Mr. Speaker. I rise today to congratulate the Miya Family for being named the 2014 Agriculturalist of the Year by the Kings County Farm Bureau. The Miya Familys history exemplifies the hard work and dedication of Californias farmers. The Miya Family. of Hanford. California. has been farming in Kings County since the early 1900s. The family farm was started by Katsunosuke Miya. a recent immigrant from Japan. who settled in Kings County in 1914 and first started working at Vierra Ranch in Hanford. By 1920. Katsunosuke began farming property for Lacey Milling Company. In 1932. Katsunosuke was ready to purchase his own property and began farming 40 acres independently.
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