Green Acres Farms

What Green Acres Farms does

Green Acre Farms, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned diversified agricultural producer headquartered in Wapato, Washington, in the Yakima Valley. Founded in 1949 originally as a potato farm, the company has expanded across four generations into four operational divisions: Hops (for brewing, including active participation in breeding programs for new varieties), Orchard (apples and pears including club varieties such as Cosmic Crisp, Pacific Rose, and Envy), Row Crops (essential oils including peppermint, native spearmint, erospicata, and dill, plus winter and spring wheat), and Slide Mountain Vineyards (wine grapes grown above 1,300 feet since 2001, consistently producing wines scoring over 90 points).

The underlying technology and operating model combine traditional multi-crop farming with a proprietary field-to-consumer traceability system that tracks every acre of essential oil production from field through distillation to shipment, monitoring soil fertility annually, herbicide use, and water consumption per field into a farm-wide database used for long-range planning. Supporting infrastructure includes a completely integrated irrigation system optimized for energy efficiency, integrated pest management, low-disturbance tillage, and by-product return to soil. Multi-generational employees provide deep institutional agronomic expertise across hops, tree fruit, row crops, and viticulture.

The business model is B2B agricultural commodity and specialty crop sales through direct relationships with brewers, wineries, essential oil companies, wheat buyers, and fresh produce channels worldwide. Pricing is privately negotiated by crop, variety, and volume. The company holds GLOBALG.A.P. certification (orchard since 2012, all crops since 2015), Salmon Safe certification (2015), Kosher Parve certification via Va'ad HaRabanim of Greater Seattle (2015), and Sedex membership, supporting premium positioning and downstream buyer access.

Name

Green Acres Farms

Legal name

Green Acre Farms, Inc.

Website

https://greenacrefarms.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Green Acre Farms is a family-owned, fourth-generation diversified farm in Washington's Yakima Valley producing hops, apples and pears, essential oils, wheat, and wine grapes for B2B buyers in brewing, winemaking, flavor/fragrance, and fresh produce channels worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Diversified Agricultural Products

NAICS

Fruit and Tree Nut Farming (1113), Other Crop Farming (1119)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Organic Fruit & Tree Nut Farming (Orchards) (AFAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organic Herb, Spice & Medicinal/Aromatic Plant Farming (AFAGAKAE), Herb Farming (Basil, Parsley, Cilantro, Mint, Dill) (AFAGADAK)

Keywords

• Hop production
• Apple pear orchard
• Essential oil crops
• Wine grape vineyard
• Wheat farming

Headquarters

HQ city

Wapato

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Agricultural Crop Sales: Revenue generated from selling hops, orchard fruits (apples and pears), row crops (essential oils including peppermint and spearmint, wheat), and wine grapes to buyers in brewing, winemaking, essential oil, and produce industries worldwide.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Green Acre Farms is a fourth-generation family farm in Yakima Valley, Washington, growing hops for breweries, apples and pears (including club varieties such as Cosmic Crisp, Pacific Rose, and Envy), row crops for essential oil distillation (peppermint, spearmint, erospicata, and dill) along with winter and spring wheat, and eight varieties of handpicked red wine grapes through its Slide Mountain Vineyards. The farm sells directly to commercial buyers in brewing, winemaking, essential oil, and fresh produce industries worldwide, supported by complete field-to-consumer traceability and GLOBALG.A.P., Salmon Safe, and Kosher certifications.

Product overview

Green Acre Farms is a diversified agricultural operation in Yakima Valley, Washington, established in 1949. The farm operates four interconnected production divisions: Hops (for brewing), Orchard (apples and pears including club varieties), Row Crops (essential oils and wheat), and Slide Mountain Vineyards (wine grapes). The farm emphasizes quality tracking, traceability from field to consumer, sustainable farming practices, and innovation in new crop varieties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Slide Mountain Vineyards: Wine grape vineyard located at the southwest region of the Yakima Valley in Washington State, growing high quality wine grapes since 2001 with eight varieties of red grapes. Produces wines scoring over 90 points consistently.

