Ua komo ka mea kanu uala ʻIlani a me ka packer Meade Potato Company i ka makeke huahana starch ma o ka lawe ʻana i ka starch mai nā koina keu a me nā hana ʻuala i hana ʻia e nā huahana. ʻO ka mahele unuhi ma ka Meade Farm ma Lobinstown, ʻo Co. Meath kahi kū hoʻokahi o ka starch grade meaʻai i hana indigenously no nā mea hana meaʻai ma ʻIlani a me UK.
ʻO ka makahiki ma ka makahiki o ka ulu ʻana o ka mākeke starch ma 9% no nā makahiki ʻeono i hala ma muli o ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pōpō paʻa, ʻai ʻole a me nā meaʻai ʻole kō.
Manaʻo ʻo Meade Potato Company e hoʻopiʻi kā lākou starch i nā mea hana meaʻai no ka mea ʻaʻohe gluten a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka viscosity ma mua o ka starch corn. Lana ko lākou manaʻo e kōkua ia i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻōpala o ka meaʻai, ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe i ka hua o ka ʻuala lāhui, hoʻonui i ka hakahaka o ka lawe mai a hana i nā manawa kūwahi hou.
I ka makahiki 1996, ʻo ka Meade Potato Company ka hui ʻIlani mua i lawe aku i ka ʻuala e ka ukana moku i ʻEulopa no nā mea hana starch ma waho. Ua hoʻomau lākou i ka lawe aku i nā makahiki he 20 i hala aku nei akā ua kia nui i kā lākou ʻoihana nui o ka hāʻawi ʻana i kaʻuala, hua a me nā mea kanu i ka mākeke kūʻai liʻiliʻi.
ʻO kā lākou huakaʻi hou loa i ka hana ʻana i ka starch e kū i ka hoʻokō i ka loli, ka hana hou a me ka hoʻomau.
ʻO Philip Meade Jr. Luna Hoʻokele o ka Meade Potato Company:
"Mai ka hoʻomaka mua ʻana o koʻu makuakāne i ka ʻoihana ʻuala ma mua o 40 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua ʻimi nei mākou i nā mākeke hou a ke hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻonui i ka waiwai nui i ka hua ʻuala. ʻO kā mākou komo i loko o ka mākeke starch kahi hoʻomohala kūlohelohe o kā mākou ʻoihana - e hele nei mai ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka ʻuala no ka hana ʻana o ka starch ma waho o ka ʻāina, ke hoʻonohonoho nei i ka ʻili ʻana i ka ʻuala a me nā laina hana ʻana a ke hoʻopukapuka hou nei i kahi ʻāpana unuhi starch ma kā mākou mahiʻai.
"Lana ko mākou manaʻo e hoʻonui ia i ka mākeke ʻuala a hāʻawi i nā mea hana meaʻai i kahi kūloko a me kahi koho kūloko kūloko no ka starch."
Ua hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻokuʻu aku i UK a lana ka manaʻo e hoʻonui i loko o nā mākeke hoʻolilo ʻē aʻe i nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana.
ʻO Cliona Costello, Paul Monaghan, Philip Meade Jr. & Robert Devlin o ka Meade Potato Company ma ka hoʻōlapa ʻia ʻana o ka hui o ka unuhi starch o ka hui.
ʻO Cliona Costello, Luna Hoʻokele R&D ma Meade's:
"ʻO kā mākou mau hōʻoia ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana Irelani ikaika i ka hoʻomau ʻana a me kahi ʻāpana o ka papahana hōʻoia ʻĀina Green ke kōkua nei iā mākou e wehe i nā puka i waho. He aha ka mea e sila ai ka ʻaelike he huahana maikaʻi loa ia. ”
Ua hoʻohui ka ʻoihana i nā hana pololei he ʻumi a me nā hana he 50 ʻole i kahi kuaʻāina ma ke awāwa ʻo Boyne. E hoʻohele hapa ʻia ka mea kanu e ka turbine makani, me ka hoʻolālā ʻana ma kahi no 300kw o nā paneli o ka lā e pono ai ke hoʻokele i ka hana ikehu o ka mea kanu.
Ua manaʻo ʻia i loko o nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana, e hoʻoliʻiliʻi ʻia nā lawe ʻana o ke kalapona i loko o ʻIlalani e 90 mau tonnes e pili ana i nā wanana kūʻai aku a Meade.
ʻO Eleanor Meade, Luna Hoʻokele ʻOihana:
"ʻO nā initiative e like me kēia e hoʻopili nei i ka hana hou i ka hoʻomau ʻana ke kumu o kā mākou ʻoihana mahiʻai ʻohana; Kālele lākou i nā pahu āpau o ka hoʻopihapiha ʻana i kahi āpau nui ma ka mākeke me kahi hopena akamai e hoʻokele ʻia e ka hoʻokele hoʻokele. "
Hoʻokahi ka uala i hoʻokahi hola a me kahi huakaʻi ma kahi o approx. 300 mau mika o nā mīkini ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i starch. Hiki iā ia ke lawe mai ʻehiku a ʻewalu mau tona o kaʻuala e hana i hoʻokahi tone o ka starch e pili ana i ka mea maloʻo, ka ʻano a me ka manawa o ka makahiki.
Ma ke ala, hele ka ʻuala i nā pae he 22 ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i starch meaʻai meaʻai maikaʻi. Hoʻohana ka pae rasping i nā pahi 102 e hele ana i 2500 revolutions i kēlā me kēia minuke a hōʻea ka mea puhi ahi i 180 °.
Ke ʻimi nei lākou i kēia manawa i ka hiki ke hoʻololi i ko lākou starch i hiki ai ke hoʻohana ʻia i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻōpala compostable. ʻO lākou ka hui mua ʻIrika e hoʻolauna i ka 100% compostable pillow pack potato packaging.
ʻO kā lākou ʻeke hōʻano hou ʻo Meade 2kg White Uala e hoʻohana ana i kahi pepa i kāwili ʻia me ka bioplastic i kāwili ʻia me ka mesh. E hoʻokuʻu ana lākou i kahi papa hana compostable 100% home no kā lākou huahana i ka makahiki hou.
I ka makahiki hou e loli ana ka ʻoihana i kā lākou mea kūʻai aku e kū pono ana i ka inoa ʻo Meade Farm a me kā lākou ʻoihana i ka inoa ʻoihana ʻo Meade Farm Group e hōʻike pono i kā lākou mōhai agribusiness like ʻole.