I 2020, HZPC ʻAmelika ua hoʻokumu i ka papahana makahiki he nui 'ʻO ka nani ʻuala' me ka University of Massachusetts Dining Program (UMass) no ke kumu o ka hana noiʻi a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā haumāna a me nā limahana i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka ʻuala. Ua pepehi kēia i ʻelua manu me ka pōhaku hoʻokahi: Aʻo hou ʻo UMass e pili ana i ka ʻuala, a loaʻa iā HZPC ka ʻike hou aku i nā manaʻo a me nā ʻano e pili ana i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻuala.
Ua wehewehe ʻo Jeff Scramlin, ka luna hoʻomalu o HZPC Americas i ke kumu he mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻuala ʻAmelika: "Ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, ʻaʻole maopopo a mahalo ʻia ka ʻuala e like me ʻEulopa. Ua ʻike mākou i ka emi ʻana o ka ʻai ʻuala ma US a Kanaka ma lalo o ka mana o nā meaʻai. ʻAi pinepine ka poʻe i ka ʻuala akā hana lākou pēlā ma nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi.
"Inā makemake mākou e hoʻohuli i ke kai, he mea nui ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe e pili ana i ka ʻuala a me kā lākou ʻai ʻana. Ua hoʻoholo mākou e hana i ka noiʻi ʻana i kēia ma waena o Generation Z (Gen Z), nā poʻe i hānau ʻia ma waena o 1996 a me 2015. He mana ko kēia hanauna i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻuala i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
He hoa pili pono
ʻAʻole emi ma lalo o 70% o nā ʻano meaʻai hou e hoʻomaka i ka ʻoihana lawelawe meaʻai. Hāʻawi ʻo UMass Dining i 50,000 mau meaʻai i ka lā a ua loaʻa mua i nā makana like ʻole. ʻO ka UMass Dining kahi mea hoʻolaha ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
Ke hana nei ke kulanui i nā noiʻi maʻamau i waena o nā haumāna, kahi i nīnau ʻia ai lākou, no ka laʻana, e pili ana i kā lākou ʻai a me kā lākou makemake. He 80-85% ka pane pinepine o nā noiʻi a no laila hāʻawi i ka ʻike he nui. He hoa maikaʻi ʻo UMass no ka HZPC e hana pū me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike nui i ka ʻoihana lawelawe meaʻai a me Generation Z.
ʻIke i ke ʻano hoʻohana
“He hui hoihoi loa kēia no HZPC, no ka mea hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā nīnau nīnau ma waena o nā haumāna i ka hoʻomaka a me ka hopena o ke kau. Ma ka hana mau ʻana i ka noiʻi ʻana a me ka manawa lōʻihi, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ka hopena o kā mākou papahana i ke kūʻai ʻana a me ka ʻai ʻana o nā haumāna. I kēlā me kēia kau kau, hana mākou me ʻelima mau haumāna e hana ana ma ke ʻano he ʻelele haumāna no ka hoihoi ʻana i nā haumāna ʻē aʻe i ka ʻuala.
"Hoʻonohonoho pū mākou i nā ʻano hoʻolaha a me nā hana hoʻolaha a hana pū me nā chefs. ʻO kahi hana koʻikoʻi mua ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kiʻi o ka ʻuala: ma kahi o ka pōpō calorie kiʻekiʻe o ka starch, ʻo ka ʻuala, ma mua o nā mea āpau, he mea kanu olakino," wehewehe ʻo Jeff.
E aʻo hou e pili ana i ka ʻuala
Ua pōmaikaʻi ke kulanui i ka hana pū ʻana me kahi mea pāʻani honua ma ka mākeke ʻuala.
'Ōleloʻo Jeff: "HZPC maʻamau e lawe mai me ia i ka nui o ka ʻike e pili ana i ka ʻuala. Hāʻawi mākou i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka ulu ʻana i ka ʻuala akā ke aʻo pū nei mākou e pili ana i ka hiki ʻole o nā ʻano ʻuala. Wehewehe mākou i nā ʻokoʻa a pehea ʻoe e hoʻohana ai i nā ʻuala like ʻole i nā kīʻaha. Hōʻike mākou i nā haumāna a me nā limahana pehea e wehewehe ai i ka ʻuala ma muli o ko lākou ʻili ʻili a ʻaʻole ʻo nā ʻuala melemele a pau he 'Yukon Golds'.
Kanu ana i ka anoano
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka noiʻi mua i hana ʻia e UMass Dining e noho mau ka ʻai ʻana o nā haumāna i kā lākou aʻo ʻana ma hope o ka puka ʻana. Ma ka wehewehe ʻana e pili ana i ka ʻuala i kēia hanauna a me ka hōʻike ʻana iā lākou pehea e hoʻomākaukau ai i nā ʻuala like ʻole, ke kanu nei ʻo HZPC i kahi hua no ka wā e hiki mai ana. Aia iā lākou ke kī o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻai ʻuala ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jeff e pili ana i kēia: "Manaʻo mākou e kōkua ʻo Potato Glory iā mākou e hoʻololi maoli i ke kiʻi a me ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻuala. Inā hoʻomaka ka poʻe kūʻai e mahalo nui i ka ʻuala a ʻike hou i ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hana me lākou, a laila e piʻi aʻe ka noi no ka ʻuala. He mea kōkua inā e hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka ʻuala ma ka ʻeke mai kēia manawa aku: pehea e hoʻomākaukau ai a me nā kīʻaha āu e hoʻohana ai.
"ʻO ka hoʻohālikelike kokoke ʻana me nā koi a me nā pono o nā mea kūʻai aku e kāhea aku i nā loli e hana ʻia i ka ʻoihana ʻuala. ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu nui, ʻo ia ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻuala i huahana me ka nui o ka waiwai i hoʻohui ʻia ma mua o ka huahana kumu e kū nei i kēia manawa. E ʻike ʻia nā ʻano ʻuala o HZPC ma ka palapala ʻāina.