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Article: LIMA BEAN RANCH ENDURES AMID BIG-CITY BUSTLE.(BUSINESS)(CROSS COUNTY)(Column)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- February 27, 2009
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Byline: John Oncken
What's a 40-acre lima bean farm doing alongside the busy I-405 freeway in the center of Costa Mesa in Orange County, California? And why are the lima beans farmed with equipment that dates to the early 1900s?
These questions have bothered me during many visits to the old southern California dairy area.
Orange County was a land of grazing cattle, apples, oranges and dairy cows in the early part of the 20th century. Today it is the home of some of the nation's most visited tourist attractions: Disneyland, the Los Angeles Angels baseball team, Knottsberry Farm, the Anaheim Ducks hockey team, John Wayne airport, and the former ...