Effective on November 1, 2012, the board of directors of Urban Barns Foods Inc. appointed Leo Benne as the Chief Agriculture Technology Officer. Mr. Benne is responsible for product choice and quality control and overall training of the 'Green Thumb' employees at the company. All local 'Urban Barn Green Thumbs' report directly to Mr. Benne at the International Home Office.

For the past twenty years, Mr. Benne has been employed by Bevo Agro Ltd.