Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Oregon State University i kahi kālā $50 miliona mai ka US Department of Agriculture e hana pū me ka poʻe mahiʻai a me Native American Tribes ma nā hana ʻoki e hiki ai ke hoʻoikaika i ke olakino lepo a hoʻemi i ka wāwae kalapona o ka ʻoihana ʻuala Pākīpika Northwest.
Ke hui pū nei ʻo Oregon State University me ke Kulanui o Idaho a me Washington State University, nā lāhui Tribal, nā hui kūʻai a me nā ʻoihana hana ʻuala ma ka papahana ʻelima makahiki i loaʻa kālā ma lalo o ka ʻO ka papahana Partnerships a USDA for Climate-Smart Commodities".
ʻO ia kekahi o nā papahana 70 a hiki i $ 2.8 biliona kālā i kākoʻo ʻia e ka USDA e kākoʻo i ka poʻe mahiʻai, kahu hānai a me nā mea nona nā ululāʻau a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā kaiāulu a me nā kaiāulu ʻAmelika ma o ke kūkulu ʻana i nā mākeke no ka mea a ka USDA e kapa nei i nā mea kūʻai akamai i ke anuanu, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kanu ʻana i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo. nā hana kūpaʻa ea ma ka ʻai a me ka mahiʻai.
"Pono ʻo Oregon State University e komo i kēia manawa hoʻokahi i ke ola e kōkua i ka ʻoihana ʻuala, nā ʻohana ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe o nā ʻano nui a me nā ʻano like ʻole e lilo i ʻāpana o ka hoʻonā aupuni i nā pilikia aniau." Jeffrey Steiner, alakaʻi papahana a me ka luna o ka OSU Global Hemp Innovation Center.
e like me ka helu USDA. Ma kahi kokoke i 500,000 mau ʻeka ʻuala i hoʻoulu ʻia ma nā mokuʻāina ʻekolu.
Hoʻohana maʻamau ka hana ʻana i ka ʻuala i nā hana e hoʻopilikia nui ai i ka lepo, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka ʻohi ʻana, no laila ʻaʻole e kūkulu ʻia nā mea organik a nalowale nā kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka lewa, wahi a nā alakaʻi o ka papahana. Hoʻolālā ʻia kēia papahana no ke kōkua ʻana i ka poʻe mahiʻai e makemake ana e hoʻohana i nā hana hoʻomaʻamaʻa ola kino lepo e loaʻa ai nā hopena akamai i ke aniau.
ʻO ka mokuʻāina ʻo Oregon a me nā hoa hana ma nā kulanui a me ka Soil Health Institute, kahi nonprofit ma North Carolina, e kālele ana i ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻuala me ka ʻuala, kēlā mau mea kanu i hana ʻia i loko o ʻekolu mau makahiki ma waena o nā makahiki hana ʻuala. nā hopena o nā hana hoʻopilikia lepo. ʻO nā mea kanu ʻai ʻai ʻai, ʻo ka alfalfa, ke kulina, ka hemp a me nā aniani. ʻO nā hana akamai e pili ana i ke aniau, ʻo ia ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā mea kanu mahiai, ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kanu uhi a me nā koena mulching.
Manaʻo ka poʻe noiʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hui kūpono o kēia mau ʻenehana hiki ke hoʻonui nui i nā mea organik lepo, e hōʻemi i ka nalowale o nā mea kanu o ka lepo a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka paʻa wai o ka lepo - nā hoʻomaikaʻi e hoʻonui ai i ke olakino o ka lepo, mālama i ka wai a alakaʻi i nā hopena akamai.
E loiloi ka hui papahana i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻuala a me nā mea kanu rotation i kēia manawa ma nā mahiʻai maʻamau a me nā mea kanu a me nā ʻāina ʻōiwi ʻAmelika. Ma ke aʻo ʻana i nā mea i hana ʻia i kēia manawa a me ke ana ʻana i nā kūlana lepo o nā mahina ʻai i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka papahana, a laila e hana pū ka hui me nā mahiʻai a e hana nā alakaʻi Tribal e ʻike i nā hana hoʻomaʻamaʻa olakino lepo a me nā koho hoʻololi e hana no kā lākou mahiʻai a me ka ʻāina. kūlana.
E nānā ʻia nā hopena o nā loli ma ke ana ʻana i ka ʻikepili lepo. E hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻikepili i nā hiʻohiʻona e hōʻoia i ka hana ʻana o nā ala. E loaʻa i ka poʻe mahiʻai komo a me nā ʻohana ʻAmelika ʻAmelika nā uku hoʻoikaika e hoʻopau i nā kumukūʻai mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hana akamai i ke aniau a me ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā pilikia o nā lilo hoʻomaka.
"Makemake mākou e hāʻawi i ka ʻuala a me nā mea mahiʻai ʻē aʻe i mea hoʻoikaika no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hana akamai i ke aniau i kūpono no lākou a me kā lākou kūlana mahiʻai," wahi a Steiner.
E kōkua pū ka papahana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ala e kūʻai aku ai a hoʻolaha i nā ʻuala akamai i ke aniau a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. Manaʻo kekahi o nā mea hana i ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā huahana mea kūʻai aku i hiki ke hāʻawi i kahi kumukūʻai akamai i ke aniau i ka poʻe mahiʻai a me nā mea hana.
ʻO ka poʻe e hana pū ana me OSU, University of Idaho a me Washington State nā mea noiʻi a me nā loea Extension ma ka papahana ʻo ka Soil Health Institute, LoCo +, 7 Generations LLC, Industrial Hemp Association of Washington, Yakima Nation: Confederated Tribes and Bands, Nez Perce Tribe, Lamb Weston , Frito-Lay, Threemile Canyon Farms, Mart Produce, Simplot, Marc Staunton, Scotty Fenters, GMP Orchards LLC, Selkirk Ag LLC a me Triangle Ranch.
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