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>> FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED BY FRIENDS, THE IOWA PBS FOUNDATION, AND BY -- >> I'M BRENT JOHNSON, FARMER AND PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA FARM BUREAU BUT ANYWHERE YOU ARE UNSURE WHETHER NEXT MEAL WILL COME FROM, GLOBAL HUNGER IS REAL.

FARMERS ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING NOURISHMENT AND HOPE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD SOURCES.

TOGETHER, WE CAN FEED THE WORLD.

>> IT IS FALL IN AMERICA'S HEARTLAND, AND LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD GATHER FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE ANNUAL WORLD FOOD PRIZE.

THE PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL AWARD RECOGNIZES THOSE WHO HAVE IMPACTED HUMAN LIVES THROUGH FOOD.

TONIGHT, AN IOWA'S CAPITOL CITY, GUESTS HONOR SOME OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE ONGOING GLOBAL WORK OF HUNGER FIGHTERS AT THE 2023 WORLD FOOD PRIZE LAUREATE AWARD CEREMONY.

>> THERE WAS NO PLACE AVAILABLE IN THE FOUNDATION FOR FOOD OR AGRICULTURE.

SO THEY PUT ME THROUGH THE WINDOW FOR PEACE.

THE ONLY WINDOW THROUGH WHICH I COULD PASS.

NOW, WE HAVE SUCH A PRIZE, SO THAT, ON ITS OWN MERIT, ACROSS ALL THE LINKS IN THE CHAIN, FOOD CAN BE RECOGNIZED.

>> THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR.

WE LOST FIVE LARGER-THAN-LIFE FIGURES WHO PLAYED ESSENTIAL ROLES IN BUILDING THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE TO FULFILL THE DREAMS OF NORMAN BORLAUG AND JOHN RUINED SENIOR.

THEY WERE ALWAYS INVOLVED WITH THE GLOBAL YOUTH INSTITUTE AND WITH THE STUDENTS, AND HELP TO BUILD THE ORGANIZATION TO BE THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE.

I WILL MISS THEM SO MUCH.

INDEED, THE ENTIRE WORLD WILL MISS THEM.

>> OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN HONORED TO FEATURE MANY OF OUR YOUTH PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS , HERE AT THE LAUREATE AWARDS CEREMONY, SHOWCASING THEIR VARIED TALENTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE AGRICULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC ARENA.

SO, TO CONTINUE OUR CELEBRATION OF THE NEXT GENERATION, PLEASE WELCOME HOLLY .

[ APPLAUSE ] >> TONIGHT, WE ARE HONORED THAT THE 2023 WORLD FOOD PRIZE LAUREATE, HEIDI KUEHNE, AND HER FORMER FOCUSED ENDEAVOR THAT RECOGNIZES --REVITALIZES FARMLAND, FOOD SECURITY, LIVELIHOODS, AND RESILIENCE , AFTER DEVASTATING CONFLICT, FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, SHE HAS SHOWN MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN WAR-TORN REGIONS AROUND THE WORLD THE WAY FORWARD TO RESTORING PEACE AND PROSPERITY THROUGH AGRICULTURE.

CONGRATULATIONS, HEIDI.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> IN JANUARY OF 1997, THE WORLD WATCHED PRINCESS DIANA WALK THROUGH AN ACTIVE MINEFIELD IN ANGOLA.

THIS BOLD ACTION BROUGHT GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CAUSED BY LANDMINES.

AT THE TIME PRINCESS DIANA BRAVELY STEPPED INTO THE MINEFIELD, LANDMINES KILLED AND INJURED MORE THAN 25,000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR.

MANY OF THEM CIVILIANS AND CHILDREN.

AT THE RATE THAT LAND WAS BEING THE MIND, IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT IT WOULD TAKE MORE THAN 1000 YEARS TO RID THE WORLD OF MORE THAN 100 MILLION LANDMINES IF NO NEW ONES WERE LAID.

THERE WAS NO END IN SIGHT TO THE DAILY THREAT FACED BY PEOPLE IN WAR-TORN REGIONS WHO WERE DENIED ACCESS TO THEIR HOMES AND FIELDS BY THE MINES HOLDING THE LAND HOSTAGE.

AMONG THOSE WATCHING PRINCESS DIANA'S COURAGEOUS JOURNEY WAS A MOTHER IN CALIFORNIA WHO, SEEING THE DEVASTATING IMPACT LANDMINES HAVE ON CHILDREN, WAS INSPIRED TO TAKE UP THIS CAUSE .

