus Selinsgrove) as shown on the booth at Global Produce & Floral Show in 2024.

“We have made the difficult decision to suspend operations at our Selinsgrove farm,” Lancaster Farming quoted the statement from the company. “As BrightFarms grows with new, larger farms, we are grateful for our Pennsylvania team and will support them through this transition. We remain committed to servicing our Pennsylvania customers.”

The company announced in early March that its newest greenhouse in Macon, Georgia, started shipping product. Opening in late 2024, the location will be 1.5 million sq. ft. once fully built out and create more than 250 jobs there.