Vertical farm operator GoodLeaf Farms has received a $30 million investment from McCain Foods, which will allow it to build two more Canadian farms this year.
The company was launched several years ago in Truro, NS, as TruLeaf by serial entrepreneur Gregg Curwin, to provide a local source of healthy greens year-round. The company opened its first 45,000-square-foot plant in Guelph, Ont. in 2019, and plans two more this year – one in Eastern Canada (most likely Quebec) and one in Western Canada.
McCain Foods, which first invested in the company several years ago, said it has now invested a