OF I NTEREST TA N AKA FARM S PL AN T E D AT T H E HEART OF ORANGE COU NTY By Sara Hall
Planted at the heart of Orange County, amid the hustle and bustle, is a family-run farm that locals have come to love -- Tanaka Farms. You may know these 30 acres for its popular pumpkin patch, strawberry picking fun, and educational farm tours, but there also is a history of perseverance, resourcefulness, and innovation rooted here, too. Tanaka Farms was first planted in OC about eight decades ago -- and through generations of hard work, adaptations to the changing market, and by avoiding persecution during World War II, the Tanaka family farmers have fought to become a rural staple in urban Orange County.
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Photos courtesy of Tanaka Farms
