Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories

Interview with Eligio (Kika) de la Garza - Part 03

Interview with Eligio (Kika) de la Garza - Part 03

Identifier

ELIBR-0078-3

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Creation Date

10-8-2009

Description

  • 00:00 - Introduction.
  • 00:35 - General committee work.
  • 01:15 - Can you tell us about your days working on the agriculture committee before you became chairman?
  • 03:00 - Agriculture committee background.
  • 06:00 - Third world countries became more involved in shipments.
  • 09:17 - What kind of issues did you discuss in the committee?
  • 10:00 - Grapefruit in Rio Grande Valley.
  • 13:00 - Production and agriculture.
  • 14:32 - Import and export vegetables.
  • 16:55 - Third world countries became more involved in shipments.
  • 18:00 - The port of Brownsville was the major port.
  • 20:00 - How Technology started to be involved?
  • 21:40 - Grapefruit in Rio Grande Valley.
  • 26:00 - What are the benefits that the Valley has in the agriculture field?
  • 33:00 - Research in agricultural production.
  • 36:30 - Russia circumstances of production.
  • 38:00 - Vegetables and fruits to the operation of agriculture.
  • 40:15 - What areas besides the Valley do you think are good for growing grapefruit?
  • 44:00 - Transportation.
  • 46:30 - Has the agriculture at South Texas has increased?
  • 48:00 - Producing Electricity for both sides of the River.
  • 52:18 - Is there is an agreement between United States and Mexico for the Electricity?
  • 53:00 - Saving money for the government and the people.
  • 54:00 - Can you talk about the purposes of committee work?
  • 56:00 - Is there anything else that you want to add?

Format

.MP4

Length

1:03:36

Language

English

Interview with Eligio (Kika) de la Garza - Part 03

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