What JV Smith Companies does

JV Smith Companies is a privately held, family-owned agricultural holding company headquartered in Yuma, Arizona, founded in 1970 by John B. Smith as Skyview Cooling Co. and now led by his son Vic Smith (CEO), with third-generation family members Kristen Smith-Eshaya (President) and Kyle Smith (leader of Fresh Innovations) in operating roles. The company operates a portfolio of agricultural subsidiaries spanning Arizona, California, Colorado, and Mexico, growing and distributing fresh produce including over 15 winter vegetable varieties, potatoes, organic green onions, and specialty crops such as organic carrots, kale, and beets.

The company's core technology stack centers on precision and conventional farming practices, including AI-powered cultivators, GPS-guided tractors, auto thinners, 34" bed farming systems, custom-designed harvest equipment, permanent set irrigation, and variable speed drive pumps. JV Smith holds an extensive food safety certification portfolio (Global Food Safety, Global Gap, SQF, LGMA, C-TPAT, HACCP, GAP, GMP, and CCOF organic) and operates vertically integrated subsidiaries covering farming (JV Farms, JV Farms California, El Toro Agricola, Southern Colorado Farms), packing and marketing (Skyline Potato, Fresh Innovations), and cold storage (Skyview Cooling).

JV Smith's business model is B2B agricultural production and distribution, with revenue derived from one-time sales of fresh produce to major vegetable shipping operations, national food processors (including Gerber Baby Foods for organic carrots), retailers, and food service providers across domestic and international markets. Pricing is negotiated through direct enterprise relationships rather than publicly disclosed. The company distributes through a network of major vegetable shipping operations for domestic and international markets, with Skyline Potato handling potato exports to Mexico since 2003, and operates primarily as a working farm operator without any disclosed external funding, third-party logistics platform, or direct-to-consumer channel of scale.

Name

JV Smith Companies

Legal name

JV Smith Companies

Website

https://jvsmithcompanies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

JV Smith Companies is a privately held, family-owned agricultural holding company operating across Arizona, California, Colorado, and Mexico. It grows, packs, and distributes fresh vegetables, organic produce, and potatoes to major national processors, retailers, food service providers, and shipping operations through its subsidiary brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Center

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fresh Produce Sales: Growing and selling fresh vegetables including iceberg lettuce, romaine lettuce, broccoli, green leaf lettuce, spinach, spring mix, arugula, kale, carrots, cauliflower, celery, Brussels sprouts, green onions, herbs, leeks, beets, and potatoes through domestic and international markets
2. Winter Vegetables: Cultivating over 15 different winter vegetables for major vegetable shipping operations with year-round supply programs
3. Potato Packing and Marketing: Three distinct divisions including potato packing sheds, Skyline Bulk, and PS Connections for conventional potato product lines
4. Green Onion Sales: Fresh Innovations sells over 4 million cartons of both conventional and organic green onions annually as the marketing and sales arm

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

JV Smith Companies is a multi-region agricultural enterprise that grows, harvests, packs, and distributes fresh conventional and organic produce including winter vegetables, potatoes, and green onions across Arizona, California, Colorado, and Mexico. Through wholly-owned subsidiaries (JV Farms, JV Farms California, El Toro Agricola, Fresh Innovations, Skyline Potato Company, Southern Colorado Farms), it supplies year-round produce programs to major vegetable shipping operations, national processors, retailers, and food service providers in domestic and international markets.

Product overview

JV Smith Companies is a holding company with a multi-brand portfolio of agricultural operations. The structure includes JV Farms as the innovation and research hub for winter vegetables across Arizona and California; JV Farms California managing conventional and organic operations in the Salinas Valley; El Toro Agricola operating organic farmland in Mexico with Fresh Innovations as its sales arm; Skyline Potato Colorado handling potato packing and distribution; and Southern Colorado Farms supplying specialty crops. The portfolio is unified by shared commitment to food safety, sustainability practices, and industry advancement, with products distributed through major vegetable shipping operations domestically and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• El Toro Agricola: Agricultural company in Ciudad Morelos, Mexico growing, harvesting, packaging, and exporting premium quality produce including radishes, green onions, asparagus, and organic produce.
• Fresh Innovations
• JV Farms
• Skyline Potato Company
• Southern Colorado Farms
• JV Farms California
• Triangle Farms

