Tanimura & Antle is a Californian grower and seller of conventional and organic fresh lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower and other vegetables.
He was the oldest of twelve siblings, and began working in his family's Castroville, California, iceberg lettuce fields while in grade school.
Then they lost all their land and property when he and other family members were sent to an Arizonan internment camp during World War II due to his Japanese ancestry, even as his brothers fought for the U.S. overseas.
Following the war, Tanimura and his brothers rebuilt the family business, starting as field laborers on small plots of land in Gilroy, California.
Following six years of further development, the Antle businesses merged with Castle & Cooke (now Dole Food Co. Inc.) and he joined its upper management.
Tanimura & Antle focuses on salad produce, primarily lettuce, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, and green onions.