The Buzz About MightyVine
Pure Flavor® Acquires MightyVine®
9/7/23
Continuing its growth path fueling significant plans for expansion, Pure Flavor® announces the acquisition of MightyVine®, a leading Midwest CEA Tomato grower & brand in Rochelle, IL, to add to its expanding portfolio of greenhouses and distribution centers.

Greenhouse Grower
2/27/20
Tomato Production Expansion Helping MightyVine Keep Up With Demand

WIFR
2/14/20
MightyVine expands Rochelle greenhouse to produce more tomatoes

Chicago tribune
6/7/19
MightyVine embarks on expansion as demand for tomatoes keeps growing

the packer
6/7/19
MightyVine tabs Rabo AgriFinance for greenhouse expansion plan

Chicago Tribune
7/31/18
MightyVine tomatoes to double operations- again- to meet growing demand

CBS Chicago
9/18/17
Made in Chicago: MightyVine Tomatoes

Business News Daily
9/6/17
How Our Next-Gen Greenhouse Puts Home-Grown Taste Back in Tomatoes

Chicago’s Best
8/28/17
Chicago’s Best Making The Chicago-Style Hot Dog: MightyVine

Fast Company
8/16/17
This midwestern greenhouse has perfected the art of growing quality tomatoes year round

Chicagoist
8/11/17
This massive local greenhouse is growing some of the best tomatoes around… even in the winter

Organic Authority
7/5/17
7 Ways Chicago is becoming the new beacon of the sustainable food movement

Food & Wine
6/5/17
Would you eat a gelato sundae that tastes like caprese salad?

Food Travelist
6/3/17
MightyVine is Mighty Good

WGN Radio
5/16/17
Political Markets, Mac & Cheese, & MightyVine Tomatoes

Chicago Tribune
5/12/17
Inspired by grandfather, former North Shore resident grows tomatoes year-round

Chicago Tribune
5/12/17
Eat This: Tigelle, little circles of bread that you will crave for the rest of your life

Living the Country Life
5/2/17
Rooting for a Local Tomato

Food & Drink Chicago
4/20/17
Super Flavorful Tomatoes Grown All Year Here in Chicagoland

Food Navigator USA
3/22/17
From the Good Food Festival, is “local” synonymous with better?

Newcity
3/17
Big Heat

CW Iowa Live
3/21/17
MightyVine tomatoes at Hy-Vee

Chicago Now
3/2/17
Chef Rick Bayless hosts good food party with all star chefs for charity

Milwaukee Journal
2/7/17
Want local, ripe tomatoes in the winter? Marquette alum makes it possible

Chicago Tonight
2/7/16
Chef Rick Bayless to headline Chicago’s Good Food Festival

Modern Farmer
6/23/16
Thanks to MightyVine, You Can Have Local Tomatoes, 365 Days a Year

Chicago Tribune
3/23/16
MightyVine to double tomato operation

Chicago Tribune
2/5/16
How tasty winter tomatoes are helping Local Foods grow

The Fooditor
2/2/16
The local tomato that came from the future

CS Magazine
12/15
MightyVine delivers fresh-from-the-vine tasty tomatoes all year long

The Packer
12/9/15
Greenhouses step up to feed locavores’ appetites in Chicago

Crain’s Chicago
6/20/15
Summertime tomatoes in the dead of winter?
