A Family Tradition

Our Vision

The Bonipak story begins in 1932 when Milo Ferini and Dominick Ardantz formed a partnership to develop a long-term family farming operation. Bonipak’s founders understood location was just one step to ensure quality and consistent supply. They chose to settle in the Santa Maria Valley with its rich, fertile soil and mild year-round climate. These optimal growing conditions provided the foundation to produce premium quality produce throughout the year.

Located on California’s Central Coast, the Santa Maria Valley allows for longer growing seasons, giving Bonipak a competitive advantage over other growing regions. Their vision required the need to control the entire process, from growing, to packing, processing, and shipping, and today, their integrated “seed-to-sale” approach is carried out by the entire Bonipak family.

Our Family

The tradition of family continues with ownership shared between the second and third generations of the founding partners. Each partner is actively involved in the day-to-day operations, ensuring the vision and culture of Bonipak. The partners include: Milo Ferini, Patrick Ferini, Henri Ardantz and third generation owners: Rob Ferini, Mitch Ardantz, Craig Reade, Tom Minetti and Alain Pincot.

Our extended Bonipak family consists of over 600 full-time employees, representing all levels of farm operations and management.

Our Family

The tradition of family continues with ownership shared between the second and third generations of the founding partners. Each partner is actively involved in the day-to-day operations, ensuring the vision and culture of Bonipak. The partners include: Milo Ferini, Patrick Ferini, Henri Ardantz and third generation owners: Rob Ferini, Mitch Ardantz, Craig Reade, Tom Minetti and Alain Pincot.

Our extended Bonipak family consists of over 600 full-time employees, representing all levels of farm operations and management.

Our Responsibility

The entire Bonipak family treats our responsibility to customers, consumers and the environment with the utmost respect. Sustainability and food safety are ingrained in our culture and in our processes. We are on the forefront in reducing water consumption and run off, preserving both water and land. Our responsible growing practices and environmental commitment will leave the land for future generations as bountiful as it is today.

Throughout all of our operations, Bonipak maintains rigorous safety standards for our produce. With the support of our in-house laboratory and third party auditing procedures, we are able to keep our produce safe.

We’re Your Produce Partner