02/27/2026
Really delicious Mandarins start with healthy soil stewarded by wise hands with generations of place- based knowledge.
We walked the lushly cover-cropped orchard outside of Esparto with Jose to understand how carefully complex their organic production methods are; starting with a custom cover crop containing daikon.
Gold Oak Ranch is the product of a 20-year working relationship between Jose Luis Melendez and David Scheuring. The Partnership grows organic mandarins and conventional almonds, walnuts, and pistachios at three locations in the Capay Valley: Rumsey, Brooks, and in Esparto at Gold Oak Ranch. Yolo County’s second largest oak resides at the Esparto location, giving the partnership its name. The Gold Oak Partnership is dedicated to sustainable production in a pleasant and satisfying work environment.
Fruit is hand-picked by Jose's crew and delivered to for sorting, weighing, packing and delivery to customers in the larger Sacramento and Bay Area regions.
This is some of the most delicious citrus 🍊 we've had in years. Call Jake at the farm shop to order yours today and support this local farm 🚜 link in bio to connect.
