Celebrating Women in Science: Michiyo Tsujimura and the Health Benefits of Tea

Let’s spill the tea!  We love it in our drinks, our food, even our skincare. I’m talking about green tea.  Today green tea is so mainstream you can find it… Read More »

We are fortunate to have large Asian American communities in both Orange County and Los Angeles who will be celebrating the Lunar New Year this month and hosting festivities for the… Read More »

Sticky, chewy, delicious!  Mochi is an iconic and beloved food of Japan.  There is a simplicity and beauty in one ingredient creating something so delicious.  This simple food is one… Read More »

To mark Asian American and Pacific Islander Month, our Education Coordinator, Kiyoko Nakatsui, shares her family history and their multi-generational association with agriculture.

By the time I was born the farm was just a memory. Like many other Japanese American families mine started their American dream tilling the land. All of my grandparents’ families were farmers at some point. Prior to World War II Japanese Americans farmed up and down the west coast and some eventually returned to the land. On my mom’s side my grandma’s family farmed in Montana and my grandpa’s family in Orange County. On my dad’s side my grandma’s family farmed in Arcadia and my grandpa’s family in Stockton. Since my maternal grandmother’s family didn’t live on the coast they were able to stay on their farm even during the war. However, everyone else was forced to abandon their farms to be placed in internment camps.