The Friend Thacher Family

Our family has been growing citrus in the Ojai Valley for over 100 years!

Throughout this time our operation has gone through a lot of changes, expansions and cuts as well as changes in the fruit we grow and how we sell it.

We currently attend several farmers’ markets in Southern California year-round as well as selling directly from our packinghouse.

Excess fruit is sold wholesale or donated to the local food share.

Our goal is to grow, pack and sell the best fruit we can that you, the consumer, demand. We hope you find our fruit as delicious as we do!!

As the customer, you ultimately decide what we grow and sell. We always appreciate your input.

We truly are a small family farm, operated by 4 family members, 4 employees, as well as the input of the our new fifth generation of tangerine eaters (Matthew, Andrew, Mariana, Oliver and Celeste)! Feel free to peruse the links to the left to find out more about our farm and our family.



MAILORDER NEWS!
See what Peter Meehan of the New York Times has to say in his review of our mailorder business!

Click here to visit our mailorder page

The Friend Thacher Family

NEWS!

Ojai Pixie Tangerine season is in full swing.  Check out this great article by the farm bureau about us!  You can order Ojai Pixies from us online (we ship every Monday), meet us at a farmers' market or find them at your favorite fine grocery stores!

We also have other tangerines in season; W. Murcotts, Dancy tangerines and Tahoe Golds are now in harvest.  You can find them all the the farmers' markets we attend, or order them online

We just had a very nice review of our mailorder business writen in the NY Times T Magazine blog by food writer Peter Meehan which has created quite a lot of business for us! 

The new year also brings back our orchard tours-- come join us for guided tours of the Sheldon ranch where you will enjoy tasting many varieties of tangerines! Sign-up online as space is limited!