Transparency? Check.
Reliability? Check.
Sustainability? Check.
When it comes to the most essential qualities one seeks in a supply-side partner, Topline Farms® prides itself on checking all the boxes. The company’s proven ability to consistently deliver high-quality produce rests on over 75 years of combined expertise in growing, harvesting, and distributing fresh produce, allowing the greenhouse grower to meet demand reliably while continuing to diversify and scale its already impressive portfolio.
“Topline Farms was founded on a simple set of principles that still define who we are today: putting people first, growing responsibly, and delivering on our commitments,” Dino DiLaudo, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, reflects. “For more than 75 years, these values have shaped how we operate and how we build connections across our business. In an industry where success is based heavily on trust, our business depends on strong relationships. We have learned that trust is earned through transparency, clear communication, and our reliability to follow through. This approach continues today as we work closely with our growers, logistics teams, and supply chain partners.”
Leading with transparency and dependability in mind has enabled Topline Farms to stay coordinated with its partners, address challenges quickly, and support its collaborative goals. Alongside these prominent values, sustainability is another key focus determining the company’s latest growth strategies.
“This has become one of our most important guiding principles. Whether it’s investing in resource-efficient greenhouse design, reducing waste, or strengthening our traceability systems, we’re focused on growing in a way that protects our environment and supports the long-term resilience of our growing operations,” adds Justine Taylor, Topline’s Chief Sustainability Officer. “Our decades of greenhouse experience and the operational systems we’ve built around it allow us to deliver consistently, but it’s our values that continue to guide how we evolve.”
Together, these values guide the company’s decisions, strengthen its partnerships, and ensure its products continue to reflect the standards the greenhouse operation has upheld for generations.
Over the past several years, Topline Farms has experienced rapid growth, expanding its greenhouse acreage, product portfolio, and operational capabilities. This includes expanded capacity in multiple key categories and continued investment in the company’s own transportation fleet, which offers direct oversight of how its products move from its facilities to customers. The greenhouse grower’s company-owned fleet consists of 85 highway trucks, enhancing distribution capacity and driving efficiency.
“Our approach to growth has been deliberate,” Dino continues. “We invest in infrastructure that strengthens reliability and scale in a way that allows us to maintain the quality and service standards we’re known for.”
With this tactical blueprint for growth, Topline Farms secures strategic advantages that keep it in line with the evolving demands of a fast-changing industry.
“The produce sector has evolved significantly over the past decade, shaped by rising consumer expectations and increasing complexity across the supply chain. Today’s consumers want to know where their food comes from, that it is fresh, sustainably grown, and safe to eat,” Dino says. “At the same time, retailers and distributors expect enhanced food-safety standards, tighter traceability, and consistent quality and volume year-round. The rapid growth of controlled-environment agriculture, coupled with advances in automation, data analytics, and climate management, has fundamentally changed how fresh produce is grown and delivered.”
"Topline Farms® was founded on a simple set of principles that still define who we are today: putting people first, growing responsibly, and delivering on our commitments."
Dino DiLaudo, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Topline Farms®
Maintaining this competitive edge requires disciplined, long-term investment across the company’s already advanced operations, further strengthening its fully integrated model.
“We continue to expand our controlled-environment-growing capabilities, integrate precision agriculture technologies, and strengthen our data-driven approach to decision-making,” Justine shares. “Our vertically integrated model allows us to maintain oversight from seed selection through harvest, packing, and distribution, giving us greater control over quality, safety, and consistency.”
With an experienced team and long-tenured leadership, the grower delivers dependable quality and service season after season.
By combining decades of growing expertise with modern production and logistics systems, Topline Farms offers an expansive portfolio of fresh, flavorful, and sustainable produce, while giving its retail and foodservice partners the reliability, transparency, and operational insight needed to meet their quality and supply commitments.
“What sets Topline Farms apart is the way we show up for our partners,” Dino emphasizes. “We don’t see ourselves as just a supplier. We support our partners with insight, flexibility, and a clear understanding of what it takes to succeed in today’s produce market. We’re proud to be known for being responsive and easy to work with.”
From packaging and merchandising to product planning, promotions, recyclable packaging requirements, and private label programs, Topline Farms supports a wide range of industry needs. And as the industry’s needs continue to evolve, so too will Topline Farms’ operations.
“Looking ahead, our growth will focus on expanding our greenhouse footprint, strengthening our logistics network, and advancing our sustainability commitments,” Justine tells me. “These investments allow us to scale responsibly while maintaining the quality, consistency, flavor, and reliability our partners expect.”
Further elevating its industry prowess, the company’s effective growth blueprint includes ongoing investments in next-generation greenhouse technology to supply more produce with fewer resources, improve efficiency, and reduce environmental impact.
“We’re also focused on greater transparency across the supply chain and on educating consumers about where their food comes from and how it’s grown,” Justine adds. “As interest in responsibly grown and traceable produce continues to rise, we see a clear opportunity to lead through measured growth, accountability, and long-term commitment to sustainability.”
Throughout 2026, Topline Farms plans to further expand its greenhouse operations, with more than 175 acres planned for LED-lit production. This expansion includes 42 new acres of LED-lit Roma tomatoes—one of the fastest-growing segments in the category—bringing the company’s total Roma acreage to 70.
"Our decades of greenhouse experience and the operational systems we’ve built around it allow us to deliver consistently, but it’s our values that continue to guide how we evolve."
Justine Taylor, Chief Sustainability Officer, Topline Farms®
While increasing its operational capacity, Topline Farms is also advancing environmental stewardship and ethical sourcing across its operations. In 2025, the company committed to onboarding the majority of its grower supply chain onto the Ethical Charter Implementation Program (ECIP), embedding consistent, practical social compliance expectations at the farm level. This marked a shift from individual compliance efforts to a coordinated, systems-based approach across its controlled-environment agriculture network, earning the grower a place in the 2026 ECIP Leadership Circle.
“This supply-chain focus is reinforced by our own internal commitments to social accountability, as well as new efforts aimed at better understanding and managing environmental impacts across our broader value chain, from inputs to distribution,” Justine explains. “Together, these initiatives reflect a transparent, end-to-end approach to ethical and responsible practices, where leadership, operational discipline, and continuous improvement are embedded across both grower and internal operations.”
Dino concludes, saying, “We’re proud of how far we’ve come and even more excited for what lies ahead, building on the strong foundation of relationships, expertise, and values that have shaped Topline Farms.”
Our industry is constantly accelerating into the future—at what can often seem like an intimidating pace. As new consumer demands arise, retail needs evolve, and technological capabilities advance, more boxes will be added to the list of desired qualities in a supply-side partner. With one eye already trained on the expectations of tomorrow, Topline Farms will be there to swiftly check off each one. 
