date:Sep 02, 2013
Mariani Nut Company was founded in 1972 by cousins Jack and Dennis Mariani who came from the Santa Clara Valley. Looking for new farming opportunities outside the burgeoning Santa Clara Valley, they found a very similar micro-climate just 60 miles northeast of San Francisco in the town of Winters. The company intially began as a very small processor that mainly handled the walnuts from it's own orchards.
Later, in the 1970s, Jacks brother Martin joined the company. The company then ventured int