Our Businesses
A Northern California based family company leveraging our knowledge, expertise and human resources in production, processing and marketing of food products for our local & worldwide stakeholders at the highest sustainable level for the long term.
Walnut Farming & Hulling
Carriere Family Farms has been in the walnut farming business since 1963 when Herb and Aileen Carriere bought their first orchard on the Sacramento River. Walnuts need deep well-drained soil to do well...
Walnut Processing
From 1963 until 2000, Carriere Family Farms was a grower of walnuts. In 2000, all that changed. Borges Spain was intent on having a processing presence in California. In addition, Borges wanted to control the flow...
Rice Farming
Growing rice for the Carriere Family has been a labor of love for over six decades and four generations. Wilfred Carriere (Papa) started in the rice farming business by clearing the ground of native trees with dynamite...
Olive Farming
Carriere Family Farms planted their first oil olives in June 2004 and have now planted 450,000 trees on 815 acres. The Carrieres selected fertile land in the Artois and Willows area which they felt...