Taylor Farms is expanding its controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) business after acquiring Equinox Growers from Generate Capital.
The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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In a statement, the US fresh foods group said the deal is its “largest CEA investment to date” and will enable the company to “play a meaningful role in a category experiencing strong momentum and consumer resonance”.
T Bruce Taylor, Taylor Farms senior vice president of marketing and product, said: “Retailers and consumers alike are increasingly seeking long-term, reliable access to greenhouse grown produce.
“We are taking a major step forward into controlled-environment agriculture as this acquisition allows us to continue diversifying our raw product supply – both in geography and growing method – while meeting the rising demand for high-quality greenhouse-grown salads.”
Equinox Growers operates a leafy greens greenhouse in Louisa in Virginia.
Taylor Farms described the site as the “largest commercial greenhouse” in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US.
After the deal is completed, the Equinox Growers team will continue running the CEA operation, while the facility is incorporated into Taylor Farms’ wider product range and cold-chain distribution system, according to the company.
Taylor Farms added the greenhouse’s output, combined with its logistics footprint, “will improve freshness and make locally grown greens more accessible to consumers throughout the eastern US”.
Headquartered in Salinas, California, Taylor Farms has operations in the US, Canada and Mexico. The company reports revenue of $7.3bn.
The Equinox Growers deal adds to a series of recent transactions by the family-owned group.
In November, Taylor Farms bought UK-based leafy salad producer Natures Way Foods.
Chichester-based Natures Way Foods employs around 1,300 people and produces bagged salads, coleslaw and potato salads.
That deal followed Taylor Farms’ purchase of Bonduelle’s packaged salads business in Germany earlier in 2025, a transaction completed alongside Foodiverse, the Spanish company in which Taylor Farms invested in 2023.
In December 2024, Taylor Farms also took a stake in Hessing, a Netherlands-based processor and distributor of fresh produce serving Germany, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands.