Products and services

• Hops Premium hop varieties grown in Yakima Valley for commercial and craft breweries, featuring unique flavor and aroma characteristics. Each batch is supported by tracked field history and growing-technique documentation, and the farm actively participates in hop breeding programs to develop new pest- and disease-resistant varieties with buyer-specific characteristics.
• Orchard Fruits (Apples and Pears)
• Row Crops (Essential Oils and Wheat)
• Slide Mountain Vineyards (Wine Grapes)

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Global GAPcoreOthersGlobal GAP is a worldwide certification body that sets farm assurance standards. Green Acre Farms has been certified since 2012 for orchard and 2015 for all crops. Certification ensures crops are grown in environmentally safe and hygienic manner with employee safety and wellbeing standards.
• Salmon SafecoreOthersSalmon Safe is a nonprofit organization developing standards for preserving and restoring West Coast watersheds. Green Acre Farms received certification for the whole farm (excluding orchard) in 2015, recognizing sustainable agricultural practices protecting salmon habitats.
• Va'ad HaRabanim of Greater SeattlecoreOthersJewish religious certification authority providing Kosher supervision for Green Acre Farms products. Certification achieved in 2015 for all crops as Kosher Parve, excluding Passover.
• SedexminorOthersSedex is home to one of the world's largest collaborative platforms for sharing responsible sourcing data on supply chains, used by more than 50,000 members in over 150 countries. Green Acre Farms is a member managing performance around labour rights, health & safety, environment, and business ethics.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stemilt Growers: Family-owned Washington apple, pear, and cherry grower-packer-marketer based in Wenatchee. Comparable as a multi-generational PNW orchard operator with club variety access and direct-to-retailer produce distribution.
• Diamond Fruit Growers: Oregon-based cooperative pear grower-packer. Comparable as a PNW pear producer with similar end-market focus on retail and food-service distribution.
• Monson Fruit: Washington apple and pear packer-marketer sourcing from regional growers. Comparable as a PNW apple/pear operator selling premium and club varieties into retail and export channels.
• Broetje Orchards: Large family-owned Washington apple and cherry producer with vertically integrated packing and global sales. Comparable multi-generational PNW orchard business with similar club-variety participation and premium positioning.
• Yakima Chief Hops: Largest US-owned hop supplier, headquartered in Yakima Valley, sourcing hops from multiple grower families for global brewing customers. Directly comparable as a vertically integrated hop producer in the same geography with similar craft-brewer focus and breeding program involvement.
• Loftus Ranches: Multi-generational hop farming family in Yakima Valley, also active in hop breeding and proprietary variety development. Direct comparable on Yakima hop acreage, family-ownership model, and craft-brewer relationships.

Broad incumbents

• Hopsteiner: Global hop breeder, grower, and processor with significant operations in Washington. Comparable hop variety breeding and proprietary genetics program, but at much larger scale and global footprint than a single-farm operator.

Regional players

• Select Botanicals / mint oil producers: US-based peppermint and spearmint oil processor and supplier with grower relationships across the Pacific Northwest. Comparable end-market exposure (flavor, fragrance, oral care) to Green Acre Farms' distilled essential oils, though operating more as a processor than a single-farm grower.

Others

• Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness: Large diversified agribusiness with hop, mint, and tree fruit input services across the Pacific Northwest. Relevant as an adjacent ecosystem participant (crop inputs, agronomy services) but not a direct producer peer.
• Washington Winegrowers Association: Industry association representing Washington State wine grape growers. Not a competitor but a relevant ecosystem body for Green Acre Farms' Slide Mountain Vineyards and a proxy for understanding the regional competitive landscape.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/greenacrefarmsinc
• Instagraminstagram.com/greenacrefarmsinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/green-acre-farms-inc

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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