Oral History, Tom Ikeda, 2010

[00:00:00] Tom Ikeda Introduction [00:00:20] Ikeda addresses when his parents moved to SLO county [00:00:35] How Ikeda became a farmer [00:01:23] Ikeda farm produce and sales [00:03:00] Avocado farmers in SLO county [00:03:43] Distribution of vegetables [00:03:52] Organic avocado farming [00:05:07] Effect of new technologies on farming processes and business and consumer expectations [00:10:29] Food safety regulations [00:11:23] California water shortages and water disputes and their effect on Ikeda's farm [00:13:30] 'But we produce over probably three times as much food now with the same…less water than we did 50 years ago.' [00:15:00] Government laws and regulations that have benefited Ikeda's farming business [00:19:39] San Francisco Agricultural Community effect on Ikeda [00:27:04] POVI - sales and marketing co-op history [00:30:22] World War 2 and the effect on Japanese farmers [00:33:54] Large store demands for farmers [00:34:19] POVI's consistency in the past vs. in the present [00:35:49] Organizations Ikeda is part of [00:39:45] Urban development and growth of population effect on the farming community [00:45:10] Thoughts of urban population education on farming and agriculture. [00:47:43] Land zone use, mainly for agriculture, taxes [00:51:00] typical day on the farm for Ikeda [00:59:13] Ikeda's farm workers [01:00:28] Greatest Challenge [01:05:26] Future of Agriculture on the Central Coast