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Asparagus, that Is When I was young and about to begin my life’s journey with the love of my life, he introduced me to his
Cyndy Green
March 31, 2022
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Handiwork
I can’t imagine poetry in this vast, flat land, this bowl-shaped valley whose rivers are harnessed to feed
Howard Lachtman
November 15, 2021
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Chin Lung and the Great Western Potato Mart
GEORGE SHIMA, THE JAPANESE IMMIGRANT who became known as the “Potato King” of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta was profiled in a prior Soundings Magazine article
David Stuart
May 7, 2020
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George Shima
The Well-known “Potato King” and Japanese Leader In the 1920s, Shima had to dismantle his farming empire due to the Alien Land Laws. He then
David Stuart
February 12, 2020
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Kango Mitori: Japanese Truck Farmer
Part Two In Part One, we introduced Japanese immigrant Kango Mitori and followed his family through their establishment in 1931 of a small “truck patch”
David Stuart
November 22, 2019
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Kango Mitori: Japanese Truck Farmer
Part One In 1990, the San Joaquin County Historical Society printed a booklet, written by Chiyo Mitori Shimamoto, called To the Land of Bright Promise:
David Stuart
November 19, 2019
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Robert G. LeTourneau
Stocktonian Was the Greatest Inventor of Earthmoving Equipment Abraham Grunauer’s Whitehall Ranch near Tracy hired Robert G. LeTourneau (1888-1969) in 1919 to repair its old
David Stuart
October 25, 2019
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First Generation Farmers
The Delta historically has been an agricultural paradise. But sometimes there is a disconnect between the agricultural community and the urban culture. A fourth generation
Cyndy Green
July 1, 2019
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“Truck Farming” Was the Path into Agriculture
No, truck farmers didn’t grow trucks…rather, truck farmers were small-acreage family farmers who grew a variety of vegetables and fruits that were delivered by small
David Stuart
May 16, 2019
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