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Family photos line a shelf in the home of Shigeo Yokota and wife, Rosie, in Kinsburg, California, July 13, 2007. (John Walker/Fresno Bee/MCT)
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Shigeo Yokota listens to the hum of his Ford tractor he bought in 1960. The tires are original, he says, because he always parks it in the shed, out of the harsh sunlight in Kinsburg, California, July 11, 2007. Shigeo is among a growing demographic of aging farmers who continue to operate their farms to keep them in the family (Craig Kohlruss/Fresno Bee/MCT)
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Arthritis doesn't stop 89-year-old Shigeo Yokota from climbing on a tractor and tilling the vineyard on his farm in Kingsburg, California, July 11, 2007. Shigeo is among a growing demographic of aging farmers who continue to operate their farms to keep them in the family (Craig Kohlruss/Fresno Bee/MCT)
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Jonathan and Charlie work for their dad, Pete, (left-right) at the DeGroot dairy in Easton, California. (Tomas Ovalle/Fresno Bee/MCT)
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Farmer Jee Xiong Yang carries a basket of freshly harvested moap in Fresno, California, June 20, 2007. (John Walker/Fresno Bee/MCT)
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Ed Baloian, center, and his family (from left) Barbara, Peter, Emily, Jon, Julie, Gabriella, 3, and Tim, right, work at the packing house of Baloian Farms on June 29, 2007, in Fresno, California. (Darrell Wong/Fresno Bee/MCT)
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Ron and Khoren Kazarian and Mel and Andrew Kazarian (left-right) are father and son pairs that run Circle K Farms in Selma, California, June 28, 2007. (Diana Baldrica/Fresno Bee/MCT)
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