Kagawa Prefecture Governor's Speech about Olive Wagyu
Joe Heitzeberg addresses Kagawa's Governor on the long road from a Hokkaido farm homestay to bringing Olive Wagyu to America.
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In October 2017, Crowd Cow co-founder Joe Heitzeberg sat down with the Governor of Kagawa Prefecture and his senior staff. His remarks, delivered in Japanese, traced a twenty-year arc: from a young homestay on a farm in Hokkaido to a milestone moment, bringing Olive Wagyu from the island of Shodoshima to American tables for the first time.
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