MOA in the LA Times

Here is a short but wonderful article on MOA featured in today's Food Section of the LA Times: Click Here

September, 2008 - The Vegetable Growers News

“Five-acre California Farm Offers Numerous Crops”, by Western Editor Alan Kandel, devotes 90 column inches, including three color photos to an article on the MOA Oasis Garden. 

July-August, 2008 - The East (magazine)

“Integrative Medicine and Okada Health & Wellness Program (2): Steps toward Families Filled with Beauty”, by Saienji Fumiyo, devotes 8 pages with many photos to the MOA Ohito Zuisenkyo (the original 250-acre prototype on which the MOA Fresno/Clovis Oasis Garden is modeled) and Oku-Atami Ryoin (Wellness Center). Click here to see a PDF file (2.8 MB) of this extensive article. 

June 19, 2008 - KSEE, NBC Television

Reporter Justin Willis of NBC channel 24, KSEE in Fresno, CA - The link includes video of the third of the three 3-minute segments that were broadccast live from our orchard during the KSEE Sunrise monring news show. San Joaquin Valley organic farmers Mike Naylor and Tom Willey are interviewed. 

April 17, 2008 - KFSN, ABC Television

Reporter Dale Yurong of ABC channel 30, KFSN in Fresno, CA - The link includes video of the broadcast (about 2 minutes, entirely about the MOA Oasis Garden) and text. 

April 4, 2008 - Clovis Independent Newspaper

“Harvest of Peace” (pp. A3, A6) by Gabriel Alexander, with 3 photographs by Dean Slagel, is a long article entirely about the MOA Oasis Garden and the events of our 2008 Cherry Blossom Festival. The link includes only the text. 

August 31, 2007 - Artist and Actor Peter Arpesella's Podcast

“Paradise” is Peter Arpesella's audio memoir of his day spent on one of our Volunteer Sundays. 

August 30, 2007 - Fresno Bee Newspaper

The Life section's lead article, “Demo Gardens: Get landscape inspirarion from these 11 valley locations” (pp. E1-2) by Nzong Xiong, is a lengthy article that includes the MOA Oasis Garden as one of those eleven inspirational gardens. 

July-August 2007 - Kaiser-Permanente KP Pulse In-house Newspaper

The Healthy Choice section's article, “Shoppers, farmers, offer good food tips” Josanne Sonnier-Grant RNP, speaks highly of our produce (“the most beautiful cabbage I have ever seen”). 

May 5, 2006 - New York Times Newspaper

The travel section's full-page article, “36 Hours in Fresno, Calif.” (p. F3) by Evan Rail, listed (as “Oasis of Tranquility”) the MOA Oasis Garden as one of the ten best places to visit in the Fresno area. 

March 29, 2006 - Fresno Bee Newspaper

The Life section's lead article, “A Sense of Wellness: A Clovis farm and garden reflect one group's healthy style of living” (pp. E1, E3) by Joan Obra, with 3 color photos by Carey Wagner, is a lengthy article entirely about the MOA Oasis Garden and the events of one of our Volunteer Sundays. 

March 4, 2005 - Clovis Independent Newspaper

On the 100th anniversary of the newspaper, the Independent listed the MOA Oasis Garden as one of the 100 best things about Clovis.