HER FIRST STEP WAS ATTENDING THE OTTAWA CONVENTION LATER THAT YEAR, WHERE SHE WITNESSED 120 COUNTRIES SIGNED THE TREATY TO BAN ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES.

AS SHE WATCHED THIS UNPRECEDENTED AGREEMENT TO DISARMAMENT AND PEACE, HEIDI KUHN MADE AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO HER COMMISSION OF TURNING MINDS TO VINES, AND PLANTING THE ROOTS OF PEACE FOR AGRICULTURE.

IN HER YOUTH, COMPETING IN THE HIGH DIVE GAVE HEIDI THE CONFIDENCE TO TAKE THE PLUNGE IN PLACES WHERE OTHERS WOULD HESITATE.

STAYING TRUE TO HER ROOTS, HEIDI ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY , WHERE SHE PURSUED A DEGREE IN POLITICAL ECONOMICS .

DURING HER TIME AT BERKELEY, SHE WAS INSPIRED BY THE PEACE MOVEMENT OF THE 1970s , AND EMBRACED THE VISION OF A WORLD FREE FROM CONFLICT AND DIVISION.

IT WAS ALSO AT BERKELEY WHERE SHE MET HER HUSBAND, GARY, AND TOGETHER THEY EMBARKED ON A SHARED JOURNEY, DEDICATED TO UPLIFTING OTHERS AND CREATING MEANINGFUL CHANGE.

DURING THE 1990s, HEIDI 'S CAREER AS A RESPECTED REPORTER TOOK FLIGHT IN ALASKA , WHERE SHE FOUNDED HER OWN NEWS ORGANIZATION, NEWS LINK INTERNATIONAL , AND REPORTED FOR MANY PROMINENT NEWS NETWORKS , INCLUDING ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, AND NIPPON TELEVISION.

WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY RAISING HER CHILDREN, SHE EARNED A REPUTATION FOR BRIDGING BORDERS FOR PEACE , FEARLESSLY CROSSING BOUNDARIES , HEIDI BECAME THE FIRST U.S.

JOURNALIST TO REPORT FROM THE EASTERN REGION OF THE SOVIET UNION , BRINGING FORTH STORIES TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND PEACE BETWEEN THE TWO GLOBAL SUPERPOWERS.

AMIDST HER SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN NEWS , HEIDI'S LIFE TOOK AN UNEXPECTED TURN WHEN SHE RECEIVED A DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER .

NEVERTHELESS, SHE EMERGED FROM HER SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH A RENEWED SENSE OF PURPOSE.

HER DETERMINATION TO FORGE A PATH TOWARD PEACE WAS STRONGER THAN EVER , AS SHE SET OUT TO CONFRONT ANOTHER FORM OF CANCER PLAGUING THE EARTH, LANDMINES.

IN SEPTEMBER 1997, ONLY MONTHS AFTER HER PIVOTAL MOMENT WATCHING PRINCESS DIANA ON THE NEWS WALKING THROUGH MINEFIELDS, HEIDI FOUNDED ROOTS OF PEACE, A TRANSFORMATIVE CONCEPT TO TURN MINES TO VINES BY REPLACING THE REMNANTS OF WAR WITH FLOURISHING VINEYARDS AND ORCHARDS ACROSS THE GLOBE.

HEIDI'S MISSION BEGAN OUT OF THE HUMBLE BASEMENT OF HER CALIFORNIA HOME WITH PENNIES FOR PEACE.

WITH HEIDI 'S INDOMITABLE SPIRIT LEADING THE EFFORT, SHE SUCCESSFULLY RALLIED SUPPORT FROM RENOWNED NAPA VALLEY VINTNERS, INCLUDING ROBERT MONDAVI, MIKE AGGREGATES, AND DIANE DISNEY-MILLER .

WITH THE SUPPORT OF VINTNERS, THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, SLOVENIA, HEIDI SUCCESSFULLY RAISED THE FUNDS TO CLEAR HER FIRST LANDMINES LEFT BEHIND BY THE CROATIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.

AS HEIDI WORKED ALONGSIDE THE CROATIAN MINE ACTION CENTER TO CLEAR MINES FROM FORMER VINEYARDS IN CROATIA, SHE WITNESSED THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF FEAR ON FARMERS AND THEIR CHILDREN .

HEIDI REALIZED THAT, BEYOND MINE REMOVAL, THESE RURAL COMMUNITIES NEEDED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO FULLY RECOVER.

>> BECAUSE THE MINING IS ONLY HALF THE PROBLEM.

