Ma 2004, manaʻo ʻo Steve lāua ʻo Bonnie Mackenzie-Grieve ua mākaukau lāua e hoʻolohi iki. ʻO kā lākou mau ʻoihana ʻelua ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Alberta - kahi hui mālama ʻuala a me kahi ʻoihana mahiʻai iʻa - ua holomua, akā ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ka manawa no ka ʻimi ʻana, hana hou a me ka mahiʻai lima lima a lākou i moeʻuhane ai. No laila, hāʻawi lākou i nā ʻoihana i kā lāua keiki ʻo Rob, hoʻopaʻa i kā lākou ʻeke a hele i ka ʻākau. Akau loa.
He ʻumikūmāhiku mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua maopopo ka hana ʻana o ka ʻāpana o ka papahana Mackenzie-Grieves: ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea hana ʻuala ma ke kūkulu ʻākau loa o Kanada, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokūkū a me ka hana kahiko o ka paionia i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ka ʻāpana o ka hoʻolālā e pili ana i ka lohi, akā? ʻAʻole i holo pono kēlā.
"Ua piʻi mākou ma ʻaneʻi ma ke ʻano he semi-retirement, akā ua ʻoi aku ka hana ma mua o kā mākou ma ke kūkulu hema ʻo Alberta," ʻae ʻo Steve Mackenzie-Grieve me ka ʻakaʻaka. “Akā, ʻokoʻa kā mākou hana: i kēia manawa ua paʻa mākou ma kahi mahiʻai ma mua o ka huakaʻi ʻana i nā ʻāina āpau. Ke hana nei mākou i kā mākou makemake e hana. "
Na Mackenzie-Grieves e holo i ka Yukon Grain Farm, ka ʻoihana mahiʻai nui loa a ʻoi aku ka waiwai o nā Teritori Yukon. Aia ma kahi mau minuke mai Whitehorse, ʻo Yukon Grain Farm ma waena o 200 a 300 mau ʻeka palaoa i hana ʻia i mea hānai holoholona ma ka mahiʻai, ʻeono ʻeka kāloti, a me ʻelua a ʻekolu ʻeka o kēlā me kēia parsnips, kāpeti, a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mahiʻai kahi home no 24 mau ʻeka ʻuala: ʻo ka ʻoi loa o ka uku o nā ʻeka āpau a me ka mea a Mackenzie-Grieve i kapa ai i ke kumu o kā lākou hana.
Aia nā mea maikaʻi o ka mahiʻai ma Yukon. Hiki mai ka lā kauwela he 19 hola i ka lā. "Aneane hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā mea kanu e ulu ana," wahi āna. “Hele ʻoe i laila i kekahi lā a ua kiʻekiʻe nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae; i ka lā aʻe he mau kuli lākou. He mea kupanaha. A ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā pest insect a me nā pilikia maʻi hua, ma muli o ke ʻano kaʻawale o nā māla a me ke anuanu o ka hoʻoilo.
ʻO kēlā ʻōlelo, pono nā Mackenzie-Grieves e hakakā me nā ʻano paʻakikī like ʻole i ka mahiʻai ʻana ma Yukon. "Manaʻo wau he kūpono ka ʻōlelo ʻana ma nā ʻano āpau, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e ulu i ka meaʻai ma ʻaneʻi," wahi āna.
Pono e hoʻouna ʻia kēlā me kēia mea kanu i ka ʻākau me ke kumu kūʻai nui: e noʻonoʻo $8,000 no kēlā me kēia kaʻa kaʻaahi B. ʻAʻole hiki ke kiʻi ʻia nā lako ma ka ʻāina: pono lākou e hoʻouna i kahi ʻohi ʻuala i kūkulu ʻia i hoʻokahi lālani mai Belgium a me kahi mea kanu kīʻaha lima lua mai Alberta. ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā lako, ke ʻole ʻoe makemake e uku no ka mea hoʻoponopono e lele mai British Columbia a i ʻole Alberta. Nui nā mea kanu - ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea kanu - ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokō pono i ke oʻo ʻana i ka wā ulu pōkole o ka Yukon.
