Kusiyanasiyana kwaulimi ku Michigan ndi chimodzi mwazozizwitsa zake, makamaka m'nyengo yachilimwe ndi nyengo yokolola.
Komabe, kwa anthu aku Michigan, kudziwa momwe kasamalidwe kazakudya zopezeka komweko ndizovuta kwambiri, ndipo akufunitsitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kupeza chakudya chatsopano kuchokera kumafamu am'deralo.
Kudziwa komwe chakudya chake chimachokera kunakopa Ami Freudigman. Ananenanso kuti amakonda malingaliro ogula zinthu zaulimi ndi nyama m'mafamu am'deralo, zomwe zimasinthidwa pang'ono zisanafike kwa ogula.
Mabulosi abuluu mu dongosolo la Freudigman lobweretsa golosale ndi omwe adayambitsa nkhaniyi.
Athandizira kufotokoza momwe famu-kwa-mabanja yaku Michigan, ntchito yobweretsera golosale yotengera msika wosavuta watsopano m'tauni ya Genoa, ingakwaniritse cholinga chake.
Mtsogoleri wa nthambi Tim Schroeder adanena kuti Michigan Farm-to-Family imayang'ana kwambiri zinthu zachilengedwe zomwe zimabzalidwa m'mafamu aku Michigan.
"Timayang'ana kwambiri zinthu zamtengo wapatali, ndipo zina zimapangidwa ndi manja komanso niche, zomwe simungazipeze," adatero Schroeder.
Tony Gelardi, mwini wa Simply Fresh Market, adati moyo wofulumira wa anthu umapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kuti azisamalira zakudya, makamaka akafuna mankhwala achilengedwe kuchokera kwa alimi akumidzi.
“Tikufuna kuti anthu ambiri adziwe amene sangapite kumsika wa alimi. Atha kutumiza katundu, "adatero Gelardi.
Chikwama cha blueberries chomwe chinaperekedwa pakhomo la Freudigman chinakula ku Better Way Farms ku Grand Junction. Mafamu apabanja amatengera njira zaulimi zomwe zimayambiranso, ndipo minda yawo yayikulu ndi mafamu achilengedwe omwe amavomerezedwa ndi dipatimenti yaulimi ya United States.
Mafamu a Livingston County amapereka ng'ombe, adyo, anyezi ndi masamba ena. Michigan Farm to Family imagwira ntchito ndi mafamu 20 mpaka 30 ku Michigan ndi famu kumalire a Indiana. Amapereka nkhuku, mbuzi, nkhosa, zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba. Amaperekanso zakudya zopangidwa kale kuchokera ku Simply Fresh Market ndi zinthu za Zingerman, ndi zina zambiri.
Anthu amathanso kuyitanitsa chakudya kuchokera kunja kwa boma, monga nthochi zomwe sizimalimidwa kuno. Schroeder adati kupereka zinthu monga nthochi kumatha kukulitsa kufunikira kwa ntchito zoperekera ndikupangitsa kuti anthu athe kumaliza kuyitanitsa.
Kubwerera ku mabulosi abuluu: Lachitatu koyambirira kwa mwezi uno, wosankha Heather Clifton adakonza zogulira tsiku lotsatira kuseri kwa Simple Fresh Market.
Clifton anakonza dongosolo la Floygman ndipo anaika zipatsozo pamwamba pa zakudya zina m’bokosi la makatoni kuti zisaphwanyidwe. Ananenanso kuti adzalongedza mosamala m'mabokosi, kotero adafika ali bwino komanso amaoneka abwino kwa makasitomala.
Lamuloli litatsimikiziridwa, Clifton adasunga ma blueberries ndi zakudya zina za Freudigman mufiriji ku Simply Fresh Market usiku wonse kuti zikhale zatsopano asanaperekedwe.
Famu yaku Michigan kupita kubanja imazungulira ndi khodi yapositi Lachitatu lililonse mpaka Loweruka. Amapereka katundu ku Livingston County ndi madera ozungulira masiku atatu pa sabata. Amanyamula njanji yapansi panthaka ya Detroit kangapo pa sabata. Kutali kwambiri komwe iwo anapita kunali Grand Rapids.
Clifton atanyamula mabulosi abuluu, Schroeder adayang'ana zomwe adagula zomwe zidakonzedwa Lachinayi.
Ananenanso kuti amalandira maoda pafupifupi 70-80 sabata iliyonse. Akukhulupirira kuti magalimoto awo awiri atha kunyamula katundu wowirikiza kawiri, ndipo akuyembekeza kuwonjezera mphamvu zopangira.
Galimoto yonyamula katundu yodzaza ndi blueberries inapita ku Northville, kumene Freudmann ankakhala ndi banja lake. Bokosilo linaperekedwa pakhomo la nyumba yake, kumene anapeza chipatso chodziwika bwino chikumuyembekezera.
Ananenanso kuti panthawi ya mliriwu, adayamba kuyitanitsa kuchokera kubanja lawo kuchokera kumafamu aku Michigan. Amakonda zinthu zaulimi zomwe amapereka komanso zinthu za Zingerman kwambiri. Zingerman's ndi kampani yapafupi yomwe ili ku Ann Arbor yomwe yadziwika ndikukula mdziko lonse mzaka makumi angapo zapitazi.
Anati banja lake limayesetsa kudya zakudya zopatsa thanzi komanso kuchepetsa mitundu ya mankhwala omwe amalowa m'thupi. Mliriwu usanachitike, adapita ku Plum Market, Whole Foods, Busch's, Kroger ndi malo ena ogulitsa kuti akapeze chilichonse chomwe akufuna.
Ananenanso kuti mliriwu utatha, atha kuyitanitsabe zogula ku Banja ku famu yaku Michigan, makamaka chifukwa tsopano amagwira ntchito kutali.
Lamlungu, Freudmann ndi mwana wake wamwamuna wazaka 6 Aidan adapanga zikondamoyo zabuluu pamodzi. Podziwa kuti akupanga ma blueberries apadera omwe akuyenera kukhala akatswiri atolankhani akumaloko, adawagwiritsa ntchito kupanga nkhope yomwetulira pomwe chowotcha cha pancake chikadali pa chitofu.
Kampaniyo idakhazikitsidwa koyamba mu 2016, kuyambira pang'ono. Inatsegula sitolo ku Simply Fresh Market mu November.
Bill Taylor ndi katswiri wazakudya ku Ann Arbor ndipo amadzinenera kuti ndi mkulu woyang'anira zopezera chakudya. M'mbuyomu adayendetsa Eat Local Eat Natural, kampani yotchuka yomwe imapereka malo odyera ndi zokolola zambiri. Kampaniyo inasokonekera.
"Makampani ambiri ogulitsa zakudya omwe mukuwona ndi makampani akuluakulu chifukwa amatha kupanga maziko ochitira izi. Ndikuganiza kuti tili pamalo apadera panthawi ya COVID. ”
Ali ndi magalimoto osungiramo firiji, ndipo tsopano ali ndi malo otetezeka pamsika ndipo aphatikizana ndi zochitika zafamu.
Chonde funsani a Jennifer Timar, mtolankhani wa Livingston Daily pa jtimar@livingstondaily.com. Tsatirani iye pa Twitter @jennifer_timar.
Nthawi yotumiza: Sep-07-2021