ROOTS OF PEACE COMES IN STRONGLY WITH THE REPLANTING, THE REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE, AND THAT IS WHERE WE REALIZE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IT IS ALL ABOUT JOBS FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN WAR-TORN LANDS.

>> SHIFTING HER FOCUS, HEIDI PIONEERED EFFORTS TO HELP FARMERS REPLANT VINEYARDS AND ORCHARDS USING MODERN TECHNIQUES.

IN PLACES LIKE --A FORMER WATERFRONT LINE, SHE GUIDED FARMERS IN PLANTING 25,000 GRAPEVINES AND 14,000 APPLE TREES.

HER INSTRUMENTAL WORK REVITALIZED THE RENOWNED CROATIAN WINE INDUSTRY, AND BLOSSOMING APPLE, CHERRY, AND LAVENDER PRODUCTION , BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO RURAL COMMUNITIES.

IN 2003, HEIDI EXTENDED HER TRANSFORMATIVE EFFORTS TO THE SHOW MOLLY PLANE IN AFGHANISTAN, WHERE SHE REQUESTED THE DEMANDING AGENCY PRIORITIZE CLEARING VITAL IRRIGATION CANALS, CRUCIAL FOR FOOD PRODUCTION.

THROUGH THE REMOVAL OF MORE THAN 100,000 UNEXPLODED BOMBS AND MINES FROM CANALS AND FARMLAND, HEIDI AND ROOTS OF PEACE ENABLED FARMERS TO RECLAIM THEIR FIELDS AND RESTORE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY.

TOGETHER, THEY REPLANTED THE FIELDS, USHERING IN A RENEWED ERA OF GROWTH AND PROSPERITY FOR THE AFGHAN FARMERS.

HEIDI WAS AMAZED TO DISCOVER THE RICH HERITAGE OF AFGHANISTAN'S NATIVE GRAPE VARIETIES.

TO HONOR THE AFGHAN CULTURE, HEIDI FOCUS ON PRODUCING NATIVE TABLE GRAPES AND TRADITIONAL CROPS, EMPLOYING IMPROVED TECHNIQUES.

ROOTS OF PEACE INTRODUCED CEMENT TRELLIS THING, RAISING THE VINES OFF THE GROUND, AND AWAY FROM MOISTURE AND PESTS.

THIS INNOVATIVE APPROACH DOUBLED YIELDS, TRANSFORMING OVER 1000 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS, AND ELEVATING THE AFGHAN GRAPE INDUSTRY.

RECOGNIZING THE IMPACT OF WAR ON TRADITIONAL FARMING KNOWLEDGE, HEIDI ESTABLISHED FIELD OF SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO TRAIN OVER 220,000 FARMERS IN HORTICULTURAL SKILLS AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING OVER 5000 WOMEN.

>> THE MORE WE CAN TURN THOSE SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES, THOSE GUNS INTO SHOVELS, AND PUT THESE AFGHAN MEN AND WOMEN BACK TO WORK IN THE FIELDS, THIS IS HOW WE PLANT THE ROOTS OF PEACE.

VIETNAM IN 2010, WHERE ROOTS OF PEACE PARTNERED WITH THE MINES ADVISORY GROUP TO THE MINE AND REBUILD QUANG TRI PROVINCE, AND THE FORMER DEMILITARIZED ZONE.

REPLANTING OVER 1.6 MILLION BLACK PEPPER TREES AND ESTABLISHING MARKET LINKAGES, THE REGION'S BLACK PEPPER INDUSTRY EXPERIENCED A REMARKABLE RESURGENCE.

TODAY, THE AREA IS RENOWNED FOR ITS HIGH QUALITY BLACK PEPPER.

MORE THAN 3500 FARMERS HAVE BENEFITED FROM THIS PROFITABLE CROP, AND TAKEN PRIDE IN CULTIVATING A SPICE DEEPLY ROOTED IN THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE.

AFTER MORE THAN 25 YEARS, ROOTS OF PEACE HAS GROWN INTO A THRIVING GLOBAL FORCE TO HELP FEED A HUNGRY WORLD.

IT IS TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF OVER 1 MILLION FARMERS AND FARMING FAMILIES.

ACROSS THE GLOBE IN GUATEMALA, UKRAINE, CROATIA, BOSNIA IN AFGHANISTAN, AZERBAIJAN, IRAQ, CAMBODIA, AND VIETNAM, ROOTS OF PEACE HAS FACILITATED THE REMOVAL OF OVER 100,000 LANDMINES AND HONEST PHOTOBOMBS AND RESTORED ONCE DEVASTATED LAND TO BOUNTIFUL AGRICULTURAL USE.

