Press & Media
L.A. Times, 2023 - L.A.'s Sushi Revolution "L.A.’s sushi revolution was fueled by this secret ingredient from the Central Valley"
Sunset Magazine, 2020 - Pantry Staples "Holy Grail of California Rice"
Martha Stewart Living, 2021 - features our Kokuho Rose® in "American Made"
CNBC broadcast, 2021 - Rice with Japanese Roots
Washington Post, 2022 - Key Ingredient: Our Blue Star® Mochiko Snow Skin Mooncakes Mid Autumn Festival
Bon Appétit, 2022 - Key Ingredient: Our Blue Star® Mochiko in Chocolate-Matcha Butter Mochi Cake
The Bittman Project, 2021 - Two West Coast Women Who Are Shaping How We Eat -- What Rice Should Taste Like
New York Times, 2021 - Chocolate Birthday Cake Butter Mochi
Life & Thyme, 2019 - Why Rice? Five women reflect on what rice means to them personally, culturally and economically as food industry leaders
Los Angeles Times, 2019 - An Artist trades Abstract Canvases for Pop-Up Soul Food
Eater, 2019 - How Rice is Farmed, Milled, and Packaged at Koda Farms
Los Angeles Times, 2019 - At Porridge + Puffs, Rice is Minh Phan's Canvas for Sophisticated Self-Expression
New York Times, NY Magazine, 2018 - Not your Dickensian bowl of Porridge
Los Angeles Times, 2018 - Porridge + Puffs Finally Returns
NBC Asian America, 2018 - At Koda Farms, a legacy endures beyond exclusion, internment
Los Angeles Magazine, 2017 - The Essential Guide to L.A.'s Best Japanese Food
Nosh, 2018 - The East Bay can’t get enough of Third Culture Bakery’s mochi muffins
KALW Public Radio, 2018 - Meet the Famous Japanese Mold That Flavors Unexpected Dishes
Rafu Shimpo, 2017 - Legacy built one grain at a time (Ross Koda receives medal from Japan Agricultural Association Dai Nihon Nokai)
San Francisco Chronicle, 2016 - The Farmer & the Chef: How rice was woven into two women's shared history
Lucky Peach, 2016 - Santa Monica Farmers’ Market Standouts
Healdsburg SHED, 2016 - Meet the Makers: Koda Farms: Rice with a History
Lucky Peach, 2016 Atlas Contribution
The Business Journal, 2016 - Family Tradition keeps Growing at Koda Farms
Los Angeles Magazine, 2015 - When it Comes to Rice Bowls, it's What's Underneath that Counts
New York Magazine - Grub Street, 2015 - 50 Pantry Essentials for the Modern Gourmet
NBC Asian America, 2015 - Sweet Treats: Mochi Making at Family-Owned Koda Farms
Los Angeles Magazine, 2015 - Santa Monica Farms Market Report: The Rice Queen
Chopsticks NY, 2015 - Food: First on the East Coast – Koda Farms Organic Premium Brown Rice
KCRW Los Angeles Public Radio, Good Food Blog, 2015 - Savory Rice Porridge with Nettles
Los Angeles Magazine, 2015 Grain Shower
Bon Appetit, 2014 - Dishes from Sqirl We Totally Love
KCRW Los Angeles Public Radio,Good Food Blog, 2014 - Farmers' Market Recipe: Creamy Rice Pudding with Red Wine Poached Cherries
Los Angeles Times, 2014 - Family-run Koda Farms is Passionate about Rice
CBS Radio News Bay Area, 2014 - Narsai David at San Francisco's Fancy Food Show
Good, 2014 - The Unsung Story of the Chinese and Japanese Immigrants Who Brought Rice to California
Pacific Citizen, 2014 - Farming Rice with Koda Farms
Los Angeles Times, 2014 - At Porridge and Puffs, spoonfuls of Devotion in every Bowl
Iwaki Vision, 2014 - Profile on Fukushima Pioneer Keisaburo Koda
New York Magazine - Grub Street, 2013 - What to eat at Osawa
Stanford University Alumni Association Magazine, 2013 - Fine Grained
San Francisco Chronicle, 2013 – Traditional Japanese koji turns into versatile seasoning
The Fare Trade, 2013 - Meet a Local, Robin + Ross Koda
Cool Hunting, 2013 - Interview: Koda Farms
Tom Miyagawa Coulton, 2012 - Organic Americans
New York Times, 2012 - A Different Shade of Risotto
New York Times, 2012 - California Food Dreaming
Gastronomica, University of California Press 2011 - The Other Side of the Valley
California Farm Bureau, 2011 - Big Success with a Small Grain
California Farm Bureau, 2011 - Video Big Success with a Small Grain
Los Angeles Times, 2011 - Chinese Grandmother's Touch gives Christmas dinner its zest
Macrobiotics Today, 2011 - Chico-San and Organic Brown Rice
Fresno Bee, 2011 - Columist leaving with tastes of Valley food culture
East Bay Edible, 2010 - A Family History in Rice
Nichi Bei Times, 2009 - Rice and Risk on Koda Farms
San Francisco Chronicle, 2009 - Obsessed with Barley
San Francisco Chronicle, 2009 - Food Conscious: Locally Grown Heirloom Brown Rice Gains Respect
Nichi Bei Times, 2008 - The Next Generation of Rice Growers: Koda Farms
Honolulu Star, 2003 - Key Ingredient: Mochiko Blue Star Brand Sweet Rice Flour