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Ninomiya Sontoku (二宮 尊徳, September 4, 1787 – November 17, 1856), also known as Ninomiya Kinjirō (二宮 金次郎), was a Japanese agriculturalist. He lost his parents when he was a boy, but through hard work and diligence, he rebuilt his fallen family at the age of 20.
Kiuchi Sōgorō (木内 惣五郎), also known as Sakura Sōgorō (佐倉 惣五郎) (1605 – September 1653) was a legendary Japanese farmer whose real family name was Kiuchi. He is said to have appealed directly to the shōgun in 1652 when he was serving as a headman of one of the villages in the Sakura Domain .
George Shima (1864 – March 27, 1926) was a Japanese American businessman in California who became the first Japanese American millionaire. [1] At one point, he produced about 85% of the state's potato crop, [ 2 ] which earned him the nickname "The Potato King".
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Los Angeles Councilman Dennis P. Zine alleged that the SCF was a confrontational group, and Daniel Hernandez wrote an article about the SCF titled "Bushel of Complaints". Claims of internal corruption within the South Central Farm such as farmers being evicted for not supporting the actions of Juarez and Tezozomoc had also been made. [30]
16 charged in L.A. County EBT fraud scheme that swiped funds from needy families. Grace Toohey. September 7, 2022 at 12:13 PM. Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón, pictured in May ...
The brother-and-sister team mark the end of an era of growing some of the best rice that fed many, especially Japanese American families like my own.
In Los Angeles, the 1913 law led to the development of a triracial hierarchy in the agricultural industry with Japanese farmers occupying the middle position between white land owners, whom they leased land from, and Mexican farmworkers hired by Japanese tenant farmers. [24]