OREGON HAZELNUTS’ MARKETING LEADER
Welcome to Filberts.com! The #1 resource for hazelnut growers in the Pacific Northwest. We grow, buy, sell, process, and market hazelnuts from the Northwest’s finest orchards to the world’s most prestigious buyers in every category.
Family-owned and operated since 1993, we find joy in serving our hazelnut growers and their families. As Oregon leads the way in world-class hazelnut research and a growing hazelnut industry, we look forward to carrying on this tradition for generations to come.
WE ARE INVESTING IN THE FUTURE
GROWING
BUYING
PROCESSING
MARKETING
SELLING
WORKING HARD FOR OUR GROWERS
Larry and Shaun George started George Packing Company with one mission in mind: to increase profitability for Oregon’s hazelnut growers. We’ve grown hazelnuts on our family orchards for more than 40 years and opened our first packing plant on our parents’ orchard in 1993. Our experience informs every investment we make, and we’ve kept our promise year after year, delivering the highest returns to our growers on their hazelnuts.
NO-RISK • OPTIONAL CONTRACT
With George Packing Company, there are no evergreen contracts. Every year, we work to earn your business by offering high efficiencies with low fixed processing costs at our state-of-the-art processing facility. We have spent more than 25 years nurturing relationships with premium buyers to showcase your hazelnuts in the world’s best markets.
GUARANTEED PRICING, HIGHER RETURNS
As a cash processor and member of the Hazelnut Growers Bargaining Association, GPC pays a guaranteed minimum field price established before you harvest your nuts, regardless of market fluctuations. We then go to work, marketing your nuts and maximizing your price; this results in a profit share bonus in the months after harvest. With GPC, growers enjoy all the upside of the markets without taking the downside risk of fluctuating prices and capital expenses others ask you to assume.
CAPACITY READY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
George Packing Company stands ready to clean, dry, and process every hazelnut grown in the Willamette Valley within 100 days of harvest, and we have the capacity to do so for the next decade and beyond. Our 25 years of investing in leading-edge processing technologies, efficiencies, and sustainability makes us the highest-capacity, most efficient, and sustainable processor in North America. Our 28 family-owned receiving stations throughout the Northwest are ready to serve you!
2025 GROWERS GUIDE
As we celebrate our 30th anniversary as a family-owned hazelnut processor, we are proud to share some of the strongest results our grower community has seen in years. The hazelnut market has rebuilt from the lows of 2022, and this year alone we realized a profit share of more than $40 million for GPC/NWH/HGO growers.
This rapid normalization of field pricing gives us tremendous optimism for the seasons ahead. With your partnership, we are confident we can continue to deliver the highest quality hazelnuts and maintain the most transparent supply chain in the world.
The 2025 Growers Guide puts essential resources and practical tips at your fingertips to help you prepare for this year’s harvest and beyond.
Thank you for your continued trust and business. Together, we’re not just growing hazelnuts—we’re growing the future of Oregon’s hazelnut industry.
