We grow Medjool and Zahidi dates on our family farm in Sky Valley, out in the Coachella Valley — about two and a half hours from the South Bay. If you are buying dates for a restaurant, café, juice bar or shop in Manhattan Beach, you can buy them from the people who picked them rather than from a distributor, with shipping included on every case.

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Or call the farm: (760) 501-1845

Case pricing

Case Price Per lb
24 lb $228 $9.50/lb
36 lb $333 $9.25/lb
60 lb $540 $9.00/lb

Retail boxes run 1 lb to 12 lb, $19 to $118, down to $9.83/lb — shipping included to the lower 48, nothing added at checkout.

Sealed containers of premium California Medjool dates packed at Desert Sun Dates farm
Packed on the ranch in Sky Valley, a couple of hundred yards from the palms.

Why the South Bay buys farm-direct

Manhattan Beach runs on smoothies, açaí bowls, energy bites and clean-label menus — and Medjool dates are the whole-food sweetener behind most of them. Most bulk dates reaching the South Bay come through produce brokers downtown. Buying from the grower means:

  • Current-season fruit. Hand-harvested in late summer, packed on the ranch. Ask when a case was picked and we will tell you.
  • Jumbo grade. Roughly 22 to 28 dates per pound, hand-sorted.
  • One ingredient. No glucose coating, no sulfites, no added sugar. Grown without pesticides — not certified organic, and we say so plainly.
  • Whole and unpitted. Less handling between the palm and your kitchen.

Serving Manhattan Beach and the South Bay

Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, El Segundo, Torrance, Palos Verdes, Marina del Rey and Venice. Cases ship with shipping included to the lower 48.

Who buys from us

  • Juice bars and smoothie shops — dates blend into shakes, bowls and energy balls.
  • Cafés and bakeries — Zahidi holds its shape in a mixer where Medjool turns to paste.
  • Restaurants — Medjool for desserts, cheese boards and bar programmes.
  • Fitness and wellness businesses — whole-food sweetener with nothing added.
  • Specialty grocers — sell ours, or repack into your own branding.

What we grow

Medjool — large, soft, caramel-sweet. Jumbo grade, 22 to 28 per pound.

Zahidi — golden, semi-dry, firmer and nuttier, and it keeps far longer. Very few farms sell it as whole fruit at wholesale. See our Zahidi vs Medjool comparison if you are choosing between them.

Barhi — seasonal and limited. Ask about availability or join the harvest waitlist.

More places we ship

Common questions

What is the minimum order?
A 24 lb case for wholesale pricing. Below that, retail boxes go to 12 lb with shipping included.

How fresh is the fruit?
Current season, hand-harvested in Sky Valley. Ask when a case was picked and we will tell you.

Do you deliver to Manhattan Beach?
Cases ship with shipping included. For standing orders, call and we will work out what makes sense.

Are your dates organic?
Not certified. We grow without pesticides, which is a narrower claim than certification and the only one we are entitled to make.

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