"You and those who follow you, will be putting your brains and your hands to a practical solution of one of the most serious problems confronting Hawaii today: home production for the needs of home consumption and an excess for export, and productive employment for our Hawaiian-born population."
- Excerpt from Governor Judd's address to Hawaii's First Future Farmers of America Convention, April 17, 1930
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1929. Sadoyoshi Furumoto, Waichi Ouye, Hisaichi Moribayashi, Kuwambu Morita prepare field for planting under the Smith Hughes Training Program. Photo from the Waichi Ouye Collection, courtesy of his family.
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To view other articles about the John Ross Chapter of Future Farmers of America in Hakalau, click on on the titles below:
John M. Ross, manager of the Hakalau Plantation, is so pleased at the work these boys have been doing that he has promised any graduate of the Hakalau FFA Chapter a piece of land to cultivate under the same basis of contracts as regular farmers. - Excerpt from article about Mr. Choi's visit to Hakalau (left)
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1929. Waichi Ouye Weeding Cane
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1930. Waichi Ouye Plowing
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1929. These are the Future Farmer of America boys who won the inter-club basketball championship of Hakalau school. Left to right, front row: Takeshi Teruya, Yoshio Oba, Minoru Meguro, captain; Shigeo Isaki, Sadayoshi Furamoto; back row, Taft Penarosa, Kuwambu Morita, Waichi Ouye and Seiko Miyashiro.
For the Hakalau Kuleana, our responsibility is to care for the land, the people, and the culture. We are guided by the YESTERDAY'S cultural values: Engage in collective effort. Look out for each other. Honor hard work. Show respect for those who came before us. Aloha and Mālama `Aina.