Calavo Growers, Inc. is an international consumer goods and farm products company. It packages, and distributes avocados and other fruits, as well as their fresh prepared food to restaurants, stores, and individual customers worldwide. Based in Santa Paula, California, its avocado production is cultivated throughout the state of California, as well as in South and Central America. Calavo Growers was established in 1924 as an agricultural cooperative and was instrumental in launching the California avocado industry. In 2013, the firm was listed on Forbes' America's Best Small Company list. Wikipedia