 
          AF: What has it been like for
        
        
          your family to be part of the Blue
        
        
          Diamond Grower cooperative?
        
        
          TP:
        
        
          As a member of the
        
        
          Blue
        
        
          Diamond
        
        
          family, I have a clearer
        
        
          view of the issues that farmers deal
        
        
          with, including weather, encroaching
        
        
          development and public policies.
        
        
          I appreciate, that as a proud
        
        
          New Yorker, I also have this other
        
        
          perspective. An added practical
        
        
          benefit of being a
        
        
          Blue Diamond
        
        
          Grower is that I always know what
        
        
          to give people for gifts!
        
        
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          Paoluccio and to follow her latest
        
        
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