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DM: Well, can you tell me a little bit about, about your family? How did you meet your wife, for example?

BS: I have to say that that was probably the greatest blessings in my life, to have had Joanna as my wife. And she was, in fact, she was heading to be a professional woman. She worked for the famous Minoru Yasui in the law office, and, but when she decided to accept my proposal, why, she came back to Brighton and really not only become my wife, but also became my partner in the business. And that's where we were able to make it. I would always say that if Joanna and I were not compatible in, in our vision and our thought and our thinking, Sakata Farms could never be where it's at today. That was our greatest blessing. And of course, the greatest thing I owe her is for our three outstanding children who all became great contributors to our society, and that's the thing that I'm mostly proud of. That's the greatest legacy that I could leave.

DM: So Sakata Farms, just like your father's ten-acre farm, was really a family endeavor?

BS: Yes, yes. And our, all of our brochures is, it's called Sakata Farms, but it explains that it is a family farm.

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