Taylor Farms

What does Taylor Farms own?
Taylor Farms owns the Taylor Farms and Earthbound Farm brands, roughly 15 processing plants, and one of North America's largest fresh-cut produce supply networks.

Is Taylor Farms publicly traded?
No. Taylor Farms is privately held by founder Bruce Taylor and family.

Who founded Taylor Farms?
Bruce Taylor founded the company in Salinas, California, in 1995 after building and selling his earlier company, Fresh Express.

Where is Taylor Farms headquartered?
Salinas, California, in the Salinas Valley growing region.

Who owns Taylor Farms?
The Taylor family, led by founder and chairman Bruce Taylor.

Does Taylor Farms own Earthbound Farm?
Yes. Taylor Farms acquired Earthbound Farm from Danone in April 2019.

Bruce Taylor founded Taylor Farms in Salinas in 1995, three years after his family's earlier company had been folded into Fresh Express and before he sold that business to Performance Food Group in 2001. A non-compete period ended, and Taylor re-entered the fresh-cut industry with a new company bearing his own name.

Growth was rapid and largely acquisition-driven. The company bought processing plants across the US, built the foodservice business through contracts with national restaurant chains, and expanded retail private-label programs. By the 2010s it had become the largest salad-kit producer in North America.

The landmark acquisition came in April 2019, when Taylor Farms bought Earthbound Farm, the pioneering organic produce brand, from Danone for an undisclosed sum. The deal gave Taylor Farms the leading organic salad brand and expanded its reach in the premium segment.

Through the 2020s the company has invested in automation and new facilities, including a major East Coast expansion, while navigating the sector's recurring labor, recall, and food-safety challenges. Bruce Taylor remains chairman, with family members holding executive roles.

Earthbound Farm products carry USDA Organic certification, the most significant independent credential in the group. Company-level sustainability claims cover water recycling, solar installations at several plants, and reduced-plastic packaging initiatives, reported through company disclosures rather than external certification.

Taylor Farms has faced the fresh-cut industry's recurring food-safety issues. Notable events include a 2011 salmonella-linked recall of grape tomatoes, periodic listeria and E. coli salad recalls, and FDA investigations into facility sanitation documented in publicly available recall and inspection records.

Labor scrutiny includes unionization drives and OSHA findings at processing plants, and the company's heavy reliance on agricultural labor places it within the industry's broader immigration and worker-safety debates.