ʻAʻole hānau ʻo Dan Moss ma Idaho. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ulu ma Idaho. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana mahiʻai ma Idaho. Akā hoʻomaha, ʻo Dan Moss ʻo Idahoan, ma o a ma o.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Moss a hānai ʻia ma kahi mahiʻai ʻohana ma ka ʻākau o Utah. Akā i ke kolo ʻana o nā ʻāpana i kahi mamao loa a i kahi o ka Wasatch Range, ua mālamalama loa ka paʻakikī ʻana o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka mahiʻai i ka ʻāina. No laila ma 1980, ua ʻohi ʻo Moss a me kāna wahine ʻo Jann i ka ʻohana a hele aku i ka ʻākau ma I-84, kahi i hoʻomaka ai nā momona o nā lepo momona o ka Magic Valley.
ʻO ka neʻe ʻana, e waiho mālie, ua uku ʻia. I kēia lā, aia ʻo Moss Farms i ʻelima mau wahi hoʻokele i ʻekolu mau kalana: ʻelua ma ka moku ʻo Burley-Rupert ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka muliwai Snake; ʻo ka mahiʻai komohana ma Bliss; ʻo ka mahiʻai hikina ma ka muliwai Raft; a me kahi māla hua ma Sublett. I ka makahiki 2007, ua kūʻai lākou i ka Hui Uala ʻo Arrowhead, kahi e ʻūlū ʻia ai kā lākou mau papaʻaina papaʻaina (ma kahi o ka hapakolu o ka nui o ka hana ʻuala a ka Mosses) ʻO nā mea i koe - koe aku ka hua - ua ʻaelike ʻia iā McCain, Simplot a me Gem State Processing.
ʻO kā Dan lāua ko Jann keiki kāne ʻo Ryan ka mea hoʻohana mua o ka mahiʻai i kēia mau lā, akā mālama nui ʻo Dan. Pili mau ʻo ia me ka mahiʻai a me ka hale hoʻopaʻa ukana, a hohonu ʻo ia i ke kōkua ʻana e hoʻolaha i ka ʻoihana ʻuala a me ka inoa ʻo Idaho ma o kona komo ʻana i nā ʻoihana kalepa ʻoihana. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he pelekikena o ka papa ʻo potato USA ma ka makahiki 2018 a he mea kākoʻo mau i ke komo ʻana o ka ʻoihana a me nā hopena maikaʻi i kāna hana ponoʻī.
"Manaʻo wau he kumu nui ka mahiʻai ʻana ma o nā hoʻololi hanauna," wahi a Moss, "he haʻaheo maoli a aloha i ka ʻāina. I ka manawa i kīloi ai ʻoe i kou mau lima i lalo i ka lepo a puka mai kēlā mau spuds, a i ʻole nānā i kahi kalaka kō e hoʻopiha ana i mau minuke, paʻakikī e hoʻopiha i kēlā. ”
Ua ʻike ka Mosses i kahi holomua he nui i nā makahiki - i kā lākou mahiʻai, i ko lākou ʻohana, a i ka ʻoihana. Nui ka poʻe e ʻōlelo ana ua hana ʻo Mosses ma mua o kā lākou mahele kūpono e ʻike i ka holomua. Pololei lākou.
Aloha ʻo Moss i nā mea āna a me kona ʻohana i kūkulu ai ma ka hema o Idaho. Ma ke awakea o Kepakemapa ma ka lā ma ka mahiʻai ʻo Raft River, ua haʻaheo ʻo ia i ka lawe ʻia mai o nā kalala uala ma o ka pūnaewele hoʻoili. Ua hoʻi ke keikikāne mua a Ryan, ʻo Deven, i ka mahiʻai i ka manawa piha a ke hana nui nei ʻo ia e holo pono kēlā me kēia mīkini me ka hana ʻana o ka ʻuala hou i nā mea lawe he nui.
I kahi mau haneli iwilei ka mamao, ua hana ka kaikaina o Deven ʻo Austin i ka mea hōʻiliʻili. ʻO ke kaikaina ʻōpio ʻo Alex, kahi makua ma Declo High, aia nō i ke kula, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke pili ʻo ia ke poʻo i kēia ala ke kani koke kēlā bele hope. Ma o ka huhū o ka lepo, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike ma nā maka o ka ʻohana Moss i ko lākou hauʻoli nui, ʻaʻole wale no ka ʻohi ʻana i kaʻuala, akā e hana pū pū ʻia ana.
"Manaʻo wau he kumu nui ka mahiʻai ʻana ma o nā hoʻololi hanauna," wahi a Moss, "he haʻaheo maoli a aloha i ka ʻāina. I ka manawa i kīloi ai ʻoe i kou mau lima i lalo i ka lepo a puka mai kēlā mau spuds, a i ʻole nānā i kahi kalaka kō e hoʻopiha i nā minuke, paʻakikī e lawa i kēlā.
"Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā aku i kāu mahina ʻai a aia ka hau ma luna ona, a ʻo ka mea aʻe āu e ʻike nei e hana nei ʻoe i ka lepo a kanu i kāu hua," hoʻomau ʻo ia. “ʻO kēlā mau mea kanu kāu pēpē liʻiliʻi i ke kauwela a pau; ke mālama nei ʻoe iā lākou a ke nānā nei iā lākou e ulu ana. A laila hiki mai ka manawa ohi. He uku ke kau holoʻokoʻa no ka mea hoʻomaka maoli ʻoe me ka ʻole, a laila ʻike ʻoe i nā mea e holomua ana. ”
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