ʻO ka ʻoki aelike ka hopena nui i kā lākou hana akā ua hoʻohui ʻoi loa ka ʻeha o kēia makahiki iā lākou.
Na George Fullerton
Ua hoʻomau nā mahiʻai ʻuala ʻo New Brunswick ʻo Brent lāua ʻo Carol Anderson i ka moʻomeheu a Anderson no ka ʻohi ʻana i kā lākou mau mea kanu a mālama pono ʻia i kēia hāʻule. ʻO Brent ke kolu o ka hanauna o Andersons, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Beechwood, NB, e hoʻomau i ka moʻomeheu mahiʻai.
Aia ka mahiʻai ma ke Alanui Cahill ma waenakonu ʻo Carleton County a he mau mile ma ka hikina o ka Saint John River.
Ua hana nā kūpuna o Brent ʻo John lāua ʻo Edith Anderson i kahi mahiʻai huikau 50-ʻeka ma ka wahi. I ka wā i maʻi nui ai ʻo John me ka maʻi kō, ua lawe ʻia kā lāua keiki kāne ʻo Dean, Frank, a me Gordon mai ke kula e hele i ka kanu ʻana i ka pūawai a me nā hana mahiʻai nui.
E like me ka nui o ko lākou hanauna, ʻaʻole nui ke kula ma hope o kēlā. Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo Dean lāua ʻo Frank iā lāua iho i ka mahiʻai, ʻoiai ʻo Gordon i ʻimi ai i kahi hana ʻē aʻe.
I ka makahiki 1956, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Dean lāua ʻo Frank e hana i ka ʻuala iā McCain Foods, e hāʻawi ana i ka mea kanu palai Farani ma Florenceville. ʻO nā kaikuaʻana ʻelua o Anderson, me ke kākoʻo hoʻolaʻa a kā Dean wahine a Clara, i hoʻomau i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ʻāina a kūkulu i ka hana, a haʻalele i nā mea maikaʻi ʻole o ka mahiʻai huikau a me ka noʻonoʻo nui ʻana i kaʻuala a me nā mea kanu kālā ʻē aʻe. Ma waho aʻe o ka hana kuʻikahi ʻana iā McCain, ua ulu lākou i ka ʻuala hua a kūʻai aku i ka ʻuala papaʻaina. Ua hana pū lākou i nā peas i hoʻopaʻa ʻia iā McCain, a ulu i nā hua i ka huli ʻana me kaʻuala.
Ma o ko lākou noho ʻana, ulu ka poʻe kaikuaʻana ʻo Anderson i ka hana ma kahi o 175 mau eka o ka hana ʻuala i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ua ʻike ʻia nā kaikaina i kekahi mau manawa e Nā Mea ʻai ʻo McCain ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi o nā mea hana kiʻekiʻe-10 o ka ʻoihana.
HANA HOU
I ka makahiki 1986, ke kakali nei ʻo Dean lāua ʻo Frank i ka hoʻomaha loa a hoʻomaka i ka hoʻokele hoʻokele iā Dean a me ke keiki a Clara ʻo Brent a me kāna wahine ʻo Carol.
Ua hoʻomau ʻo Brent lāua ʻo Carol me ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻokele a me ka ulu ʻana o Anderson Farms Ltd. I loko o nā makahiki he 30 i hala aku nei, ua ʻike ʻia ka mahiʻai e 16 mau manawa ʻo McCain Foods ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi o kāna mea hana he 10 kiʻekiʻe a loaʻa ʻelua manawa i ka makana moho ulu. .
Ua kūkulu ka hanauna o nā luna i kēia manawa i ka hana o kaʻuala a hiki i kahi o 500 mau eka i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Mau ka waiwai o ka waiwai o ka ʻohana ma ka hana. Hoʻohana ʻo Brent lāua ʻo Carol i kā lāua keikikāne ʻo Ryan ma kahi manawa holoʻokoʻa a me kā lāua kaikamahine ʻo Cara i kahi manawa manawa, me ke kaikaina o Brent ʻo Stacey, nā hoahānau ʻo Terry Anderson lāua ʻo Calvin Ruff, ka hoahānau o Laurie Crain, a ʻo Jordan Wade, Trudy ʻO Vail, a me Ryan Crain.
