For Nikiko Masumoto, farming is as a powerful act of resistance. (via healthy_ish)
was raised in California’s Central Valley on a peach farm with a long family history. Her grandfather, a first-generation Japanese American born in this country, broke the ground with dynamite so he could plant the first crop of peaches following World War II, and her father helped pioneer thefarming movement in the 1980s. Now, Nikiko is gradually taking over the family business, while also speaking out about being a queer woman in farming and advocating for others like her.
Growing up as a little girl on a small farm, regardless of gender, you’re going to work. Because when harvest hits, it’s all hands on deck. So, as young as nine-years-old, I was tackling everything from stamping boxes to driving tractors, standing on my tippy toes just to grip the steering wheel. My father is a third-generation Japanese American, and my mother is of German descent. The Central Valley echoes all of the diverse shades of California, and my brother and I never felt different at school because of the many immigrant populations, but now we understand that we’re among the last of a specific community: Japanese Americans in agriculture. In the 1940s, Japanese American immigrants were responsible for.
Our female employees often show up for work at the beginning of the season covered from head to foot, with long pants and sleeves, and bandanas tied tightly across their faces. It’s not just the dust. The rates of sexual harassment and violence many farmworker women have to face is staggering:
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