Our Family.....

We are committed to the success of your produce business to ensure that our family will be a part of your family...now and for future generations. The qualifications of our company personnel demonstrate the level of importance we place on the opportunity to service your produce needs.

In 1969, with the dream of making a new living, the Amaral family relocated from the Azores Islands, Portugal to Toronto, Canada. Three years later, at the young age of fifteen, George Amaral, the middle son of seven brothers, was sent by his parents to the United States.

There, George lived with his aunt who farmed a small piece of land in the Salinas Valley. Through George's dedication and perseverance, he has turned his business from its humble beginning, in which he borrowed a tractor and rented a small piece of land, into the largest transplant broccoli grower in California. Duiring this time period, he brought his mother and father from Toronto to live with him and now employs most of his brothers on his farm.

Richard Bennett was raised on a small Citrus Ranch in the Central San Joaquin Valley of California. Since 1984, he has been exporting fruits and vegetables to the Far East.

His experiences outside of his personal farming of citrus, cherries and kiwifruit has been in citrus packing houses. After college, Richard was employed by the Sunkist Packing House management trainee program. He felt it was important to understand the grading, packing and shipping of oranges, lemons and grapefruit prior to being an effective exporter.

This commitment to obtaining a broad base of product knowledge of citrus fruit has been applied to the other products marketed by Ocean Breeze Exports.

A successful export produce business starts with the knowledge learned from being close to the farming operation. From our offices being strategically located in key growing regions and strong farming backgrounds, the Ocean Breeze company is prepared to be part of you produce business for future generations.

Office Staff: Salinas support staff for vegetables and accounting functions.