Commitment to Quality
Whether you’re a consumer buying a single onion from the supermarket or a food manufacturer purchasing 15 truckloads of garlic for your facility, when your onions and garlic come from Harris Fresh they’re backed by our commitment to superior quality and satisfaction.
Offering a Full Line
Harris Fresh offers a full line of onions including the legendary Harris Ranch Sweet Onion, plus a selection of garlic products. All are available in either standard or specialized packaging, depending on your requirements. Driven by our commitment to your satisfaction, we can fulfill practically any request.
Listening to Your Needs
That commitment begins long before the seed is even planted. At Harris Fresh, we take the time to listen to your needs, then select the varieties that will best meet them. All are grown, harvested, packaged and delivered to ensure complete dependability and value.
Grower-Packer-Shipper
Harris Fresh is the only onion and garlic packer in California able to ship our products by rail directly from our state-of-the-art packing facility to customers throughout the US. We can track every load we ship from start to finish – one example of our dedication to food safety, reliability and innovation. By being accountable for every onion and garlic bulb we grow, Harris Fresh has become one of the industry’s most trusted and reputable sources.
Sales Team
Back Row (L to R): Sonya Rocha – Controller, Douglas Stanley – General Manager, Griselda Espinoza – Sales & Transport Assistant, Tim Miller – Harvest Supervisor, Bill Engelke – Salesperson
Middle Row (L to R): Pedro Reynosa – Maintenance Manager, Roque Ayala – Packing Shed Manager, Karina Avila – Payroll Assistant, Marlene Guerrero – Food Safety Assistant, Rich Bouwman – Salesperson
Front Row (L to R): Maribel Avila – Payroll Assistant, Ana Heredia – Office Manager, Maria Gallardo – Food Safety Assistant
Harris Ranch and Allied Companies
The Harris family’s commitment to agriculture spans over 100 years, four generations, and four states. They traveled from Mississippi to Texas, onto Arizona and eventually into California.
J.A. Harris and his wife, Kate, arrived in California’s Imperial Valley in 1916 to start one of California’s first cotton gins and cottonseed oil mills. They later moved to the San Joaquin Valley and began farming there.
In 1937, their only son, Jack, and his wife Teresa, began what is now known as Harris Ranch. They began with determination and a vision for 320 acres of unfarmed desert land. Because of their leadership, Harris Farms, a subsidiary of Harris Ranch, has grown into one of the largest, diversified agribusinesses in the United States. Jack’s only child, John Harris, took the reins in 1981. Under John’s leadership, the Harris name and legacy continues as a California icon.
Harris Farms now produces over thirty-three crops annually, including lettuce, tomatoes, melons, oranges, lemons, almonds, pistachios, and wine grapes. Harris Fresh, a subsidiary of Harris Farms, produces onions and garlic. In addition, the Harris Farms Horse Division raises and trains thoroughbreds to compete internationally.