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 (little Matthew and Andrew)! Feel free to peruse the links to the left to find out more about our farm and our family.

The Friend Thacher Family
Fall News!

We just began harvesting the first of our tangerines, the Satsuma variety, during the last week of October. Soon Lee tangerines, Clementines, Dancys and 10 other varieties will be ripening!

Mail-order will be available from January thru June when our best shipping fruit is at it's best.  Please e-mail us to be added to our contact list; we will send you a notice when our on-line shipping is available.

We will continue to sell fruit direct and you can find us attending farmers' markets in Southern California every week of the year!