“Me nā pī, ʻaʻole paha e oʻo lākou. ʻO ka pī ke ʻano o ka crapshoot. I kekahi mau makahiki e hana maikaʻi lākou. I kēia kauwela, hiki lākou i ʻeono kapuaʻi, akā ʻaʻole lākou i oʻo no ka mea ua anuanu ka pūnāwai a ʻaʻole i mahana maoli ke kauwela. Akā pono ʻoe e ulu iā lākou. Pono ʻoe i kahi mea ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻololi ʻana, no ka mea, inā ʻoe e ulu i ka ʻai ma luna o ka ʻai ma luna o ka ʻai, e hoʻopau ʻoe i kahi māla i piha i ka huelo ʻalopeke a me nā ʻoʻa hihiu, "wahi a Mackenzie-Grieve.
ʻO ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻoihana mahiʻai o Yukon ke lawe mai nei i nā pilikia. ʻO ka Yukon kahi home ma kahi o 150 mau mahiʻai wale nō, kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi wale nō e hana nei ma kēlā me kēia ʻano ʻoihana. Ma ka makahiki 2017 - ka makahiki hou loa i loaʻa ai nā helu helu - ua hoʻonui nā mahiʻai o Yukon i nā hoʻihoʻi hui ʻana ma kahi o $4.3 miliona. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻoihana ʻaʻohe mea ʻoihana.
"ʻO ka mea paʻakikī, pono mākou e hana iā mākou iho: e ulu, mālama, mālama, kūʻai aku, a no kēlā me kēia mea kanu a mākou e hana ai," wahi a Mackenzie-Grieve. ʻAʻohe ʻano hana ʻoihana no ka lawe ʻana aku, ʻo ia hoʻi, pono e kūʻai wale ʻia nā mea kanu a pau i ulu ʻia ma Yukon i nā poʻe ma kahi o 40,000 e noho ana ma Yukon.
"Ua kaupalena ʻia mākou e kā mākou mākeke. He ʻuʻuku loa kā mākou mākeke no laila pono ʻoe e hana i nā mea he nui - pono ʻoe e hoʻololi i nā mea kanu he nui - e hana i kahi hana mahiʻai. ʻO ka hana mua e noʻonoʻo i ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke ulu; ʻO ka hana ʻelua ke ʻike nei i ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai aku, "wahi a Mackenzie-Grieve. ʻO ka mea paʻakikī loa, ʻo ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻoihana ʻo ia ka poʻe holo mua e like me ka ʻohana Mackenzie-Grieve pono e noʻonoʻo i nā mea āpau iā lākou iho. ʻO ka hoʻohua ʻana i ka ʻuala he ʻano aʻo kiʻekiʻe loa, wahi āna.
Ua ʻae ʻo ia ua hoʻomaka hewa ʻo ia. Lawe mai lākou i ka hua ʻuala mai ka hema mai, no laila, lawe ʻia i loko o ka ʻōpala a me nā mea ʻino like ʻole. "Pono mākou i hoʻomaka mai ka ʻohi ʻana a i ʻole i loaʻa i kahi hua kiʻekiʻe maoli," wahi āna. "Ua lōʻihi ka manawa a mākou e hoʻoponopono ai i kēlā mau pilikia." Ua hoʻāʻo nui lākou - he nui, ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ka ikaika - o nā ʻano like ʻole. ʻO ka hapa nui he pōʻino.
“ʻAʻole hana ka hapa nui o nā ʻano like ʻole ma muli o ka nui a i ʻole ka ʻili. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻohi i ka ʻuala i mākaukau ʻole. Ma laila mākou i aʻo ai i kekahi mau haʻawina paʻakikī,” wahi āna. “He mea lua ka hua ma mua o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻili. Hiki iā mākou ke hana me kahi ʻano liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi: pono lākou e hiki ke hele wikiwiki i kahi kūlana ʻohi.
