Green Top Farms

What Green Top Farms does

Green Top Farms is a Brooklyn-based farm-to-table catering and food production company founded in 2014 by a fifth-generation farmer-turned-NYC public school teacher. The company operates three interconnected service lines: corporate catering (breakfast, lunch, dinner, event catering, grab-and-go, pantry, coffee, and DEI pop-ups for NYC offices); schools and government food services (farm-to-school menu design, large-scale food production, and cold-chain logistics under New York's 30% NY Initiative with 92 School Food Authorities and 105 school districts); and community impact programs (meal delivery to homebound elderly and food-insecure populations through partnerships including World Central Kitchen).

The operating model is built on USDA- and FDA-inspected production facilities with thousands of square feet of cooking and cold-chain capacity, paired with a proprietary temperature-controlled delivery fleet that allows service to client sites without onsite kitchens. Technology stack consists of Shopify e-commerce for inbound requests and ordering, modern recipe and food service management software for standardized recipes, allergen tracking, and consumption/waste monitoring, and a native Slack integration that embeds the company inside client workplaces for daily program coordination. Sourcing is concentrated in the Hudson Valley and broader New York State, with named farm partners including Halal Pastures, Seneca Grain, and Dagele Farms.

Commercially, Green Top Farms runs a sales-led, quote-based enterprise motion with dedicated account managers who design customized programs, manage budgets, and coordinate deliveries and on-site service. Revenue streams are a mix of recurring subscription programs (daily corporate catering, pantry replenishment), one-time event work, and managed institutional contracts with schools and agencies. The company is privately held, bootstrapped for ten years without outside investors, headquartered at 324 Maujer St., Brooklyn, and operates at a headcount of 11-50 employees. Reported outcomes include 3 million+ meals delivered, 11 million+ pounds of local produce distributed, 100,000+ meals served to one enterprise client, and a 100% retention rate with a 4.5-year average tenure among corporate food service clients.

Name

Green Top Farms

Legal name

Green Top Farms, LLC

Website

https://greentop.farm

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Green Top Farms is a Brooklyn-based farm-to-table catering company founded in 2014 that delivers corporate office meals, farm-to-school programs for NYC school districts, and community meal services, sourcing from Hudson Valley farms and operating USDA-inspected production and cold-chain logistics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Long Island City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Corporate Catering Services: Full-service office breakfast, lunch, and dinner catering with dedicated staffing and program management. Recurring service model with weekly rotating menus customized to client needs.
2. Corporate Event Catering: Catering solutions for elevated board meetings and client hosting events. One-time or occasional service model.
3. Pantry Services: Gourmet grab & go, sustainable packaging, coffee, and office snacks. Ongoing supply replenishment model.
4. Farm-to-School Programs: Menu design and food production at scale for NYC schools, supporting the 30% NY Initiative for local food procurement. Government contract model.
5. World Central Kitchen & Agency Partnerships: Emergency food relief services delivering meals to food-insecure populations through partnerships with World Central Kitchen and various agencies.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Green Top Farms is a farm-to-table catering and food production company that operates USDA-inspected facilities in Brooklyn, NY, providing corporate meal programs (breakfast, lunch, dinner, pantry, event catering), farm-to-school food services for NYC public school networks, and emergency/community meal delivery in partnership with agencies such as World Central Kitchen. The company sources ingredients from Hudson Valley farms and delivers via a temperature-controlled fleet, allowing clients to run full-service food programs without an on-site kitchen.

