Founded in 1991 by CEO Robert Scaman and his brothers Rodney and Rick, Goodness Greeness is the Midwest’s leading supplier of fresh, organic food and the largest privately held organic distributor in the country. Goodness Greeness started out in a 5,000 square foot warehouse with 20 employees in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago and a vision to supply its customers with the finest and freshest organic food available. The Scaman brothers grew up in the produce business, following in the footsteps of their father, Bob Sr., who was a salesman in Chicago’s historic South Water Market.



In 1993, the firm moved to its present location in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. Goodness Greeness now operates a 25,000 square foot warehouse equipped with state-of-the art technology to make the storing, packing and shipping of organic fruits, vegetables, and juices as efficient as possible. The company now employs over 60 people and directly supplies over 300 stores that include the region's largest supermarkets, independent retailers, hospitals, and fine restaurants.  



Goodness Greeness is committed to sourcing as much organic produce and fruit as possible from the Great Lakes Region’s small-scale and cooperative farmers. The company has built relationships with growers from Canada to Wisconsin in an effort to bring fresh, local, organic food to its customers.  Goodness Greeness has developed their own private label brand of local organic food that is distributed to Midwest area retailers.



Goodness Greeness contributes to the hard work of local and national not-for-profits such as Farm Aid, Family Farmed.org, and Seven Generations Ahead, each of which promote locally grown organic food and small-scale family farms through marketing, branding, and consumer education programs.

This year Goodness Greeness celebrates seventeen years of being the premier supplier and business supporter of local, organic foods!