George Crapo anakulira ku Parker, Idaho, kumene, kuyambira ali wamng'ono, anayamba kukonda kwambiri ulimi ndi ulimi.
Maluso ambiri ofunika ndi maphunziro a moyo amene anagwiritsira ntchito m’moyo wake anadziphunzira yekha pogwira ntchito limodzi ndi atate wake ndi amalume ake—amuna amene anam’phunzitsa mwa chitsanzo ubwino wa kulimbikira ntchito, kuona mtima, ndi kugwirira ntchito pamodzi monga banja.
Atangokwatira wokondedwa wake wa kusekondale, Linda, mu 1959, n’kukhazikika ku Parker, Crapo anagula galimoto yonyamula ma ekisi imodzi ndikuyamba kukokera mbatata kwa alimi akumeneko. Mu 1968, kugulidwa kwa mawilo khumi ndi chizindikiro choyamba cha Crapo Trucking. Sun-Glo waku Idaho, nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zatsopano pafupi ndi Sugar City, idakhala kasitomala wanthawi zonse, ndipo ubale womwewo pamapeto pake udapangitsa Crapo kukhala mwini wa Sun-Glo.
Panthawi imeneyo, abambo ndi amalume ake a Crapo anamupatsa mwayi wolima munda wa maekala 80 pafupi ndi Parker. Pambuyo pake adagwirizana ndi abambo ake ndi azichimwene ake anayi m'ntchito zowonjezera zaulimi ndi ng'ombe. Mothandizidwa ndi abale ake ndi ana ake aamuna, iye anakulitsa ntchito zaulimi ndi zonyamula katundu m’mafamu angapo kum’mwera chakum’maŵa kwa Idaho ndi Montana.
Wodziwika bwino chifukwa cha umunthu wake wabwino nthawi zonse komanso wamasomphenya, Crapo adatamandidwa chifukwa chokhala woganiza bwino, wotsogola komanso, nthawi zambiri, wolimba mtima pantchito zake zaulimi ndi bizinesi. Anali wokhulupirira kwambiri kufunika kokhala wotanganidwa muzaulimi ndipo adakhala ndi maudindo a utsogoleri ndi komiti yothirira m'deralo ndi ngalande, Komiti Yoyang'anira Dothi Yosungiramo nthaka, Bungwe la Potato la US, ndi Farm Credit Services, pakati pa ena. Mu 1998, iye analowetsedwa mu gulu Eastern Idaho Agriculture Hall of Fame; mu 2010 adalemekezedwa ngati Idaho Grower Shippers Association's Russet Aristocrat.
Mu bizinesi komanso m'moyo wake waumwini, Crapo adayika mtengo wapatali pa maubwenzi, omwe mwina anali dalaivala wamkulu wa kupambana kwake. Kukonda kwake ulimi kunaonekera m’moyo wake wonse, koma nthaŵi zonse ankanena kuti ntchito yake inali “yokulirapo kuposa kulera mbewu.” Pamene adamwalira mu September 2021, George Crapo adasiya cholowa chosatha cha kukhulupirika, chikhulupiriro ndi banja, osati kwa ana ake, zidzukulu ndi zidzukulutu zokha, komanso kwa iwo omwe anali ndi mwayi wodziwa ndi kugwira naye ntchito mu mpingo. mafakitale ankakonda.
- George nthaŵi zonse anali ndi ulemu waukulu kwa awo amene anamtsegulira njira kupita patsogolo m’ntchito yake yaulimi ndi yoyendetsa galimoto. M'moyo wake wonse adadziwika kuti ndi wanzeru, woganiza zam'tsogolo komanso wolimba mtima ulimi ndi malonda ake. Ena mwa maluso ake akuluakulu anali malingaliro ake abwino ndi masomphenya.
- Iye ankakhulupirira kuti ali otanganidwa pa nkhani za ulimi. Anatumikira monga mkulu wa Fremont Madison Irrigation District, mkulu wa St. Anthony Canal, pa Komiti ya Utumiki Woteteza nthaka, Bungwe la Mbatata la National Potato, komanso monga mkulu wa Farm Credit Services kwa zaka zoposa 21. Analandira mphoto zambiri kuchokera ku mabungwe osiyanasiyana ndipo anakondwera kwambiri kuti alowetsedwe ku Eastern Idaho Agriculture Hall of Fame ku 1998. Mu 2010, adapatsidwa Potato Grower Shippers "Russet Aristocrat" yomwe imaperekedwa kwa munthu mmodzi chaka chilichonse.
- George anali wodziwa kugwiritsa ntchito zida zamitundu yonse. Nthawi zambiri amatha kupezeka akuchita ntchito ndi backhoe. Nthawi zonse anali ndi chojambula cha GMC. Anthu atamufunsa chifukwa chake, iye anafotokoza kuti palibe galimoto ina imene inali ndi zilembo zake zoyamba. Ankakonda mphamvu za akavalo ndipo nthawi zambiri ankadabwitsa anthu pamene adakwera mu Corvette wake wofiira. Iye ndi Linda ankakonda kuvina komanso kukwera njinga yamoto ya Harley Davidson.
- Pakati pa banja lake, abwenzi ndi antchito George ankadziwika kuti "Taters" ndi "Unit 1". Anali ndi nthabwala zopatsirana zomwe nthawi zambiri zinkawonetsedwa mu nthano zake zosangalatsa. George ankakonda kwambiri maubwenzi ndipo ankathera nthawi yambiri ya moyo wake akupanga maubwenzi ndi anthu. Iye ankalemekeza kwambiri antchito ake ndipo nthawi zonse ankayamikira kuti amuna ndi akazi omwe ankamugwirira ntchito apambana.
- Kulera mbatata kunali kofunika kwa George koma cholinga chake chenicheni pochita zomwe anachita, chinali chifukwa cha chikondi chake pa banja lake. Nthawi zonse zinali zokhuza kulera ana kuposa kulera mbewu. George ankakonda kwambiri banja lake. Anali wofewa kwambiri m'zaka zake zaukalamba kotero kuti sakanatha kuyankhula za banja lake popanda misozi kutuluka m'maso mwake.