Banja la a LaJoie nthawi zonse limakhala alimi - kwa mibadwo yambiri monga momwe aliyense angafune kutchula. Koma sikuti nthawi zonse amalima mbatata kumpoto kwa Maine; zakhala zikuchitika kwa zaka 120 zokha kapena kupitirira apo.
Jay LaJoie, yemwe akuimira m'badwo wachisanu wa LaJoies kuti azigwira ntchito pafamu yoyambirira ku Van Buren, Maine, anati: “Banja langa wakhala akugwira ntchito mwakhama nthawi zonse; Ndinaleredwa nazo.”
Kugwira ntchito kumeneku kwachititsa kuti pakhale kukula kwa maekala 1,300 masiku ano, maekala 500 omwe aperekedwa ku mitundu isanu ndi iwiri ya mbatata. Pafupifupi theka la mbatata mu chaka chomwe chaperekedwa adzapita ku gawo la tchipping, ndipo pafupifupi 20 peresenti amapita kumisika yatsopano komanso yokonza. 10 peresenti yotsala ya mbatata ya LaJoies ndi mbewu, zambiri zomwe zimabwerera ku ntchito yawoyawo.
Mu 2007 banjali lidakonza famuyo kukhala LLC. Bungweli tsopano lili ndi eni ake anayi omwe ndi Jay LaJoie, yemwe ndi mlembi/msungichuma komanso woyang'anira famu; bambo ake, Gil, amene akutumikira monga wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti; Mchimwene wake wa Gil Dominic, pulezidenti wa kampaniyo; ndi msuweni, Lucas, yemwe amayang'anira gawo lokonzekera bizinesi.
A LaJoies achita khama m'zaka zaposachedwa kulimbikitsa ndi kukulitsa thanzi la nthaka ya famuyo, kuyesa kasinthasintha ndi mbewu zophimba, makamaka manyowa obiriwira. Amasunga zolemba mosamala kuti adziwe mbewu zovundikira ndi/kapena njira zamakolo zomwe zimagwirira ntchito bwino m'minda iti komanso ndi mbewu ziti.
Banja lakhala likuwona kufunika kokhala ndi mawu mumakampani ndikukhala nawo mdera lawo; LaJoies nthawi zonse adzipeza ali ku Maine Potato Board, National Potato Council, Potatoes USA board, ndi mabungwe ena ogulitsa. Famuyi imakhalanso ndi mathirakitala akale amakoka chilimwe chilichonse ku Van Buren ndipo ayika pamodzi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ya ag heritage pakhomo la malo awo onyamula katundu. Ndizoyesetsa kulimbikitsa osati famu yawo yokha, koma moyo waulimi kumpoto kwa Maine wawapatsa ndipo amawathokoza.
Jay anati: “Zikuoneka kuti pakufunika mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mitundu yosiyanasiyana.” “Tikuwonanso zopempha zambiri za timbewu tating’ono ting’ono—matumba olemera mapaundi 50, maoda a dimba. Timagwiranso ntchito ndi magazini ooda makalata amene amagulitsa maoda ang’onoang’ono a mitundu yapadera imeneyi.”
Jay watsogolera ntchito ya famuyi m'zaka zaposachedwa kulimbikitsa ndi kuonjezera thanzi la nthaka, kuyesa kasinthasintha ndi mbewu zophimba, makamaka manyowa obiriwira. A LaJoies amayamba kukolola mbatata koyambirira koyambirira kwa Ogasiti, kotero pali chiwongolero chachikulu chotsekereza nthaka ya mbatatayo mwachangu kuti izithandiza kukhazikitsa mizu ndikuteteza kukokoloka. Amasunga zolemba mosamala kuti adziwe mbewu zovundikira ndi/kapena njira zamakolo zomwe zimagwirira ntchito bwino m'minda iti komanso ndi mbewu ziti.
A LaJoies akhala akuwona kufunika kokhala ndi mawu mumakampani komanso kukhala nawo mdera lawo. Pakadali pano, Jay akutumikira mu komiti yoyang'anira ya US Potato Board. Dominic wakhala akutumikira ku Maine Potato Board ndipo pano ali mu komiti yayikulu ya National Potato Council.
Jay anati: “Mmene ndinakulira, banja langa linali lotanganidwa kwambiri ndi anthu ammudzi komanso makampani. "Tili ndi chidwi chofuna kuwona kuti dera lathu komanso dera lathu likuchita bwino pazaulimi, komanso makampani padziko lonse lapansi. Ndizowona zomwe zimathandizira kuti zinthu zitiyendere bwino tikatha kukhala olumikizana ndikulumikizana ndi alimi ena mdziko lonse lapansi kuti tipange ubale ndikudziwa zomwe zigawo zina zikulimbana nazo, ndikuwadziwitsa zomwe tikulimbana nazo. ”