Products and services

• JV Farms Winter Vegetable Program Cultivation of more than 15 winter vegetables — including iceberg lettuce, romaine lettuce, broccoli, green leaf lettuce, spinach, spring mix, arugula, and kale — across 15,000+ acres in Arizona and California for major vegetable shipping operations with year-long supply programs.
• JV Farms California Conventional and Organic Vegetables Conventional and organic vegetable production across more than 4,600 acres spanning from King City to Salinas, supplying major processors and fresh market companies.
• El Toro Agricola Organic Produce Growing, harvesting, packaging, and exporting premium organic produce — including green onions, iceberg, romaine, broccoli, broccolini, and celery — across 3,500+ certified organic acres in the Mexicali Valley.
• Fresh Innovations Green Onion Sales Marketing and sales of conventional and organic green onions, with annual sales exceeding 4 million cartons to retailers and food service providers domestically and internationally.
• Skyline Potato Company Packing and Marketing Potato packing and marketing through three divisions — potato packing sheds, Skyline Bulk, and PS Connections — operating in Center, Colorado with a dominant market position in Colorado's fresh-market potato business and exports to Mexico.
• Southern Colorado Farms Specialty Crops Seasonal supply of specialty crops — iceberg lettuce, Romaine, organic kale, organic beets, and organic carrots — from Center, Colorado to national processors including Gerber Baby Foods and to East Coast markets.
• Fresh Produce Portfolio Combined fresh-produce lineup of broccoli, brussels sprouts, bunching items, carrots, cauliflower, celery, green onions, herbs, iceberg lettuce, leeks, baby leaf greens, full-size leaf greens, romaine lettuce, and topped beets produced across the JV Smith subsidiaries.
• Skyview Cooling Services Cooling and refrigeration services supporting the agricultural products handled by the JV Smith Companies group.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 4 million cartons of green onions sold annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gerber Baby FoodscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGerber Baby Foods is one of the biggest customers of Southern Colorado Farms, relying on their premium organic carrots for baby food production. This partnership demonstrates Gerber's confidence in Southern Colorado Farms' commitment to providing safe, nutritious produce.
• Yuma Center of Excellence on Desert AgriculturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVic Smith serves on the Board of Directors of this innovative public-private partnership that connects top scientists to the desert agricultural industry to advance farming practices.
• Western GrowerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVic Smith serves on the Western Growers Board of Directors, an organization that enhances competitiveness and profitability of members through lobbying in state and federal government, affordable health benefits, PACA support, legal and human resources guidance.
• Leafy Greens Task ForcecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVic Smith joined the Leafy Greens Task Force designed to assess and address issues associated with recent foodborne illness outbreaks attributed to consumption of leafy greens and to prevent such tragedies from occurring in the future.
• UA Endowed Chair on Food SafetyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJV Smith Companies supports the UA Endowed Chair on Food Safety, creating opportunities for students to earn a B.A. in Food Safety at the University of Arizona.
• Equitable Food InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVic Smith serves on the Equitable Food Initiative Board of Directors, an organization that brings together growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumers to transform agriculture and improve the lives of farmworkers.
• Center for Produce SafetyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJV Farms provided land and other resources to the CPS Rapid Response Research team to understand the Romaine outbreak, supporting cutting-edge agricultural research in food safety.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Driscoll's: Largest berry producer globally with multi-region grower network across the US, Mexico, and beyond. Broad incumbent comparable on multi-region grower model, family-style operating culture, and scale of production across California and Mexico.
• The Wonderful Company: Privately-held California-based agriculture conglomerate (Paramount Farms) growing almonds, pistachios, citrus, pomegranates, and other crops. Broad incumbent comparable on privately-held scale, California agriculture operations, and integrated farming-to-marketing structure.
• Bonduelle: French-headquartered global leader in packaged and processed vegetables with significant North American operations including Ready Pac Foods. Broad incumbent comparable on multi-region vegetable farming, packaged/leafy categories, and food-service customer channels.
• Dole Food Company: Global fresh produce grower, packer, and shipper with broad fruit and vegetable portfolio including leafy greens. Broad incumbent comparable on multi-region production, scale, and food safety certifications, with a wider global footprint.
• Fresh Express: Largest branded packaged salad producer in the US and a Chiquita subsidiary, sourcing leafy greens across multiple growing regions. Broad incumbent comparable on crop mix, sourcing regions, and retail/foodservice customers, though focused on packaged salads rather than whole produce.

Direct peers

• Tanimura & Antle: Salinas Valley-based grower-shipper of leafy greens, broccoli, cauliflower, and other vegetables with vertically integrated farming, harvesting, and cooling operations. Direct peer given shared Salinas Valley geography, crop mix, and family-ownership structure.
• Earthbound Farm: Largest US organic produce grower, based in the Salinas Valley and now owned by Danone. Direct peer in the organic vegetable category with similar fresh produce customer base and CCOF-certified operations.
• Taylor Farms: The largest fresh produce processor in North America, operating multi-region fresh-cut and whole produce programs with national retailer and foodservice customers. Highly comparable as a multi-region fresh produce supplier with vertically integrated processing and a similar enterprise field-sales model.
• Grimmway Farms: Largest US carrot producer and major organic vegetable grower with vertically integrated farming, packing, and shipping across California and the Southwest. Comparable scale, crop overlap (carrots, leafy greens, organic), and multi-region operating model.

Regional players

• Stemilt Growers: Family-owned Pacific Northwest grower-packer-shipper focused on apples, pears, cherries, and stone fruit. Regional peer comparable on family-ownership model, vertically integrated farming and packing, and direct retailer/foodservice customer relationships, though focused on fruit rather than vegetables.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance9 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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