Limoneira Company

Limoneira Company operates as an agribusiness and real estate development company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three divisions: Agribusiness Rental Operations and Real Estate Development. It grows processes packs markets and sells lemons. The company also grows avocado oranges and specialty citrus and other crops including Moro blood oranges Cara Cara oranges Minneola tangelos Star Ruby grapefruit pummelos pistachios and wine grapes. It has approximately 5600 acres of lemons planted primarily in Ventura Tulare San Luis Obispo and San Bernardino Counties in California; and Jujuy Argentina as well in Yuma County Arizona and La Serena Chile; 900 acres of avocados planted in Ventura County; 1000 acres of oranges planted in Tulare County California; and 1000 acres of specialty citrus and other crops. In addition the company rents residential housing units and commercial office buildings as well as leases approximately 500 acres of its land to third-party agricultural tenants. Further it is involved in the organic recycling operations; and development of land parcels multi-family housing and single-family homes. The company markets and sells its lemons directly to food service wholesale and retail customers; avocados oranges specialty citrus and other crops to third-party packinghouses; and wine grapes to wine producers. Limoneira Company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Santa Paula California.