Koda Farms’ famous rice legacy will continue on their land and beyond
… [Robin] Koda said it became too arduous to continue farming in California. She cited various expenses — such as water and insurance — as too high. Also, her most loyal workers were retirement age and the labor pool for new workers in South Dos Palos is limited, she said. Koda’s brother and co-owner Ross Koda said he had a lifelong attachment to Koda Farms as the only son in the family but he had no choice but to move on. “When I finally had to face the reality that the economics of farming in California, water availability, and climate change have imposed paradigm shifts over which we have no control, then there was no choice but to make a business decision without personal and emotional attachments to the farm’s history,” he said in a written statement to The Times.
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