About Us

WHY OUR CLIENTS LOVE US

Our mission is to provide chefs the best tasting produce from our region.

We offer same-day service, multiple deliveries throughout the week, fresh, local produce and 24/7 availability.

We pride ourselves on putting in endless energy and time into growing and sourcing the best produce that our customers are proud to put into a dish.

Our clients love us because we are the only provider in St. Louis with red, ripe and ultra-flavorful tomatoes any time of year. Their customers recognize the quality of tomatoes and other produce we bring to them. Many clients tell us that their customers come back to their businesses and waiters have said that their gratuities increase because of our tomatoes.

OUR STORY

We are Tony’s Family Farms, aka Tony Tomato, a company dedicated to delivering hyper-fresh, mouth-watering delicious produce year-round, rain or shine. Our business began when Mr. Fortune, a man who grew up in the fertile Missouri River Bottom, gifted our family with a small field to grow our own vegetables in the summers so that we could save a few pennies and eat healthier. When a professional chef suggested that we could bring our produce to establishments in the area, we seized the opportunity to expand.

We started out small, but have seen major growth over the last decade. We now deliver thousands of pounds of fruits, vegetables and herbs to dozens of professional kitchens in the St. Louis area. We have embraced the USDA appointment and have learned so much that is translating into immediate success for other framers and benefits at our current farm at Defiance Ridge Vineyards. We have exciting new offerings of tropical plants in the spring and fall favorites of massive pumpkins and beautiful mums. We are blessed to be a farmer that operates 12 months out of the year.

Our produce is sourced from not only our land, but from many like-minded farmers in the Midwest.

TONY WHITE, FOUNDER

Tony White is a well-established, lauded businessman in St. Louis. He is currently the founder and CEO of Tony’s Family Farms based in Chesterfield, delivering thousands of pounds of hyper-fresh, mouth-watering produce year-round to chefs and workplaces in the St. Louis area.

Prior to this, Tony’s career as a results-driven visionary executive took him across the country to New York, Atlanta, Phoenix and throughout California. His 25-year track record in business development and strategic sales has catalyzed change and driven market share in multi-million dollar media companies spanning the digital and telephone advertising industry.

Tony currently serves on USDA Missouri Farm Services Agency as an appointed State Committee Member, Ex-Official Board Member 2023 on, The Regional Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors as Chairman of Board 2022. Advisory Board member of Operation Food Search, He served on the West St. Louis County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Executive Directors from 2013 – 2015.

RECENT PRESS

Joe Aull, USDA Missouri Farm Service Agency Executive Director, discusses Urban Agriculture with Tony White, State Committee Member

Tony Tomato of Tony’s Family Farms is the Master of Reinvention – 365 Brothers: Listening to Black Men

Transcript of our Podcast with Tony White – Grounded By The Farm

Top 32 dishes to eat in St. Louis – St. Louis Magazine

Tomato Explosion with Operation Food Search – Fox 2 9AM

Peak Season Veggies Locally Grown – Chesterfield Lifestyles Magazine

Our Town’s Tomato Guy – Chesterfield Out & About

Ten Best Spots for Pasta in St. Louis – The Riverfront Times

OUR TEAM

Ian J Abel, Phd & IRS CPA has been serving our record keeping since 2018. Prior, Ian taught at a variety of institutions in Britain, New England, Texas, Virginia. Ian is a trained historian from the University of New Hampshire. As a student of historiography (the history of history) he is working to complete his first book, a study of how the British wrote the history of the New World between 1500 and 1800.

Lori L Strawbridge CPA, has over 20 years of service to Saint Louis small businesses, individuals, and nonprofit organizations. Lori earned Bachelor’s and Master’s of Accounting degrees from the University of Missouri-Saint Louis and has been a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor since 2007.

In addition to her professional work, Lori is committed to being an active part of the non-profit community. Starting in 2003, when she joined the board of directors of Saint Louis Earth Day, Lori has committed to contributing to the betterment of our community. She currently serves on the board of The Noble Neighbor, a non-profit focused on bringing authors and books to students in schools in the St Louis area.