. The expansion into greenhouse product will allow Lipman Family Farms to offer hothouse and field-grown tomatoes and vegetables on a year-round basis.
Lipman Family Farms, Immokalee, Fla., acquired Huron Produce, a Canada-based greenhouse grower and distributor of tomatoes and vegetables with operations in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Huron Produce packs under the Suntastic brand. The expansion into greenhouse product will allow Lipman Family Farms to offer hothouse and field-grown tomatoes and vegetables on a year-round basis.
“The Huron Produce acquisition is truly transformative,” says Darren Micelle, chief operating officer of Lipman Family Farms. “We look forward to the opportunities resulting from the introduction of our proprietary varieties into the protected agriculture space. We have innovative new products planned that will create value for our customers. Likewise, Huron Produce can now expand their customer offering to include field-grown product. This is a classic win-win transaction. The addition of Huron gives us extraordinary product depth, expands our collective capabilities and broadens our distribution footprint, allowing us to better serve our customers with a single, year-round solution for tomatoes and vegetables. We’re excited to welcome the Huron team to the Lipman family.”