ATV Farms is a grower-packer-distributor of carrots, onions, parsnips, beets and other root vegetables. The Holland Landing, Ontario based reports it has acquired Sunfresh Farms, an Edmonton, Alberta-based grower-shipper-wholesaler of fruits and vegetables in western Canada.
ATV Farms operates over 7,000 acres of farmland and has a 300,000-square-foot processing and packing facility in Ontario.
ATV Farms, says his family’s business has a strong presence in the eastern part of Canada and the northeast of the U.S., and sought a presence in west to better serve its national retailers.
Sunfresh, which has been around many years, has a something similar in British Columbia to what ATV does in Eastern Canada. So ATV viewed the acquistion as a natural progression to servicing retail accounts internationally and be able to take care of Canadians nationally across the country.
Sunfresh Farms would also help take some pressure of ATV Farms’ eastern facility and allow the company to continue to grow. ATV Farms will sell its products under its Green Earth Organics label as well as its ATV Farms. The Sunfresh label will also continue to be used.
Between ATV Farms’ and its sister company Green Earth Organics, it is the largest conventional root veggie grower in the country as well as the biggest organic distributor. With the acquisition in the west as well as the new facility and adding acreage in the east, it is allowing ATV to be a leader in Canada and be able better service U.S. retail accounts as well as ensuring service for all of its Canadian retailers.