Bok choy, yu choy, lemongrass. Opo, sinqua, bitter melon. Depending on the season, these are just some of the vegetables and herbs you'll find at GG Farm at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. For more than 30 years, the Moua family has grown a wide variety of traditionally Asian crops at their Fresno farm.
“We’ve been experimenting and growing more and more different crops every year due to popular demand from farmers markets,” says second-generation farmer Gary Moua, who recently took over managing the family farm (formerly known as MNC Moua Farm) from his parents.
“I always been helping my parents with farming, but this is the first year where I’ll be taking care of everything, and they’ll just be relaxing.” Even in retirement, though, they won’t be able to resist getting their hands in the soil, Gary concedes with a laugh. “But now only when they want to, like planting veggies they want to eat.”