On the Green Acres Lady: A Baha'i berry farmer
I gotta try these kiwi berries grown by a Baha'i. -gw
Born in Iran, Farah moved with her family to the United States when she was a teenager because her father, who was Baha'i, believed it was his moral duty to educate his daughter as much as his son."He just felt he needed to do that, so he brought us here," she said.Ramchandani eventually graduated from UCLA’s School of Public Health and, after a career spent as a health educator, she and her husband bought the Nine Star Ranch in Wilsonville in 2005. It was already planted with the kiwi berries that the previous owner had sold to markets in Japan. Though she knew nothing about farming and was soon dubbed "the Green Acres lady" by some of her neighbors, she dedicated herself to learning about the unusual fruit.
Photo: Uploaded on October 8, 2009 by Carly & Art on flickr, licensed uner Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic
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