Local Bounti Named a 2026 World Growth Leader by TIME

By Local Bounti|June 9, 2026
The cover for TIME's World's Growth Leaders 2026 L) and the Local Bounti logo (R).

The cover for TIME's World's Growth Leaders 2026 L) and the Local Bounti logo (R). | TIME USA, LLC, and Local Bounti Corporation

Local Bounti announced that it has been named to TIME’s World’s Growth Leaders 2026. The list recognizes 1,000 companies globally across industries for exceptional revenue growth, financial stability, and stock performance over the past five years. Within the food and beverage category, only 25 organizations worldwide received the designation, and Local Bounti was the only CEA company to make the list. 

“Local Bounti was founded on the belief that growing food closer to where people live is a more sustainable approach to agriculture,” said Local Bounti President and Chief Executive Officer Kathleen Valiasek in a company press release. “Being featured as the only CEA company named to the World’s Growth Leaders list reinforces the conviction that we’re doing the right work to make a lasting impact to improve our food system. The largest retailers around the world are increasingly designing supply chains that treat controlled environment agriculture as permanent infrastructure, and Local Bounti is positioned at the center of that inflection.” 

This recognition reflects Local Bounti’s continued growth trajectory, including the following milestones: 

  • A U.S. patent for proprietary computer vision and AI-driven growing optimization
  • The launch of two new retail accounts and new supply agreement extensions
  • A revenue growth increase of 27% in 2025 and 15% through the first quarter of 2026.

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Headquartered in Hamilton, Mt., Local Bounti is a CEA company and producer of sustainably grown living lettuce, herbs, and loose leaf lettuce. See all author stories here.