West Los Angeles-based agriculture giant Wonderful Co. announced March 26 that it plans to use 100 percent renewable energy for all of its farming and food operations in the U.S. by 2025.

The company – which produces almonds, pistachios, pomegranates, various citrus crops, wines and other food and drink products – plans to meet this target primarily through contracts with third-party renewable power providers.

As part of the commitment, Wonderful announced it is joining RE100, a global initiative led by London-based Climate Group of more than 160 major businesses committed to transitioning to 100 percent renewable electricity.

Wonderful opened its first major solar generating plant on its properties in 2007 and in 2013 installed solar rooftop panels on several of its food processing facilities. In January, the company signed a power purchase agreement with NextEra Energy to build a 23-megawatt solar project on fallow farmland it owns in the Central Valley. Once this project is complete, the company said that roughly 25 percent of its global energy use will come from renewable resources.

Wonderful, a privately held company, reported it had roughly $4 billion in revenue last year and has about 10,000 employees worldwide. The company is one of the largest agricultural operation in California with more than 180,000 acres of farmland in the state. Wonderful also owns Fiji Water and Teleflora, a floral delivery service.

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CLARIFICATION: This story has been updated after Wonderful Co. clarified that it plans to meet its goal by working primarily with third-party power providers. Also, the company says it is one of the largest agricultural operations in California, but not the largest in the state