Masumoto Family Farm

The first acres of the Masumoto Family Farm, located south of Fresno, were purchased in 1948 by Takashi “Joe” Masumoto. The Masumoto family had recently returned to California after being unjustly incarcerated during World War II with 120,000 other Japanese Americans. With family labor and a stubborn resilience, the Masumotos enriched the soil and planted roots.

Today, the farm is possibly most well known for growing delicious organic peaches (though there’s nothing shabby about our nectarines, apricots, and raisins!). David Mas Masumoto brought light and audience to living and working on the farm through writing many books, the most well known: Epitaph for a Peach. A documentary film “Changing Season” was also produced (by Center for Asian American Media) about the family and farm that captures a moment of next generational transition.