Thomas Produce Company has been
a family owned and operated farm since
1958. Offering a wide variety
of fresh produce to our customers, Thomas Produce is well-known as the
largest vegetable-growing operation in the
state of Florida, with 13,000 acres in Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie
and Hendry counties.
The most
flavorful, nutritious food, grown in harmony with nature—that's
what you can expect from Thomas Produce. Our mission is to grow
delicious food in a way that respects the complex and subtle balance
of our eco-systems.
We offer a full line of the finest quality vegetables nearly
year round. The Thomas operation produces 10 million boxes of
tomatoes, bell peppers, green beans and cucumbers. Our
inspiration and our responsibility is to provide healthy food and a
healthy future for our children and for many generations to come.
John Thomas, Sr., company founder, said in a recent interview that
farming is his life and was born into it. As an infant, he was
out in the fields with his parents, even if he couldn't pick:
"My mother put me in a bushel basket," Thomas says.
That was in New York, outside Buffalo, where in 1900 or so his
father, Angelo, dynamited stumps to clear the land to grow beans and
other vegetables. By the 1930s, the family was growing crops
for canning: beans, tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, raspberries and
strawberries. During World War II, John Thomas' role as a food
producer was so vital to the country that the government exempted
him from military service. After the war, the industry in New
York began to change, with vegetable growing for canning moving to
other states.
Thomas had his eyes on Florida, where he believed the fresh winter
vegetable market could be a good one. By the late 1950's, Thomas
had his first crop of beans, squash and bell peppers on 800 acres in
southern Palm Beach County. Today, Mr. Thomas is joined by his
seven children and hundreds of dedicated employees in providing
quality grown vegetables to our customers who want to be sure that
they are getting the freshest produce available.
You
can visit us at our headquarters off Clint Moore Road, west of Boca
Raton. Please click
here for directions to our farm or call 561-482-1111. You may
also email us with questions or comments concerning our produce by
clicking here: info@thomasproduce.com.
Thanks for viewing our WebPages and come see us for all of your
fresh vegetable needs.
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