Hāʻawi nā mea kūʻai aku i nā ʻuala ʻo Red River Valley i kahi koho o nā pūʻulu mea kūʻai - ʻo ka mea maʻamau ʻo 3 a me 5 mau paona - me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā ʻeke nui, nā pahu a me nā totes a lākou i hoʻouna aku ai i nā mea kūʻai aku, mea kūʻai aku a me nā lawelawe mea ʻai.
Wahi a kekahi e piʻi aʻe ana ka makemake no nā pūʻulu mea kūʻai, ʻoiai ʻike kekahi e paʻa mau ana ia.
ʻO ka ʻuala pūʻolo helu no ka hapa nui o ka ʻoihana ma Nokota Packers Inc.., Buxton, ND, i ʻōlelo ʻo Mike Rerick, pelekikena hope o nā kūʻai.
Noi ka hapa nui o nā kaulahao nui no ka ʻeke 3, 4, 5 a i ʻole 10 paona.
"Noho paʻa mākou me ka koi kalepa," wahi a Rerick.
Hiki i ka ʻoihana ke ʻūlū i nā nui a nā mea kūʻai aku i noi ai.
"Kūkulu ʻia kā mākou hale no ka hoʻopili ʻana," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Ebbs a kahe nā ʻoihana pūʻolo pūʻolo, e pili ana i nā ʻaelike me nā mea kūʻai aku, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Ua koho ʻo ia he 80% o nā kūʻai aku o ka hui i loko o nā pūʻulu mea kūʻai.
"ʻO ka ʻeke 5 paona kā mākou berena a me ka bata," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Ted Kreis, ka luna kūʻai aku a me ke kamaʻilio ʻana no ka ʻO ka ʻAhahui Hoʻokala Uala o ka Plains ʻĀkau, Hikina Grand Forks, Minn.
Kaulana ka ʻeke 3-paona no ka nui B a i ʻole ka uala liʻiliʻi.
"ʻO ka uala liʻiliʻi i nā pūʻulu liʻiliʻi he mea ia," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kreis ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i kekahi mau hōʻailona e hōʻole iho ke kaulana o nā pūʻulu mea kūʻai i kēlā me kēia manawa koke, no ka mea hāʻawi lākou i nā uala maikaʻi ma kahi ʻano maʻalahi.
Ke piʻi nei nā koi no nā pūʻulu mea kūʻai ma East Grand Forks A & L Potato Co., wahi a Jenni Bruer, lunamaka kūʻai.
Hāʻawi ka ʻoihana i kahi koho ākea o nā nui mai ka ʻeke 3-paona i nā cartons 50-paona a i ʻole nā ʻeke.
Hāʻawi pū ʻo A&L Potato Co. i nā koho pūʻolo e hoʻopili me nā bales, nā pahu a me nā ipu ea hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bruer ua manaʻo ʻo ia i ka nui o nā pūʻulu mea kūʻai i kēia manawa e hoʻokau ʻia e nā mea hoʻouna me nā repackers no ka mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ia ala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole neʻe nā hōʻike nui i nā ʻuala he nui e like me ka hāʻawi ʻana o kaʻuala.
Hōʻike nui no nā mea kūʻai aku makemake wale i hoʻokahi ʻuala, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
ʻOi aku ka waiwai o nā pūʻulu mea kūʻai aku i ka holo lōʻihi, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻoiai he ʻeke i loaʻa nā ʻuala i hiki ke mālama ʻia no ʻekolu mau mahina i loko o ka pahu huki pahu hau.
Hoʻololi nā noi no ka ʻuala ʻulaʻula a me ka melemele pūʻolo i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma OC Schulz & Sons, Crystal, ND, i ʻōlelo ʻia e Dave Moquist, kahi ʻona o ka ʻoihana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua lohe ʻo ia e pono ana ke koi i kēia makahiki.
Hiki i ka firm ke ʻūlū i kekahi ʻeke nui, akā i ka lōʻihi o nā noi maʻamau no ka ʻāpana 3 a me 5 paona, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
I kekahi manawa, e noi ana ka mea kūʻai aku i kahi ʻeke 2 a i ʻole 4 paona, akā ua lilo ka 10-paona i mea pohihihi.
ʻO JG Hall & Sons, Edinburg, ND, kau i ka nui o nā huahana pūʻolo ma lalo o nā lepili pilikino a ma lalo o ka lepili ponoʻī o ka hui, wahi a Jackson Hall, ka luna.
Hoʻouna ka hui i nā pūʻulu mea kūʻai 5 a 10 mau paona o ka ʻuala ʻulaʻula a melemele a hana i kahi kuapo nui i 5 mau paona mai nā paona lawelawe paona 50 paona ke kū ʻo COVID-19, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Ua hoʻonui ʻia ke kūʻai aku ʻana i kekahi mau huaʻai pūʻulu a me nā mea ulu i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku e hōʻiliʻili i nā mea ʻai a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i mālama ai i ka wā o ka maʻi ahulau coronavirus.
Akā ʻaʻole manaʻo ka poʻe mahi ʻuala ʻo ia ka hihia no kā lākou huahana.
"He ʻokoʻa kaʻuala no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou mākaukau e ʻai," wahi a Rerick.
Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe kūʻai aku e kuke i kaʻuala ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana iā lākou, no laila ʻaʻohe makaʻu nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka COVID-19 mai kaʻuala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bruer ua heluhelu ʻo ia i kēia manawa ʻaʻole i lawe ʻia ʻo COVID-19 i ka meaʻai.
Ma waho aʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "ʻAʻole makemake ʻia kaʻuala e ʻai maka."
ʻO nā mea bacteria i hiki ke noho ma laila e luku ʻia e ka paila ʻana, ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana, ka microwaving a i ʻole ka ʻānai ʻana.
"He huahana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa lākou."