Photos: Orange grove in Orange County

Ranch manager Martin Almanza works at Neff’s grove.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Neff peels an orange at his ranch. He calls what he’s doing “integrated urban agriculture.”   (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Neff looks toward his citrus ranch, beyond a housing development and before the 91 Freeway in the distance, in Yorba Linda.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Neff’s Valencia grove rises up from a flood plain, a leafy green oasis in the wild brush that surrounds the Santa Ana River between a set of train tracks and the 91 Freeway.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)