E noʻonoʻo i ka makemakika: ʻo ka mua loa e hiki ai iā lākou ke kanu i ke kolu o ka pule o Mei. Manaʻolana lākou e puka mai ma ka pule ʻelua a ʻekolu paha o Iune, akā ʻaʻole ʻike pinepine ʻia nā mea kanu ʻuala e puka mai ana a kokoke i ka hopena o ia mahina. Pono ka make nui i ka pule mua o ʻAukake - ma kahi o 50 mau lā mai ka puka ʻana mai - no laila hiki ke hōʻiliʻili i ka pule mua o Kepakemapa.
“Pono nā mea a pau e hana pololei a i ʻole ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻonohonoho i ka ʻili. Ke hana ʻia, nani lākou: maikaʻi loa nā ʻili a maʻemaʻe a palupalu. He ʻuala maʻalahi lākou e kūʻai aku inā hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi i ka ʻili, "wahi āna. "Akā ʻaʻole ia e hana mau."
Ua loaʻa iā lākou ka laki loa me Sylvana. ʻOiai ʻaʻole paha lākou i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka kūlike o ke ʻano, ʻo lākou ka ʻano kūleʻa maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻonohonoho ʻili, makemake nā mea kūʻai aku i ko lākou ʻono, a makemake ʻo ia i kā lākou pūʻulu maʻi. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole kaʻana like ka poʻe āpau i ka hoihoi o Mackenzie-Grieve: Ua hoʻopau ʻia ʻo Sylvana ma ke ʻano he ʻano hana ma 2020.
"Ua mālama ʻia kekahi o kā mākou hua ponoʻī, ʻaʻole naʻe i ka nui," wahi āna. "I kēia manawa ua haʻalele lākou i ka hana hou ʻana iā lākou, pono mākou e ʻimi i kahi ʻano hou."
He mea paʻakikī kēlā, ʻoiai ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hua i ka Yukon he kumukūʻai a kūʻokoʻa, a he liʻiliʻi nā mea kūʻai aku makemake e hoʻopau i ka manawa me nā mea liʻiliʻi e pono ai no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana. ʻOiai nā pilikia o ka mahiʻai ʻana ma Yukon, ʻaʻohe wahi āna e makemake ai. Makemake ʻo ia e ulu no ka lehulehu mahalo.
“He pāʻani ʻokoʻa loa ma ʻaneʻi. Ke mahiʻai ʻoe ma ka hema, pili ka hana a me ke kumukūʻai. Ulu ʻoe, kūʻai aku, ua hala a ʻo ia nō. Maʻaneʻi, pili loa mākou i ka poʻe e ʻai maoli i ka meaʻai a mākou e ulu ai. Loaʻa iā mākou nā manaʻo he nui. Ua ʻano nalowale ke koena o ka ʻoihana mahiʻai. Hauʻoli loa kā mākou mea kūʻai aku i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka ʻāina. "
Makemake ʻo ia e hana pū me nā limahana o ka mahiʻai a puni ka hapalua makahiki, ʻoiai he paʻakikī loa ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi me ka ʻike mahiʻai ma Yukon. "Maikaʻi kahi kumu ag, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana," wahi āna. "ʻO ke kumu e hana ai kā mākou mahiʻai no ka mea makemake kā mākou limahana mahiʻai i ka ulu ʻana i nā mea kanu a lilo i ʻāpana o kēia hui." A, aloha nui ʻo Mackenzie-Grieve iā Yukon ponoʻī.
“ʻAe, hiki ke paʻakikī loa ma ʻaneʻi. He mea pono? ʻOiaʻiʻo, "wahi āna. "Inā hiki iaʻu ke hana hou, makemake wau e piʻi mai i ʻaneʻi 20 mau makahiki ma mua."