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	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($) item director	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2015
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Dividend income from Limoneira		$ 500	$ 500	$ 400
Additional investment in unconsolidated entities	$ 19,720	19,720	18,380
Net sales		856,824	782,510	691,451
Infrastructure Advance Agreement With Belher [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
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Infrastructure advances due	1,800	1,800	1,600
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets [Member] \| Infrastructure Advance Agreement With Belher [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Infrastructure advances due	1,000	1,000	800
Other Long Term Assets [Member] \| Infrastructure Advance Agreement With Belher [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Infrastructure advances due	$ 800	$ 800	800
Avocados de Jalisco
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership interest	80.00%	80.00%
Preseason advances	$ 300	$ 300
FreshRealm
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Additional investment in unconsolidated entities	$ 800	$ 800
Number of officers \| item	2
Ownership interest	49.00%	49.00%
Number of board of directors \| director	3
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	50.00%	50.00%
Net sales		$ 500	200
Belo
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership interest	50.00%	50.00%			50.00%
Amount in exchange for ownership interest		$ 2,000
Percentage of management fee equal to EBIT		20.00%
Officer \| FreshRealm
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Additional investment in unconsolidated entities	$ 1,800	$ 1,800
Ownership interest	2.80%	2.80%
Director
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Accounts payable to related parties			100
Director \| FreshRealm
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Additional investment in unconsolidated entities	$ 300	$ 300
Ownership interest	0.44%	0.44%
Limoneira
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Dividend income from Limoneira		$ 300	300	300
Rent paid		300	300	300
LIG
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Rent paid		522	518
THNC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Rent paid		304	304
Third Coast
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Accounts payable to related parties			17
Purchases from related parties		195	357
Sales made to related parties		$ 270	1,013
Amounts due from Third Coast			407
Calavo Sub
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership interest	50.00%	50.00%
Amount in exchange for ownership interest		$ 2,000
Percentage of commission entitled		12.00%
Agricola Don Memo
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Bridge Loan	$ 4,000	$ 4,000
Advances to supplier	$ 1,800	1,800
Avocados [Member] \| Director
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
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Tomatoes [Member] \| Agricola Belher
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchases from related parties		14,200	$ 17,400
Tomatoes [Member] \| Agricola Don Memo
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchases from related parties		$ 2,300