Christopher Ranch is an American garlic supplier based in

Gilroy, California Gilroy is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, south of the San Francisco Bay Area. It had a population of 59,520 as of the 2020 census. Gilroy's origins lie in the village of San Ysidro, which developed in the early 19th ...

. Founded in 1956, the company processes and supplies millions of pounds of garlic each year, most of which is grown in California, and sold in the United States. The company has roughly 1,000 full-time employees, with the majority working in Gilroy. The bulk of the company's garlic is grown in the Central Valley of California.

History

The company was founded in 1956 by

Don Christopher Donald Clair Christopher (August 4, 1934 – December 12, 2022) was an American farmer. He was the founder of Christopher Ranch, the leading producer of fresh garlic in the United States. He was one of the founders of the Fresh Garlic Producers A ...

. In the 1990s, many garlic fields the company had in the Gilroy area were affected with garlic white rot, making further garlic production there impossible. In 1993, company production reached 100 million pounds of garlic.

References

1956 establishments in California Agriculture companies of the United States American companies established in 1956 Companies based in Santa Clara County, California {{US-company-stub Gilroy, California