Morning Star has been involved in the processed tomato industry for over 50 years. We’ve grown a bit since 1970, from a one truck owner-operated business to a fully integrated enterprise; however, to this day, we remain family-owned and operated by our founder Chris Rufer.
On an annual basis, our three factories carefully select and contract with approximately 150 California family-owned and operated growers covering the entire California Central Valley.
Morning Star provides vertically integrated services with the support of our enterprise companies.
Greenhouse > R&D > Transplanting > Harvesting > Trucking
We maximize your payable yields through High Yield Harvesting.
Pick-up all tomatoes from field > Don’t sort out payables
When you sort less, you minimize the loss of payable tomatoes, increasing paid tons per acre.
Our factories’ geographically unique locations allow us to minimize the risks of crop failure and inclement weather by sourcing a proportionately equal volume of our tomatoes from all 21 counties that grow tomatoes in California.
Our business development team is here to help.
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