History of Hmong Farming in Fresno - Cherta Farms Story

In this Hmongstory 40 documentary, Mao Thao speaks about the history and origins of Hmong Farming and the growth of the Hmong community of Fresno beginning in the early 1980s. She talks about her late husband, Karleng Cherta Farms and the role he played as an early pioneer of farming the rich soil of the Central Valley.

Today, many Hmong farm in Fresno county. This is a very important historic documentary explains the draw of farming that lead so many families (who were newly refugees to America), to leave their sponsors in other states and journeyed to Fresno to make it the largest single city of more than 40,000 hmong at its peak.

Produced by the Hmongstory 40 Project
Interviewed by Lar Yang
Post production and Video by Lue Vang - Storycloth