LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes
and
appoints each of Thomas J. Mattei, Jr. and David G. Robson, each acting
individually,
as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and
authority as
hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned to:
      (1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Farmer
Bros. Co.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act
of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from
time
to time (the "Exchange Act");
      (2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities
from
any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and
trustees,
and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to each of the undersigned's attorneys-in-fact appointed by this
Limited
Power of Attorney and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and
      (3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-
fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in
connection
with the foregoing.
      The undersigned acknowledges that:
      (1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact
without independent verification of such information;
      (2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by either such attorney-in-fact

on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be
in such
form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
in his
or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
      (3)	neither the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i)
any
liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements
of the
Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply
with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit

disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
      (4)	this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange
Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of
the
Exchange Act.
      The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-
fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
present,
hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of
the
undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited
Power of
Attorney.
      This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
revoked
by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 13th day of March 2017.

Print Name of Reporting Person or Entity

MICHAEL H. KEOWN

/s/ Michael H. Keown
Signature