Carriere Family Farms

What Carriere Family Farms does

Carriere Family Farms is a fifth-generation, family-owned California agricultural operation headquartered in Glenn, California, in the Sacramento Valley. Founded in 1890 by Albini Carriere, who emigrated from Canada, the company today farms walnuts across orchards in Glenn, Butte, and Colusa counties, growing ten varieties of English walnuts including Chandler, Howard, and Hartley, alongside rice acreage in Glenn and Butte counties and a newer almond operation. The company has progressively vertical integrated its walnut business: it built an on-farm huller and dehydrator in 1974, formed a long-running partnership with Borges S.A. of Spain in 1986, acquired the Borges of California inshell processing plant in 2000, opened a walnut shelling facility in 2006, and in September 2022 opened a 277,520 sq ft state-of-the-art processing facility with 25 million lbs of storage, 200,000 lbs/hr receiving capacity, and 500% greater sheller capacity.

The company's revenue is generated through three streams: sale of its own walnut kernels (multiple grades including Light Halves & Pieces, Combo Pieces, and Bakers Choice) and inshell walnuts (Chandler, Howard, Hartley, Solano) to domestic and global buyers; fee-based walnut and pecan processing services for other growers using the new facility; and ancillary marketing and grower services. The technology stack centers on industrial automation — roll sizers, electronic sorting, dual laser sorters at 10,000 lbs/hr packing capacity, advanced drying to ~8% moisture, and 900+ tons-per-24-hour huller throughput — rather than software or AI. The company holds SQF Level 2 (GFSI-recognized), GLOBAL G.A.P., Kosher, Halal, and CCOF Organic certifications, and ships year-round to global customers via direct sales led by sales contact Josh Enos.

Name

Carriere Family Farms

Legal name

Carriere Family Farms

Website

https://carrierefarms.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1890

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Carriere Family Farms is a fifth-generation California family farming and vertically integrated walnut processing operation based in Glenn, California. It grows ten English walnut varieties, sells inshell and kernel walnuts globally, and provides hulling, drying, shelling, and storage services to other growers from a 277,520 sq ft facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tree Nut Farming & Processing

NAICS

Tree Nut Farming (111335), Noncitrus Fruit and Tree Nut Farming (11133)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Tree Nut Orchards (Almonds, Walnuts, Pistachios, Pecans, Hazelnuts, Macadamias) (AFAGACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organic Fruit & Tree Nut Farming (Orchards) (AFAGAKAB), Orchard Establishment & Replanting (New Plantings, Rootstock Selection, Trellising Systems) (AFAGACAK)

Keywords

• Walnut farming
• Walnut processing
• Tree nut production
• Agricultural processing
• Specialty crop farming

Headquarters

HQ city

Glenn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Walnut Product Sales: Sale of walnut kernels and inshell walnuts to domestic and global customers. The company grows ten varieties of English Walnuts including Chandler, Howard, and Hartley. Products include various kernel grades (light halves, light pieces, combo pieces, bakers choice) and inshell walnuts in multiple sizes.
2. Walnut and Pecan Processing Services: Processing and packing walnuts and pecans for domestic and global customers from their headquarters in Glenn, California. They process walnuts and pecans for other growers as a service.
3. Grower Services: Working with both large and small walnut growers, providing competitive pricing, state-of-the-art technology, and marketing services to help growers maximize returns.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Carriere Family Farms grows, harvests, processes and markets California walnuts — primarily inshell walnuts and shelled walnut kernels — from orchards in Glenn, California, supplementing production with ancillary rice and almond crops. The operation is vertically integrated from orchard through hulling, drying, cracking and packing, and also offers hulling, drying, cracking, storage and related conditioning/processing services to other walnut growers on a contract basis.

Product overview

Carriere Family Farms is a fifth-generation California family farming operation offering agricultural products and processing services. The core product portfolio centers on walnuts, sold both as inshell nuts (Chandler, Howard, Hartley, Solano varieties) and shelled kernels (Light Halves & Pieces, Light Pieces, Combo Halves & Pieces, Combo Pieces, Bakers Choice, Chandler Light Halves & Pieces). The company operates vertically integrated walnut processing services including harvesting, hulling, drying, sorting, shelling, grading, packaging, and cold storage at their 2022-opened 277,520 sq ft facility. Additional offerings include pecan processing services, and the company also farms rice and almonds in the Sacramento Valley.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• California Walnut Kernels Shelled California walnut kernels produced from the farm's own orchards in Glenn, California, processed through the operation's hulling, drying, cracking and sorting facilities for sale to wholesale food-ingredient buyers.
• California Inshell Walnuts Inshell (unshelled) California walnuts grown and processed on-farm in Glenn, California, marketed to wholesale buyers in the nut and food-ingredient trade.
• Walnut Processing Services for Growers Contract hulling, drying, cracking, conditioning and/or storage services performed on outside growers' walnut crop using Carriere Family Farms' post-harvest infrastructure in Glenn, California.
• Rice Rice produced on portions of the Carriere family's California farmland as a complementary row crop alongside the walnut operation.
• Almonds Almonds produced on portions of the Carriere family's California farmland as a complementary tree-nut crop alongside the primary walnut operation.

Named customers1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Borges S.A. of SpainmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1986Partnership formed from 1986 through 2020 to manage Borges orchards located in Butte City, California. The Carriere and Pont families remain lifelong friends. After this 20+ year partnership, Carriere had the opportunity to purchase the business from Borges and grow their inshell business.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Diamond Foods: One of the largest California walnut and nut handlers historically, with branded and ingredient sales channels globally. Comparable to Carriere as a walnut processor/marketer, but operates at substantially larger scale across multiple nut categories.
• California Walnut Company: Industry commission and marketing body representing California walnut growers and handlers. Relevant as the dominant marketing channel and category authority that frames competitive dynamics for handlers like Carriere.
• Wonderful Pistachios: Largest branded pistachio grower-processor in California with global retail and ingredient distribution. Competes for California orchard acreage, processing labor, and global nut-buyer relationships.
• Blue Diamond Growers: California almond grower cooperative with global branded and ingredient distribution. Competes with Carriere for orchard resources, processing labor, and global tree-nut buyer relationships.

Direct peers

• Mariani Nut Company: California-based vertically integrated walnut grower, processor, and marketer offering inshell and kernel products globally. Closely comparable to Carriere in product mix, vertical integration model, and customer base.
• Poindexter Nut Company: Northern California walnut handler with grower services and wholesale kernel/inshell distribution. Comparable to Carriere in offering third-party processing for growers alongside owned-orchard supply.
• Andersen & Sons Shelling: California walnut grower and processor offering inshell and shelled products domestically and internationally. Directly comparable to Carriere in walnut sourcing, processing, and global kernel/inshell sales.
• Setton Farms: California-based vertically integrated pistachio and tree-nut grower/processor with inshell and kernel products sold globally. Comparable to Carriere in vertical integration and global nut ingredient supply.
• Grower Direct Nut Company: California walnut processor offering hulling, drying, and marketing services to growers with global kernel/inshell distribution. Directly comparable to Carriere's processing-for-growers business model.

Emerging players

• Touchstone Pistachio: California pistachio processor with vertically integrated grower-to-processor model. Comparable to Carriere in vertical integration and grower-services approach within California tree nuts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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