Product overview

Green Top Farms operates as a farm-to-table catering company offering three interconnected service lines: (1) Corporate Catering encompassing breakfast, lunch, dinner, event catering, grab & go, and pantry/coffee services for offices; (2) Schools & Government food services including farm-to-school programs, large-scale food production, and cold chain logistics for NY school districts; and (3) Community Impact programs delivering meals to homebound elderly and food-insecure populations. The company sources ingredients from Hudson Valley farms and operates USDA/FDA-inspected production facilities with thousands of square feet for cooking and cold chain logistics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Catering Full-service office breakfast, lunch, and daily dinner catering with dedicated staffing and program management for the modern workplace. Includes weekly rotating seasonal menus customized to client budget and headcount, with allergen and dietary accommodations, delivered without need for an on-site kitchen.
• Corporate Event Catering Catering solutions spanning cuisine and style for elevated board meetings, client hosting, and other corporate events outside of the daily meal program, with custom menus and service execution.
• Pantry Services Gourmet grab & go items, sustainable packaging, coffee, and office snacks to complement corporate food programs, supplied on an ongoing replenishment basis with 100% compostable packaging.
• Farm-to-School Program Menu design and food production at scale to help New York school networks and School Food Authorities meet the 30% NY Initiative for local food procurement, supplying NY Grown & Certified produce and nutritious recipes to NYC public schools.
• Large-Scale Food Production for Institutional Clients Sourcing, processing, and packaging of local New York State produce, including ready-to-cook, ready-to-heat, and ready-to-eat products, for institutional clients such as school cafeterias, with thousands of square feet of USDA-inspected production capacity.
• Cold Chain Logistics Refrigerated and frozen product storage, last-mile delivery, and temperature-controlled supply chain services for schools, institutions, and corporate clients across NYC and beyond.
• Community Meal Delivery Meal delivery to homebound elderly and food-insecure populations through partnerships with agencies such as World Central Kitchen, leveraging USDA-inspected production and cold chain logistics for emergency food relief.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% retention rate for corporate food service clients with average tenure of 4.5 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• World Central KitchencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership working closely with World Central Kitchen to bring food and ingredients to where they're needed most in times of crisis. Green Top Farms delivers meals to food-insecure populations through this partnership.
• NYC School Networks / City of New YorkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial NY Grown & Certified Producer partnering with school networks and the City of New York to impact the city-wide menu and bring nutritious recipes directly to NYC school children.
• Halal PasturesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduce sourced from Halal Pastures in the Hudson Valley, part of the local farm network supporting the farm-to-table supply chain.
• Seneca GrainminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrains and beans sourced from Seneca Grain in Penn Yan, supporting local Northeast agriculture.
• Dagele FarmsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoot vegetables sourced from Dagele Farms in the Black Dirt Region of New York State, a short drive from NYC.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fooda: Chicago-based corporate catering platform that brings rotating local restaurants into offices. Directly comparable to Green Top's daily office meal programs with similar enterprise customer profile and recurring-revenue model.
• ezCater: Largest corporate catering marketplace in the US connecting offices with local restaurants and caterers. Comparable as a sales-led corporate catering solution, though ezCater is a marketplace whereas Green Top produces food directly.
• Great Performances: NYC-based catering and hospitality company with a strong farm-to-table positioning serving corporate, cultural, and institutional clients. Closely comparable on geography, customer base, and culinary differentiation.
• Hungry: Office food service operator providing in-office chef-driven meal programs for distributed workforces. Directly comparable recurring corporate meal model, though Hungry leans more virtual/ghost-kitchen than Green Top's USDA production facility.
• Cater2me: Corporate catering management company that curates office food programs from a network of local restaurants. Comparable enterprise sales motion and recurring corporate meal delivery model.
• Chartwells: K-12 school food service arm of Compass Group, serving public school districts nationwide. Directly comparable to Green Top's farm-to-school programs and large-scale food production for school food authorities.
• Whitsons Culinary Group: Northeast US-based school nutrition and food service provider with institutional scale. Comparable in farm-to-school and K-12 food production segments, particularly within NY and adjacent states.

Broad incumbents

• Compass Group: Global contract food services giant with corporate, education, and healthcare dining segments. Comparable at the segment level but operates at vastly greater scale and broader service portfolio than Green Top's focused farm-to-table niche.
• Aramark: Large US food service and facilities provider serving corporate, education, and government clients. Adjacent competitor with overlapping enterprise and institutional segments but a much wider service portfolio.
• Sodexo: Global integrated food services and facilities management company with significant US presence in corporate and education dining. Overlaps with Green Top's institutional segments as a broad incumbent rather than direct farm-to-table competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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