ʻO ka ʻokoʻa mahiʻai ʻo Michigan kekahi o kāna mau hana mana, ʻoi loa i ke kauwela a me ka hāʻule ʻana o nā kau.
Eia nō naʻe, no ka poʻe ma Michigan, ʻo ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka logistic o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā meaʻai kūloko he hana paʻakikī loa ia, a makemake lākou e maʻalahi i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai hou mai nā mahiʻai kūloko.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i kahi i loaʻa mai ai kāna meaʻai, ua hoihoi ʻo Ami Freudigman. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia makemake ʻo ia i ka manaʻo o ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huahana mahiʻai a me ka ʻiʻo mai nā mahiʻai kūloko, kahi e hana liʻiliʻi ai ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i nā mea kūʻai.
ʻO nā blueberries i loko o Freudigman nā mea kūʻai kūʻai kūʻai pūnaewele ka mea nui o kēia moʻolelo.
E kōkua lākou i ka wehewehe ʻana pehea e hiki ai i Michigan ke mahiʻai i ka ʻohana, kahi lawelawe hāʻawi hale kūʻai e pili ana i kahi mākeke hou ma ke kaona ʻo Genoa, hiki ke hoʻokō i kāna ʻoihana mahiʻai.
Ua ʻōlelo ka luna lālā ʻo Tim Schroeder, ʻo Michigan Farm-to-Family e kālele ana i nā huahana kūlohelohe i ulu ʻia ma nā mahiʻai ʻo Michigan.
"Ke nānā nui nei mākou i nā huahana kiʻekiʻe, a ʻoi aku ka hana lima a me ka niche, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa," wahi a Schroeder.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tony Gelardi, ka mea nona ka Simply Fresh Market, ʻo ka wikiwiki o ke ola o ka poʻe e paʻakikī iā lākou e mālama i ka meaʻai, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka makemake i nā huahana olakino kūlohelohe mai nā mea kanu kūloko.
“Makemake mākou e ʻike hou aku ka poʻe i hiki ʻole ke hele i ka mākeke mahiʻai. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i nā waiwai, "wahi a Gelardi.
Ua ulu ka ʻeke blueberries i ka puka o Freudigman ma Better Way Farms ma Grand Junction. Hoʻohana nā mahiʻai ʻohana i nā ʻano mahiʻai hou, a ʻo kā lākou mau mahiʻai nui he mau mea kanu lāʻau i hōʻoia ʻia e ke Keʻena ʻOihana Mahiai o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Hāʻawi nā mahiʻai ʻo Livingston County i ka pipi, keleka, nā aniani a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. Hana ʻo Michigan Farm to Family me 20 a 30 mau mahiʻai ma Michigan a me kahi mahiʻai ma ka palena ʻo Indiana. Hāʻawi lākou i nā moa, nā kao, nā hipa, nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu. Hāʻawi pū lākou i nā meaʻai i hana mua ʻia mai Simply Fresh Market a me nā huahana Zingerman, a ʻoi aku.
Hiki i nā kānaka ke kauoha i nā meaʻai mai waho aku o ka mokuʻāina, e like me ka maiʻa i ulu ʻole ʻia ma ʻaneʻi. Ua'ōleloʻo Schroeder,ʻo ka hāʻawiʻana i nā huahana e like me ka maiʻa hiki ke hoʻonui i ka waiwai o nā lawelawe hoʻouna a hoʻonui i ka poʻe e hoʻopau i nā kauoha.
Hoʻi i kēlā mau blueberries: Ma ka Pōʻakolu ma mua o kēia mahina, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo Heather Clifton i kahi kauoha kūʻai no ka lā aʻe ma hope o Simple Fresh Market.
Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo Clifton i ke kauoha a Floygman a ua kau pono i nā hua ma luna o nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe i loko o ka pahu pahu i ʻole e ʻoki ʻia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa pono ʻo ia i nā mea kūʻai i loko o nā pahu, no laila ua hōʻea lākou me ke kūlana maikaʻi a nānā maikaʻi i nā mea kūʻai.
Ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o ke kauoha, mālama ʻo Clifton i nā blueberries a me nā mea kūʻai ʻē aʻe a Freudigman i loko o ka friji ma Simply Fresh Market i ka pō e mālama hou iā lākou ma mua o ka lawe ʻana.
Hoʻololi ka mahiʻai ʻo Michigan i ka ʻohana e ka leka uila i kēlā me kēia Pōʻakolu a i ka Pōʻaono. Hāʻawi lākou i nā waiwai ma Livingston County a me nā wahi e pili ana i ʻekolu lā o ka pule. Lawe lākou i ke kaʻaahi Detroit i nā manawa he nui i ka pule. ʻO ka mamao loa a lākou i hele ai ʻo ia ʻo Grand Rapids.
I ka wā i hoʻopili ai ʻo Clifton i nā blueberries, ua nānā ʻo Schroeder i nā kauoha hale kūʻai i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka lawe ʻana i ka Pōʻalima.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e loaʻa iā lākou ma kahi o 70-80 mau kauoha hoʻouna i kēlā me kēia pule. Manaʻo ʻo ia e hiki i kā lākou mau kaʻa ʻelua ke lawelawe i ʻelua mau ukana, a ke manaʻo nei lākou e hoʻonui i ka mana hana.
Ua holo aku kahi kaʻa hoʻouna i piha i nā blueberries hōkū i Northville, kahi i noho ai ʻo Freudmann me kona ʻohana. Hāʻawi ʻia ka pahu i kona puka mua, kahi i loaʻa ai ka hua kaulana i kēia manawa e kali ana iā ia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka wā maʻi maʻi, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e kauoha mai kona ʻohana mai nā mahiʻai ʻo Michigan. Makemake ʻo ia i nā huahana mahiʻai a lākou e hāʻawi ai a me nā huahana a Zingerman. ʻO Zingerman's kahi hui kokoke i Ann Arbor i loaʻa i ka ʻike aupuni a hoʻonui ʻia i ka ʻāina i nā makahiki i hala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻāʻo kona ʻohana e ʻai i ka meaʻai olakino a kaupalena i nā ʻano kemika a lākou e komo ai i ke kino. Ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi, hele lākou i Plum Market, Whole Foods, Busch's, Kroger a me nā hale kūʻai ʻē aʻe e ʻike i nā mea āpau a lākou e makemake ai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi, hiki iā ia ke kauoha i nā hale kūʻai mai ka ʻohana mai ka mahiʻai ʻo Michigan, ʻoi aku hoʻi no ka mea ke hana mamao nei ʻo ia.
Ma ka Lāpule, hana pū ʻo Freudmann a me kāna keiki ʻo Aidan, ʻeono makahiki i nā pancakes blueberry. No ka ʻike ʻana e hana ana lākou i nā blueberries kūikawā i lilo i mau hōkū media kūloko, ua hoʻohana lākou iā lākou e hana i kahi maka ʻakaʻaka i ka wā e kau ana ka pā pancake ma ka umu.
Ua hoʻokumu muaʻia ka hui ma 2016, e hoʻomaka ana mai kahi liʻiliʻi. Ua wehe ʻo ia i kahi hale kūʻai ma Simply Fresh Market i Nowemapa.
He loea meaʻai ʻo Bill Taylor ma Ann Arbor a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ia ka luna hoʻomalu ʻai nui. Ua holo mua ʻo ia i ka Eat Local Eat Natural, kahi hui kaulana e hāʻawi ana i nā hale ʻaina me nā huahana kūʻai nui. Ua banekorupa ia hui.
"ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana lawe hale kūʻai āu e ʻike ai he mau hui nui no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā ʻoihana e hana i kēia. Manaʻo wau aia mākou i kahi kūlana kūʻokoʻa i ka wā COVID. "
Ua loaʻa iā lākou nā kaʻa pahu hau, a i kēia manawa he wahi paʻa ko lākou ma ka mākeke a ua hoʻohui ʻia i loko o ke kahua mahiʻai.
E ʻoluʻolu e kelepona iā Jennifer Timar, kahi mea hoʻolaha Livingston Daily ma jtimar@livingstondaily.com. E hahai iā ia ma Twitter @jennifer_timar.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻAukake-24-2021