THROUGH HEIDI'S VISIONARY LEADERSHIP, ROOTS OF PEACE GAINED SUPPORT FROM NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND WORLD LEADERS BY SHOWING THE VITAL ROLE OF AGRICULTURE AND RESILIENT RECOVERY AND PEACE BUILDING.

THANKS TO HEIDI 'S UNWAVERING DEDICATION, WAS STARTED AS ONE WOMAN RADICAL IDEA FOR PEACE HAS GROWN INTO A THRIVING GLOBAL FORCE, SOWING THE SEEDS FOR PEACE AND ABUNDANCE AND NURTURING A HARVEST OF HOPE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

WE ARE PROUD TO HONOR HEIDI KUHN AS THE 2023 WORLD FOOD PRIZE LAUREATE.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, YOUR EXCELLENCY'S , AMBASSADORS, OUR FOUR KUHN CHILDREN AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER, ADELINE, TO THE ROOM AND FAMILY, TO THE BORLAUG FAMILY, AND TO MY DEAREST HUSBAND, THANK YOU FOR THIS TREMENDOUS HONOR .

I STAND HERE HUMBLED AND HONORED AS A MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN AND A GRANDMOTHER OF SEVEN, FOR THE FOOTSTEPS OF A CHILD AROUND THE WORLD IS A RISK THROUGH THE PLANTING OF AN ESTIMATED 60 MILLION LANDMINES CURRENTLY POISED IN 60 COUNTRIES.

I KNOW AS A MOTHER, IT TAKES EIGHT POUNDS TO GIVE LIFE TO A CHILD.

IT TAKES EIGHT POUNDS TO DETONATE A LAND MINE.

THE BOOT OF A SOLDIER, THE SCANDAL OF A CHILD ARE EQUALLY AT RISK TO THESE INSIDIOUS SEEDS OF HATRED THAT WE, AS HUMANS, SO UNKINDLY HAVE PLANTED IN THE SKIN , PIERCING THE SKIN OF OUR MOTHER EARTH THAT WE SHARE.

THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY WEEK, I AM SO GRATEFUL TO AMBASSADOR QUINN, AND OF COURSE, THE DISTINGUISHED WOMAN GOVERNOR AND THE WOMEN PRESIDENTS SURROUNDING ME, FROM MULTIPLE CONTINENTS.

THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUSLY SAD WEEK, I THINK, FOR THE WORLD, BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, I AM AN OPTIMIST.

I BELIEVE THIS IS A MOMENT IN HUMAN HISTORY FOR THE REMOVAL OF A LANDMINE AND THE PLANTING OF A GRAPEVINE OR TREE OF LIFE IS AN ACTIVE PIECE.

BUT FURTHERMORE, AS A LANDMINE IS REMOVED, AND THAT FRUIT TREE IS PLANTED, IT WILL FEED FUTURE GENERATIONS, AS THE 7 MILLION FRUIT TREES ARE THE LEGACY WE LEFT BEHIND IN AFGHANISTAN, BUT IF I HAVE LEARNED FROM MY FELLOW LAUREATES, BY PLANTING A TREE ALSO CREATES THE CARBON SEQUESTRATION THAT WILL RENEW THE LUNGS OF THE MOTHER EARTH THAT WE SHARE AND THE CLIMATE MAY BECOME BACK IN BALANCE THROUGH THE MINING, REPLANTING, AND REBUILDING THE WORLD.

PEACE IS POSSIBLE.

PEACE THROUGH AGRICULTURE .

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS AWARD IS NOT SOMETHING TO PUT ON A SHELF.

THIS AWARD IS A PLATFORM FOR PEACE ON EARTH , NOW.

BY REMOVING THE MINES TO VINES, THE SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES, THE BLOOD INTO WINE, IN COUNTRIES WHERE WINE IS SAVORED, AND OF COURSE, IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS AFGHANISTAN, THE GRAPEVINE REPRESENTING THE SEEDS WE HAVE IN COMMON ARE NEVER FERMENTED.

WE DO RESPECT TO THE MUSLIM CULTURE , THAT THE FRESH GRAPES AND RAISINS ARE SO CELEBRATED .

TODAY, IN AFGHANISTAN, WHERE ROOTS OF PEACE, THANKS TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, HAS ENTRUSTED ROOTS OF PEACE WITH $59 MILLION UNDER CONTRACT TODAY, AND EMPLOYING OVER 300 EMPLOYEES , AFGHANS, INCLUDING WOMEN .

