How California became America's date country: Spanish missions, USDA plant explorers, a desert that matched Arabia — and the eleven Moroccan offshoots every American Medjool desc
Jewel Date Company supplies date paste, powder and diced dates to food makers — and saved Shields Date Garden. We ship whole farm-direct fruit. An honest comparison.
Desert Valley Date is a Coachella packing and distribution operation whose fruit fills supermarkets nationwide. We're one named farm that ships its own crop. Compared honestly.
Pato's Dream in Thermal is small, organic and beautiful — a true family farm with several varieties. We're a small family farm too, built for shipping. The honest comparison.
Fresh Dates by Anderson is a Thermal family farm going back to the 1920s, selling fresh-picked fruit steps from where it's boxed. We're the farm that ships. Compared honestly.
Samano Dates is a small Coachella wholesaler that will happily sell you a flat if you call ahead. We're the farm that ships boxes and cases nationwide. Compared honestly.
Leja Dates sells Medjool and Deglet Noor by the box on Van Buren Street in Coachella at prices that are hard to beat in person. We're the ship-it-anywhere version.
Fernandez Date Sales is a no-frills family packing house in Coachella selling Medjool and Barhi straight off the property and at SoCal farmers markets. An honest comparison.
Temalpakh Farm is operated by the Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians — a farm market and education center whose agricultural story is older than the date industry itself.
Mineral Spring is the valley's date farm you can sleep at — glamping and hot tubs under the palms. We're the one that ships. An honest neighbor-to-neighbor comparison.