Family History
Welcome and thank you for visiting our site. We would like to take this opportunity to share a little about our operation and what makes our Natural Pecan™ just a little better than the rest.
Natural Pecan™ brand is a family owned and operated vertically integrated pecan company that has been growing and producing exceptional quality pecans orchards for over three generations. Our Natural Pecan™ is processed in facilities that are SQF level 3 and Kosher certified. Food safety is of upmost importance to us.
The majority of our Natural Pecan™ harvested is exported to China, Europe and Russia. We are one of the largest combined volumes for Pecan export. We provide a worry-free service from orchards, bulk processing, bulk bagging, ocean freight arrangement to final port destination. Our Natural Pecan™ is grown in the USA/North America and certified by the USDA. We are exporting to over 20 countries worldwide.
Natural Pecan™ is available in-shelled bulk of different pecan varieties are excellent for re-bagging into solo packs, baking, cooking, roasting, confectionary items, ice cream, cereals and health foods.
Natural Pecan™ are delicious in any kind of specialty foods including chocolates, granolas, breakfast bars, salads, breads, gourmet foods or healthy snacks.
Natural Pecan™ contain the highest level of antioxidants out of any nut on the market. We offer Stuart, Stuart Blend, Desirable, Sumner, Cape Fear and Money Maker. For reliability and food safety, Natural Pecan™ is the industry’s best supplier of high quality US Grown USDA Certified pecans.
Our 800 acres of orchards grow the finest natural pecans in the world. Generations of our family, our neighbors and our neighbor’s families have nurtured our trees from saplings to maturity. We take pride knowing the same trees our great grandfathers have planted still are healthy, thriving, pecan producing giants. We have worked with our neighbors for decades to meet the growing worldwide pecan demand. Our handshakes are all we have needed to secure our neighbors harvest and let us provide our customers with the best value and service available to meet your demand.
The good Lord has provided us with the ideal climate to produce some of the best Natural Pecan™ available. We enjoy long, hot, arid summers, abundant irrigation water, and cold winters. Our climate along with integrated pest management allows us to produce excellent quality with minimal use of pesticides and no fungicides.
Our Natural Pecan™ orchard management includes pruning, nutrition, pest management program and experience passed down through three generations to produce, what we hope you’ll agree to be, the finest Natural Pecan™ that is USDA Grade 1 & 2 Certified.
If for any reason, you are not satisfied with our products please contact us immediately because at Liavita, LLC your satisfaction is guaranteed.
Bulk-in Shell
Pecans have been an important part of southern diet and culture since before the arrival of European settlers. The first successful grafts of the pecan tree were done in 1846 by a Louisiana plantation gardener. The cultivation of the pecan tree increased, and the technique of sowing proved to be the most effective.
Today the tree is most widely cultivated in the states of New Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and Texas, where the pecan tree is the official state tree.
Georgia is the nation’s largest supplier of pecans, accounting for about a third of U.S. pecan production.
An average pecan harvest in Georgia is about 88 million pounds – enough to make 176 million pecan pies. Mother Nature often blesses us with an abundant harvest, yet at times excess rain can reduce supply. Regardless, we strive to only offer the finest quality natural pecans grown on Earth.
The state’s major pecan-producing region is near Albany, in south-central Georgia, although there are large and small orchards from Atlanta southward. The peak harvesting months for Georgia pecans are October–December.
As pecan is much smaller in quantities, as compared to Almonds or Walnuts, with high overseas demands, we will try our best to fulfill later season order requests through our network of other growers that have been farming pecans for multiple generations. Pecan’s not harvested in our Orchards will go through similar USDA standards, processing and quality release to insure the high level of USDA Quality that our customers have come to expect from us.
Contracting
We start contracting 70% of our projected Natural PecanTM harvest in early August. Depending on the harvest conditions, and existing contract commitment, the remaining 30% of our Natural PecanTM is then sold in the open market for the remaining part of the year. Many of our long-term customers lock into this season’s contract by early September, so contact us now at info@liavita.com.
Open Market
After the pre-harvest contracting, all of our remaining harvest inventory is sold based on Open Market rate and first-come availabilities. So, contact us as early in the harvest season to get the best quality and quantity for your pecan needs.
So contact us today, and let us help you fulfill your pecan needs with our Natural Pecan™