AND THE 5000 WOMEN ROOTS OF PEACE HAS BEEN ABLE TO TRAIN SINCE FEBRUARY 2023 .

I THANKED MY GOVERNMENT.

[ APPLAUSE ] SO, CONTINUING ON THIS REMARKABLE WEEK, AND MEETING MY FELLOW LAUREATES, ALL BRILLIANT SCIENTISTS, ALL I KNOW FROM KITCHEN TABLE WISDOM IS TO REMOVE A LANDMINE , BUT IT LEAVES THE EARTH VOID.

I SPOKE ON THIS TO MY FELLOW LAUREATES, AND THEY SAID, WE HAVE GREAT IDEAS.

WE HAVE SCIENTIFIC WAYS THAT WE CAN REPLENISH IT.

SO, THIS MORNING, WE SIGNED A PROCLAMATION AMONG ALL THE LAUREATES , PEACE THROUGH AGRICULTURE IS OUR BATTLE CRY.

THANK YOU.

FROM THOSE TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS EXPECTED.

SO, THE HERO OF MY LIFE WALKED THE MINEFIELDS OF AFGHANISTAN BEFORE I DID, SO WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE GONE A LITTLE TOO FAR WITH THIS IDEA, BUT MY HUSBAND, GARY, WENT TO AFGHANISTAN WITH OUR SON, TUCKER BEFORE I EVER WALKED THE FIELDS OF KABUL.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY GARY, WHO HAS BEEN PROGRAM MANAGER, SILICON VALLEY EXECUTIVE, LEFT AN INCREDIBLE JOB AT IBM TO DO THIS.

GARY, AND BROOKS.

THANK YOU.

AND DR. BROOKS THOMAS KUHN, UC DAVIS, TUCKER KUHN, CEO , ROOTS OF PEACE, KYLIE KUHN, GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN, AND KRISTIN KUHN, WHO IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF NOBLE HOUSE SPICE.

AND THIS IS MY GRANDDAUGHTER, YES IT IS, ADELINE, SWEET ADELINE.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE KUHN FAMILY, WE STAND HERE AND ACCEPTED THIS BEAUTIFUL -- YES, YOU ACCEPT IT, HONEY, YES, GOOD GIRL.

THIS IS GOOD, KEEP GOING.

--WE ACCEPT THIS AWARD ON BEHALF OF THE KUHN FAMILY, THE ROOTS OF THESE FAMILY, AND FARMERS AND FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD, FROM THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA , FROM THE SOILS OF IOWA, TO THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING IN WAR-TORN LANDS, FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD.

AND LET'S DO SOMETHING, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A HISTORIC CALL TO ACTION.

ARE YOU READY?

ON BEHALF OF THE KUHN FAMILY, WE ARE COMING FORTH A LANDMINE- FREE WORLD.

JOIN US AS WE ERADICATE LANDMINES FROM THE FACE OF THIS EARTH .

ADELINE, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY?

IT TAKES EIGHT POUNDS TO DETONATE A LANDMINE, EVERYBODY.

EIGHT POUNDS OF PRESSURE.

WE CAN DO THIS.

GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE WITH A PRAYER THAT IS REPRESENTED BY CHRISTIANS, , AND MUSLIMS ALIKE , AT THIS TIME WHEN WAR IS RAGING.

MAY THEY BEAT THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES AND THEIR SPEARS INTO PRUNING HOOKS, SO THAT NATION SHALL NOT LIFT UP SWORD AGAINST NATION.

NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANYMORE.

AMEN.

>> ON WHAT WOULD BE THE 34th ANNIVERSARY OF THAT FIRST $250,000 PRIZE, THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION IS HONORED TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU, HEIDI, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE IS INCREASED TO A $500,000 AWARD.

[ APPLAUSE ] THIS WAS KEPT A SURPRISE, SO CONGRATULATIONS.

>> LIKE I SAID, I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT WITH SUCH BRILLIANT MINDS, DOING SO MUCH GOOD FOR THE WORLD.

SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ME TONIGHT, AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

IT IS SO SPECIAL, SO IMPORTANT.

I HOPE TO GET TO HANG AFTER.

IF YOU GUYS WANT TO STAND UP AND DANCE, I WOULD LOVE IT FOR THIS SONG.

YOU CAN SIT AND DANCE, BUT LET'S JUST MOVE AND HAVE SOME FUN.

THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.

THIS IS CALLED BRIDAL IN THE SUN.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >> YOU GUYS WERE AMAZING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, GUYS.

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TOGETHER, WE CAN FEED THE WORLD.

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