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Three years on from two large greenhouses in Etowah and Mills River the article revisits Bright Farms growing greens on former Seven Falls golf course land and Lakeside Produce in Mills River which shuttered last July amid a 188 million creditor debt. The 19 acre Mills River facility remains the state’s largest greenhouse listed for sale at 42 million. The piece also explains apple growing sites in Edneyville and Dana due to soil moisture and slope factors, noting Henderson County yields half of North Carolina apples and last year’s better harvest after 2021 freezes.