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The seeds of 21st century agricultural innovation are being planted in Macon.
The Middle Georgia city is now home to the newest BrightFarms facility, an 8-acre state-of-the-art indoor farm that will harvest approximately 6 million pounds of lettuce annually. It is the largest hub in the Southeast for BrightFarms, a leading grower of indoor leafy greens that operates greenhouses in eight states, including regional hubs in Texas and Illinois.
On Thursday, BrightFarms, along with parent company Cox Enterprises and its Cox Farms agricultural division, celebrated the grand opening of the largest and most advanced indoor farming facility in Georgia. Cox Enterprises is also the parent company of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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