ʻO ke ʻano mahiʻai like ʻole o Michigan kekahi o kāna mau hana mana, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā kau ʻohiʻohi kauwela a me ka hāʻule.
Eia nō naʻe, no ka poʻe ma Michigan, he hana paʻakikī nō ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ke ʻano o ka lawe ʻana i ka meaʻai mai kahi kūloko, a makemake nui lākou e maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai hou mai nā mahiʻai kūloko.
Ua hoihoi ʻo Ami Freudigman i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi i loaʻa mai ai kāna meaʻai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia makemake ʻo ia i ke kumumanaʻo o ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huahana mahiʻai a me ka ʻiʻo mai nā mahiʻai kūloko, kahi e hana iki ʻia ai ma mua o ka hiki ʻana aku i nā mea kūʻai.
ʻO nā hua blueberries ma ke kauoha hoʻouna hale kūʻai pūnaewele a Freudigman nā mea nui o kēia moʻolelo.
E kōkua lākou e wehewehe pehea e hiki ai iā Michigan farm-to-family, kahi lawelawe lawe meaʻai e pili ana i kahi mākeke hou ma ke kaona ʻo Genoa, ke hoʻokō i kāna misionari mahiʻai-a-papaʻaina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tim Schroeder, ka luna lālā, e kālele ana ʻo Michigan Farm-to-Family i nā huahana kūlohelohe i ulu ʻia ma nā mahiʻai o Michigan.
"Ke kālele nui nei mākou i nā huahana kiʻekiʻe, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea i hana lima ʻia a me nā niche, kahi mea hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke loaʻa," wahi a Schroeder.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tony Gelardi, ka mea nona ka Simply Fresh Market, ua paʻakikī ke ola wikiwiki o kānaka iā lākou e mālama i ka meaʻai, ʻoiai ke makemake lākou i nā huahana olakino kūlohelohe mai nā mea mahiʻai kūloko.
"Makemake mākou i nā poʻe hou aku e ʻike i ka poʻe hiki ʻole ke hele i ka mākeke mahiʻai. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i nā waiwai," wahi a Gelardi.
Ua ulu ʻia ka ʻeke blueberries i hāʻawi ʻia i ka puka o Freudigman ma Better Way Farms ma Grand Junction. Hoʻohana nā mahiʻai ʻohana i nā ʻano mahiʻai regenerative, a ʻo kā lākou mau mahiʻai nui he mau mahiʻai organik i hōʻoia ʻia e ka ʻOihana Mahiʻai o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Hoʻolako nā mahiʻai ʻo Livingston County i ka pipi, ke kālika, nā ʻakaʻakai a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. Hana pū 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 ka 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 me nā mea hou aku.
Hiki i nā kānaka ke kauoha i ka meaʻai mai waho o ka mokuʻāina, e like me nā maiʻa i ulu ʻole ʻia ma ʻaneʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Schroeder ʻo ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā huahana e like me nā maiʻa hiki ke hoʻonui i ka waiwai o nā lawelawe lawe a hoʻonui i ka makemake o nā kānaka e hoʻopau i nā kauoha.
E hoʻi i kēlā mau blueberries: Ma ka Pōʻakolu ma mua o kēia mahina, ua hoʻomākaukau ka mea ʻohi ʻo Heather Clifton i kahi kauoha meaʻai no ka lā aʻe ma hope o Simple Fresh Market.
Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo Clifton i ke kauoha a Floygman a kau pono i nā hua ma luna o nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe i loko o ka pahu pepa i ʻole e ʻūpā ʻia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa pono ʻo ia i nā mea kūʻai i loko o nā pahu, i hiki mai ai lākou i ke kūlana maikaʻi a nani hoʻi ke nānā aku i nā mea kūʻai.
Ma hope o ka hōʻoia ʻia ʻana o ke kauoha, ua mālama ʻo Clifton i nā blueberries a me nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe a Freudigman i loko o ka pahu hau ma Simply Fresh Market i ka pō e mālama iā lākou i ka hou ma mua o ka lawe ʻana.
