PHARR, TX - Red Sun Farms is wrapping up 2014 with a year of incredible growth and expansion. As November gets underway, the greenhouse growers are announcing the recent expansion of its distribution center and cold storage facility in Pharr, Texas. The 24,000 sq. foot expansion more than doubles the size of its initial 23,000 sq. foot facility, bringing the Texas distribution center and cold storage facility to 47,000 square feet.

“We established our footprint in Texas about 3 years ago as it provided the ideal distribution point to consolidate all of our tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers that we grow at our operations in Mexico,” Carlos Visconti, COO, tells me. “Any time we see an opportunity to bring the produce closer to our customers, create direct shipments and decrease the miles on the road, we consider that opportunity an investment worth making.”

Popularity and demand has grown for Red Sun’s product portfolio with positive results over the past few years. Between shipping and receiving, the company sees approximately 20 million cases of produce moving through the facility each year. The company started expanding the Pharr facility at the beginning of the year and wrapped up construction and maintenance a few weeks ago.

In addition to the expansion in Texas, Red Sun Farms is also counting down to the ribbon cutting and official grand opening of its new greenhouse operations in, Dublin, Virginia on November 17th. Harvest of conventional TOV kicked off on September 25th with the first Virginia Grown, Organic TOV getting underway last month.

12 additional acres to the operation will be underway soon as part of Virginia's phase 2 of the plan, followed by phase 3’s additional 18 acres that will bring Virginia’s Red Sun footprint to 48 acres in 2017. Once complete, the three year project will create jobs for 205 people and boast 48 acres of locally greenhouse grown tomatoes, organic, and specialty lines of produce.

Congrats, Red Sun, on your continued growth and evolution.

Red Sun Farms