Pēlā ʻo Karlene Hardy e wehewehe ai i ka poʻe mai ʻō a ʻō o ka ʻāina a lāua me kāna kāne ʻo Randy i ʻike a hana pū ai me nā makahiki he 50 o ka wahine ma ka ʻoihana ʻuala.
ʻĀ, inā he ʻohana ia, hiki ke kapa ʻia ʻo Randy lāua ʻo Karlene Hardy i kona makuakāne a me ka makua kāne. Ua hoʻolaʻa lākou i ka nui o ko lākou ola i ka ʻoihana ʻuala US e like me kēlā me kēia. ʻOiai ke kanu ʻia o ko lākou aʻa a kanu mau i ka hohonu o ka lepo momona o kā lākou kamaʻāina ʻo Oakley, Idaho - kahi e ʻohi ai kā lākou 50th e hōʻiliʻili i kēia hāʻule - hiki mamao aku kā lākou hiki i waho o ke awāwa liʻiliʻi a lākou i kapa ai he home.
Akā e hoʻomaka me ko lākou home. Ua male ʻia nā ipo o ke kula kiʻekiʻe ma 1972 i ka makahiki 19 a hui pū me nā mākua o Randy ma ka mahiʻai. I ʻelua mau mahina ma hope mai, ua hala aku kona makuakāne me ka manaʻo ʻole, hoʻolei ʻo ia i ka wahine hou i ka hopena hohonu kokoke mai ke kiʻi. Akā makemake lākou e ʻauʻau, no laila ʻauʻau lākou. Ma kahi o 50 mau kau e ulu nei, ua ulu ka mahiʻai mai 300 mau eka a i kahi o 2,800 i kēia lā. ʻEono haneli o kēlā mau ʻeka i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no nā ʻuala, a piha ia mau mea āpau ma Sun Valley Potato, kahi hui mahiʻai a Hardys i hui pū ʻia me Hardys i hui pū ʻia i ka makahiki 1997. ʻO Randy ka luna o ka papa ma laila mai ka makahiki 2010. He 19 ko Sun Valley Potato i kēia manawa ʻo nā mea nāna nā mea ulu e hoʻonui i ka laulā o ka hema o Idaho.
"ʻO wau ka luna ma Sun Valley, i koʻu manaʻo, kekahi o kaʻu mau hana nui i ka ʻoihana," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Ua hala aku nei ia mai ka pili liʻiliʻi ʻana a lilo i hoʻokahi o nā hale ʻeke ʻelima a ʻeono hoʻi o ka mokuʻāina nui loa. ʻO mākou wale nō ka co-op i hoʻokahe ʻia ma Idaho, a ua kōkua kēlā kūkulu iā mākou a me nā mea ulu ʻē aʻe āpau i nā makahiki i hala.
I ka makahiki 1994, ua koho ʻia ʻo Randy ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka US Potato Board (i kēia manawa ʻo Potatoes USA), a ʻaʻole i liʻuliʻu e ʻike ka poʻe iā ia. I kekahi mau makahiki ma hope o kona hoʻolauna ʻana i ka papa - a ma mua o ka mea āna i manaʻo ai - ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i luna hoʻomalu. ʻO kahi kau ma ka National Potato Council (me hoʻokahi makahiki o ka pelekikena) i ukali ʻia ma hope koke iho. A laila ʻeono mau makahiki ma ke Komikina Uala ʻo Idaho.
"ʻAʻole ia koʻu manaʻo," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Akā i loko o kekahi mau makahiki pōkole, he alakaʻi wau no lākou āpau. Kupaianaha maoli nō ia. ”
Ua hala ʻo Karlene i kēlā mau makahiki i ke hele pū ʻana me Randy, akā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "He wahine wale nō wau, a ua maikaʻi koʻu wā kahiko." Eia hou nō naʻe, ua hoʻomālamalama ʻia ke kuko no ka ʻoihana, a ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i ka Papa Uala US ma ka haʻalele ʻana o Randy. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, ua ʻike ʻo ia iā ia iho ma ke kōmike hoʻokō, e hōʻoia ana ua lohe ʻia ʻo Oakley, Idaho, mai kahi pae aupuni.
"ʻO ka ʻāpana o kēlā ʻohana ʻuala kahiki ka mea nui o ka mea kanu uala," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻopaʻa pū i kēlā hui he hilinaʻi like i ke Akua me kāu hana o kou ola. ʻO ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o kēlā hui he pōmaikaʻi nui loa ia. ”
ʻO wau wale nō kahi mahiʻai Hardy hanauna ʻelua. Ua hoʻomaka koʻu makuakāne ma ka waena o 60 a ua kūʻai wau i ka mahiʻai 200 ʻeka mai koʻu makuahine i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 70's i ka manawa i hala ai koʻu makuakāne. Ke hoʻomaka nei wau i koʻu makahiki 48th o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kaʻuala. Ke hana nei kā mākou keiki ʻo Ben, a me kona ʻohana i ka mahiʻai. Haʻaheo wau i ka mahiʻai no ka mea… nui ka ʻoluʻolu i ka ulu ʻana i nā mea kanu e kōkua ai i ka hānai ʻana i ka honua, ʻaʻohe mea e aʻo i ka waiwai a me ka uku o ka 'hana nui' ma mua o ka ulu ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i kahi mahiʻai.
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