As retailers expanded the shelf space for organic produce over the years in response to increased demand from consumers, Los Angeles-based Progressive Produce has built a year-round program with a wide range of organic fruits, vegetables and herbs.

Under the Nature’s Bounty Organic brand, Progressive Produce offers:

• Potatoes (Russet, red and gold)
• Gourmet potatoes (baby red, baby gold, baby medley and fingerlings)
• Sweet potatoes
• Onions (red, yellow, sweet and white)
• Asparagus
• Citrus (lemons, navel oranges, Valencia oranges, grapefruit, limes and mandarins)
• Herbs (mint, basil, chives, sage, tarragon, dill, bay leaf, thyme and oregano)

Progressive recently added organic green beans to the company’s vast growing organic program.

“Organics have been a steadily growing category for us,” said Oscar Guzman, vice president of marketing and sales at Progressive Produce. “Something that was once niche is now offered by all retailers, which has created more demand for us.”

The company is also implementing new packaging options as part of its sustainability efforts.

“We’re moving forward with innovations such as compostable mesh bags and compostable paper packaging, aligning with our commitment to provide solutions that are both functional for retailers and environmentally responsible,” Guzman said.

Progressive Produce’s company-wide sustainability and social responsibility initiative, Rooted, launched in 2020. The program focuses on initiatives benefiting people and the planet.

“Rooted has become the foundation for our efforts to reduce food waste, support our communities and advance sustainable packaging and energy practices,” Guzman said.

Progressive Produce published its first sustainability report in April 2025, focusing on programs through 2024, and company officials are working on a report to detail 2025 advances related to sustainability.

“This will build on the 2024 report, which highlighted our progress, such as food donation programs, energy savings and packaging improvements,” Guzman said. “It will also showcase our new partnerships with Sharing Excess and GrowGood, two organizations that help us amplify our impact through food recovery, donations and community-based sustainability programs.”

GrowGood operates an urban farm in the Los Angeles metro area, next to a Salvation Army shelter, one of the largest homeless shelters in the country. Progressive Produce employees have volunteered at the farm, planting, harvesting and composting to support GrowGood’s mission.

Sharing Excess is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that rescues surplus food from grocers, retailers and wholesalers.

Growing organic produce ties in with sustainability efforts, Guzman said, and although Progressive Produce’s sustainability initiatives haven’t focused on measuring organic production benefits, he said the company hopes to participate more in the regenerative farming movement.