Hoʻololi ka mahiʻai a i ʻole ka ʻohana ma ke code leka uila i kēlā me kēia Pōʻakolu a hiki i ka Pōʻaono. Hāʻawi lākou i nā waiwai ma Livingston County a me nā wahi e pili ana i ʻekolu lā o ka pule. Hāʻawi lākou i ke kaʻaahi Detroit i nā manawa he nui i ka pule. ʻO Grand Rapids ka mea mamao loa a lākou i hele ai.
I ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ai ʻo Clifton i nā blueberries, ua nānā ʻo Schroeder i nā kauoha hale kūʻai i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka lawe ʻana i ka Pōʻahā.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e loaʻa ana iā lākou ma kahi o 70-80 mau kauoha hoʻouna i kēlā me kēia pule. Manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia e hiki paha i kā lākou mau kalaka ʻelua ke lawelawe i ka nui o ka ukana, a ke manaʻolana nei lākou e hoʻonui i ka hiki ke hana.
Ua holo aku kahi kalaka lawe i piha i nā hua blueberry hōkū i Northville, kahi i noho ai ʻo Freudmann me kona ʻohana. Ua lawe ʻia ka pahu i kona puka mua, kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia ka hua kaulana i kēia manawa e kali ana iā ia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka wā o ke ahulau, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e kauoha mai kona ʻohana mai nā mahiʻai o Michigan. Makemake nui ʻo ia i nā huahana mahiʻai a lākou e hāʻawi ai a me nā huahana a Zingerman. He hui kokoke ʻo Zingerman's ma Ann Arbor i loaʻa ka ʻike aupuni a hoʻonui ʻia ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala iho nei.
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 ahulau, ua hele lākou i Plum Market, Whole Foods, Busch's, Kroger a me nā hale kūʻai ʻē aʻe e ʻimi i nā mea a pau a lākou e makemake ai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ke ahulau, hiki nō iā ia ke kauoha i nā meaʻai mai ka ʻOhana mai ka mahiʻai ʻo Michigan, ʻoiai no ka mea ke hana nei ʻo ia ma kahi mamao.
I ka Lāpule, ua hana pū ʻo Freudmann a me kāna keiki kāne 6 makahiki ʻo Aidan i nā pancakes blueberry. Ma muli o ko lākou ʻike ʻana e hana ana lākou i nā blueberries kūikawā i manaʻo ʻia e lilo i mau hōkū pāpāho kūloko, ua hoʻohana lākou iā lākou e hana i kahi helehelena minoʻaka ʻoiai e kau ana ka paila pancake ma luna o ke kapuahi.
Ua hoʻokumu mua ʻia ka ʻoihana i ka makahiki 2016, e hoʻomaka ana mai kahi pae liʻiliʻi. Ua wehe ʻo ia i hale kūʻai ma Simply Fresh Market i Nowemapa.
He loea meaʻai ʻo Bill Taylor ma Ann Arbor a ke koi nei ʻo ia ʻo ia ke luna nui o ka ʻimi ʻai. Ua mālama mua ʻo ia iā Eat Local Eat Natural, kahi hui kaulana e hāʻawi ana i nā hale ʻaina me nā huahana kūʻai nui. Ua panakalupa kēlā hui.
"ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana hoʻouna meaʻai āu e ʻike ai he mau ʻoihana nui no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā ʻōnaehana e hana ai i kēia. Manaʻo wau aia mākou i kahi kūlana kūikawā i ka wā o COVID."
He mau kalaka hau ko lākou, a i kēia manawa he wahi paʻa ko lākou ma ka mākeke a ua hoʻohui pū i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai.
E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻokaʻaʻike iā Jennifer Timar, he mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Livingston Daily ma jtimar@livingstondaily.com. E hahai iā ia ma Twitter @jennifer_timar.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻAukake-24-2021