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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Revol Greens Postpones Minnesota Plant Closure, Giving Nearly 90 Jobs a Possible Reprieve
The Medford-based lettuce producer had planned to close October 4 but says an ongoing transaction could allow its massive greenhouse operation to remain open.
MEDFORD, MN (October 3, 2026). Nearly 90 southern Minnesota workers facing the imminent loss of their jobs have received at least a temporary reprieve after Revol Greens postponed the planned closure of its Medford greenhouse while the company works on a potential transaction that could keep the operation running.
The lettuce producer had been preparing to close the facility Sunday, October 4.
That shutdown has now been postponed.
Revol Greens said an ongoing transaction could allow operations to continue at the Medford facility, according to MPR News.
The development does not yet guarantee that the jobs or greenhouse have been permanently saved.
But for workers who had been preparing for the operation to close, the postponement creates the possibility of a substantially different outcome.
Revol Greens launched in Minnesota and developed a business around greenhouse-grown lettuce and leafy greens. Its Medford operation became a significant example of controlled-environment agriculture, using protected greenhouse production rather than conventional open-field farming.
The model allows greens to be produced closer to Upper Midwest consumers despite Minnesota's comparatively short outdoor growing season.
That made the threatened closure significant for more than the employees directly affected.
A shutdown would remove a substantial greenhouse operation from southern Minnesota's agricultural economy while affecting workers, suppliers and other businesses connected to the facility.
The company's latest announcement changes the immediate timetable but leaves important questions unresolved.
Details of the potential transaction, including the identity of the other party and the structure of any agreement, had not been fully disclosed as of Friday's announcement.
It is also not yet clear whether all existing jobs would remain if a transaction is completed or whether the operation would continue in its current form.
Those distinctions matter for employees.
A postponed closure is not the same as a canceled closure, and workers who had been preparing for unemployment still face uncertainty until a transaction is completed and the future ownership or operation of the facility is established.
For Medford and the surrounding area, however, even the possibility of keeping nearly 90 jobs and a major agricultural facility operating represents a significant change from the outlook workers faced only days earlier.
The next development will determine whether the postponement becomes a short extension before closure or the beginning of a permanent rescue for the facility.
For now, the greenhouse remains open beyond its previously announced October 4 shutdown date.
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