United Fresh 2019

Paul Lightfoot
CEO
BrightFarms


Paul Lightfoot, BrightFarms’ founder and CEO, leads the company on its mission to provide consumers with the freshest, tastiest and most responsibly grown produce. Through his vision, BrightFarms is creating the first national brand of locally grown produce. In 2017, BrightFarms was named 235th on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies, ranking 10t among all food companies and the only produce company featured on the list. Lightfoot has been recognized by Chain Store Age magazine as a "Rising Star in Retail" and was featured by Fast Company on its list of “1000 Most Creative People in Business.” A healthy and sustainable food zealot, Lightfoot has delivered keynote speeches at a myriad of conferences, such as Forbes AgTech, Groceryshop and the Partnership for a Healthier America Summit, and has been featured multiple times in national publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Lightfoot is an active member of YPO and received its CSR Award for Environmental Sustainable Business Practices. He is currently chairman of the Greenwich YPO chapter.

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