"He hui hoʻolaʻa loa kā mākou o nā limahana a ke hoʻomau nei lākou i ka hāʻawi nui i kā mākou kūleʻa," wahi a Brent. "Kuhi wau i kā mākou moʻo'ōlelo maikaʻi maikaʻi i kā mākou nānā i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻohuli hua maikaʻi. Hahai mākou i kēlā me kēia hua ʻai me kahi makahiki palau, kahi mākou e kanu ai i ka hui ʻana o ka clover a me ka alfalfa. ʻOkiʻoki ʻia ka hua me kahi mower batwing a palau ʻia i lalo e hoʻohui i nā meaola i ka lepo a hoʻonui i ka hana olaola. He aʻa hohonu a ikaika hoʻi kā ka alfalfa, ka mea e komo a wāwahi i ka hoʻopili ʻana o ka lepo a pōmaikaʻi i ka kaohi wai i nā lepo.
Ma hope o ka palau ʻana, kanu ʻia nā mahina ʻai i ka ʻoka, a hāʻawi ʻia ia mau mea i ka Quaker Oats no ka ʻai kanaka. Hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻoka i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i nā Grains Hikina ma Drummond, NB, kahi e hoʻomaʻemaʻe, hoʻomaloʻo, a mālama ʻia ka hua, a hoʻouna ʻia i waho i nā wahi hana Quaker.
I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ʻoi aku ma mua o 90 pākēneka o kā Andersons 'uala i hana ai i ka McCain Foods, me ke kaulike i nā mākeke papa. ʻO nā ʻano ʻē aʻe i hana ʻia me Russet Burbank, Shepody, a me Innovator.
Loaʻa nā hua uala mai ke aupuni o New Brunswick ʻO Bon Accord Elite Seal Potato Center ma ke ʻano he kumupaʻa E1, kahi a nā Andersons i kanu ai ma ke ʻano he E2 i ka puna aʻe. Kūʻai ʻia ka ʻohi ma ke ʻano he huahana E3 iā McCain Foods.
Hāʻule FERTILIZING
I ka hāʻule, ma mua o ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻuala, hoʻohālikelike ʻia nā māla i ka laulau me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā poloka ʻeka ʻeka. Hoʻopili ʻia nā māla a momona me kahi kalaka hoʻolaha GPS i hoʻomākaukau ʻia e County Lime Ltd. e like me nā koi no nā wahi kikoʻī o nā māla.
"Nui ka hana a ka wā puaʻa a me ka momona no ka hua o kaʻuala i ka honua e pale i kekahi o nā hana o ka wā puna," wahi a Brent.
Ma ke ʻano he mea hana a McCain, pono e kau inoa nā Andersons i ka Polokalamu KanadaGAP (Maikaʻi Mahi Mahiai) he polokalamu hōʻoia hōʻoia palekana no ka meaʻai. Loaʻa iā lākou kahi loiloi piha i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki ʻehā a hiki i ka loiloi maʻamau i nā makahiki i hala.
Pono ka papahana i ka mālama ʻana i nā moʻolelo kikoʻī.
Nānā nui nā loiloi i ka traceability mai nā hua ma o nā pōʻaiapuni hana a me ka lawe ʻana i nā mea kanu hana. Nānā nā loiloi i nā moʻolelo o nā hoʻokomo, nā kaʻapuni āpau, ka mālama ʻana i nā kemika, ka noi ʻana, a me ka hoʻolei ʻana i nā ipu, a me nā hana hana he nui hou aku.
I kēia makahiki, ua ʻākoʻako ka Andersons i kā lākou ʻohi ʻuala i ka pule mua o ʻOkakopa. Wahi a Brent, ka hui pū ʻana o Covid-19 a ke kau maloʻo o kēia kauwela i hana ʻia no kahi kau paʻakikī loa.
Ma muli o ka hoʻopili ʻana o ka maʻi ahulau i nā ʻoihana hale ʻaina maikaʻi, ma ka liʻiliʻi no ka manawa pōkole, ua nui ka hōʻemi ʻana o ka noi no nā fries Farani. A ʻo kahi hopena, ua hoʻolaha ʻo McCain Foods he 15 pākēneka e ʻoki ai i nā ʻaelike kuʻuna a nā mea hana no 2020.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Brent ua hopena ka hopena o ka ʻaelike i kā lākou hana akā ua hoʻohui ʻoi loa ka ʻeha o kēia makahiki iā lākou.
"ʻO ka maloʻo ka mea maikaʻi loa i ʻike ʻia i koʻu wā e ola ana," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Ua hana ia iā mākou i kahi hōʻemi hana o 30 a 40 pakeneka. He makahiki paʻakikī loa kēia no nā mea hana a pau. ”
ʻOiai ka deficit o ka hana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Brent he maikaʻi loa ke ʻano o kā lākou ʻuala.