Paul SELLEW FOUNDER & CEO, LITTLE LEAF FARMS

Paul Sellew has founded, managed and grown successful companies in the food & agriculture, lawn & garden, renewable energy and organics recycling industries.  Currently he is the Founder and CEO of Little Leaf Farms a state-of-the-art greenhouse producer of baby greens that are grown and packaged at its Devens, MA location and sold into grocers and fine dining establishments throughout the Northeast.  Prior to this he founded and was CEO of Harvest Power.  He alsofounded and was CEO of Backyard Farms a year-round greenhouse producer of tomatoes on the east coast and oversaw the development of its 42-acre tomato greenhouse.  Paul has also been an executive with Synagro, Inc. and was the Founder and CEO of Earthgro, Inc., a large-scale producer of compost-based lawn and garden products in North America prior to selling to the Scotts Company.  Paul is a graduate of Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS).  Paul has served on Cornell’s University Council, CALS Dean’s Advisory Council, the Board of the US Composting Council and currently serves on the Board of Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future.