Sun Valley Rice, founded in 2000, produces medium-grain

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. In 2019 it became the first US company to export rice to

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. Founded by father and son Michael and Ken LeGrande, the company is based in

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. The company sells its rice to other countries around the world, in addition to its new contract with China. Sun Valley Rice is a member of the LaGrande Family Foods Group, a family owned company which has been involved in agriculture in the

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for almost 100 years. The area is one of the few in the world where both short and medium-grain rice can grow. The company was chosen to be the first to sell rice to China after a Chinese law prohibiting the sale of

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in China was lifted in 2018 because of its familiarity with Asian cultures, especially

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and

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