Farmer Rod and his daughter Joanna enjoying a day on the farm.
Shinta Kawahara Family Farms
Our Story
A family legacy of growing exceptional strawberries.
Shinta Kawahara Strawberry Farm in 1920.
Bachan Shinta (pronounced “BAA-chan”, an endearment for grandmother in Japanese) started her Santa Clara Valley strawberry farm in the 1920s, rebuilding it following the Japanese-American internment.
Left to right: Farmer Rod, Farmer Gwen, Farmer Kuni, and Farmer Bea.
As she considered retirement in 1960, her son, Kuni Shinta, and his wife, Bea Kawahara, helped grow the business. They founded the Shinta Kawahara Company in 1965, and in 1973, moved their strawberry farm to Watsonville, where agricultural land was more readily available.
Shinta Kawahara Family Farms
596 San Andreas Road, Watsonville, CA 95076
info@skberries.com
(831) 713 - 7230
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Left to right: Joanna, Farmer Gwen, and Farmer Rod.
Today, Kuni and Bea’s daughter, Gwen and her husband, Rod Koda, operate the business as small independent farmers, working every day
to grow and deliver the most delicious, highest quality strawberries possible!
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