Kusiyanasiyana kwa ulimi ku Michigan ndi chimodzi mwa zodabwitsa zake, makamaka nthawi yachilimwe ndi nthawi yokolola.
Komabe, kwa anthu aku Michigan, kupeza njira zotumizira chakudya kuchokera kumadera ena ndi ntchito yovuta, ndipo akufunitsitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kupeza chakudya chatsopano kuchokera ku minda yakomweko.
Kudziwa komwe chakudya chake chinachokera kunakopa Ami Freudigman. Iye anati amakonda lingaliro logula zinthu zaulimi ndi nyama kuchokera m'mafamu am'deralo, zomwe sizimakonzedwa kwambiri zisanafike kwa ogula.
Mabuluberi omwe ali mu oda ya Freudigman yotumizira zakudya pa intaneti ndi omwe akutsogolera nkhaniyi.
Adzathandiza kufotokoza momwe famu ya banja la ku Michigan, yomwe ndi ntchito yotumizira zakudya kuchokera ku msika watsopano ku tawuni ya Genoa, ingakwaniritsire cholinga chake chotumikira famu ya banja.
Woyang'anira nthambi Tim Schroeder anati Michigan Farm-to-Family imayang'ana kwambiri zinthu zachilengedwe zomwe zimalimidwa m'mafamu aku Michigan.
"Timayang'ana kwambiri zinthu zapamwamba kwambiri, ndipo zina zambiri zimapangidwa ndi manja komanso zapadera, zomwe simungazipeze," adatero Schroeder.
Tony Gelardi, mwini wa Simply Fresh Market, anati moyo wa anthu wofulumira umawapangitsa kukhala kovuta kusamalira chakudya, makamaka akamafuna zinthu zachilengedwe zopatsa thanzi kuchokera kwa alimi am'deralo.
"Tikufuna kuti anthu ambiri adziwe omwe sangapite kumsika wa alimi. Akhoza kutumiza katundu," adatero Gelardi.
Chikwama cha mabuloberi chomwe chinaperekedwa pakhomo la Freudigman chinalimidwa ku Better Way Farms ku Grand Junction. Mafamu a mabanja amagwiritsa ntchito njira zoberekera, ndipo mafamu awo akuluakulu ndi mafamu achilengedwe omwe ali ndi ziphaso zovomerezeka ndi Unduna wa Zaulimi ku United States.
Mafamu a ku Livingston County amapereka ng'ombe, adyo, anyezi ndi ndiwo zamasamba zina. Michigan Farm to Family imagwira ntchito ndi mafamu 20 mpaka 30 ku Michigan komanso famu yomwe ili kumalire a Indiana. Amapereka nkhuku, mbuzi, nkhosa, zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba. Amaperekanso chakudya chokonzedwa kale kuchokera ku zinthu za Simply Fresh Market ndi Zingerman, ndi zina zambiri.
Anthu amathanso kuyitanitsa chakudya kuchokera kunja kwa boma, monga nthochi zomwe sizilimidwa kuno. Schroeder adati kupereka zinthu monga nthochi kungawonjezere phindu la ntchito zotumizira ndikupangitsa anthu kukhala ndi mwayi womaliza maoda.
Kubwerera ku mabuloberi aja: Lachitatu koyambirira kwa mwezi uno, Heather Clifton, yemwe amasankha zakudya, adakonza oda yogulira zakudya tsiku lotsatira ku Simple Fresh Market.
Clifton anakonza oda ya Floygman ndipo anaika zipatsozo pamwamba pa chakudya china m'bokosi la makatoni kuti zisaphwanyidwe. Anati aziyika zakudyazo mosamala m'mabokosi, kuti zifike bwino ndipo ziwoneke bwino kwa makasitomala.
Pambuyo poti odayo yatsimikizika, Clifton anasunga mabuloberi ndi zakudya zina za Freudigman mufiriji ku Simply Fresh Market usiku wonse kuti zikhale zatsopano zisanaperekedwe.
Famu ya ku Michigan imasinthana ndi mabanja pogwiritsa ntchito positi code Lachitatu lililonse mpaka Loweruka. Amatumiza katundu ku Livingston County ndi madera ozungulira masiku atatu pa sabata. Amanyamula sitima yapansi panthaka ya Detroit kangapo pa sabata. Malo akutali kwambiri omwe adapita anali Grand Rapids.
Pamene Clifton inanyamula mabuloberi, Schroeder anayang'ana maoda a zakudya zomwe zinakonzedwa kuti ziperekedwe Lachinayi.
Iye anati amalandira maoda otumizira katundu pafupifupi 70-80 sabata iliyonse. Akukhulupirira kuti magalimoto awo awiri akhoza kunyamula katundu wowirikiza kawiri, ndipo akuyembekeza kukulitsa mphamvu zopangira.
Galimoto yonyamula katundu yodzaza ndi ma blueberries a nyenyezi inapita ku Northville, komwe Freudmann ankakhala ndi banja lake. Bokosilo linaperekedwa pakhomo pake, komwe anapeza chipatso chodziwika bwino chomwe chikumuyembekezera.
Iye anati panthawi ya mliriwu, anayamba kuyitanitsa kuchokera ku banja lake kuchokera ku minda ya ku Michigan. Amakonda kwambiri zinthu zaulimi zomwe amapereka komanso zinthu za ku Zingerman. Zingerman's ndi kampani yapafupi yomwe ili ku Ann Arbor yomwe yadziwika padziko lonse lapansi ndipo yakula mdziko lonse m'zaka zingapo zapitazi.
Iye anati banja lake linkayesetsa kudya zakudya zopatsa thanzi komanso kuchepetsa mitundu ya mankhwala omwe amalowa m'thupi. Mliriwu usanachitike, ankapita ku Plum Market, Whole Foods, Busch's, Kroger ndi masitolo ena kuti akapeze chilichonse chomwe ankafuna.
Iye anati mliriwu utatha, akhoza kuyitanitsa zakudya kuchokera ku Banja kuchokera ku famu ya ku Michigan, makamaka chifukwa tsopano akugwira ntchito kutali.
Lamlungu, Freudmann ndi mwana wake wamwamuna wazaka 6, Aidan, adapanga ma pancake a blueberry pamodzi. Podziwa kuti akupanga ma blueberry apadera omwe adzakhale otchuka m'manyuzipepala am'deralo, adawagwiritsa ntchito kupanga nkhope yosangalatsa pamene mtanda wa pancake udakali pa chitofu.
Kampaniyo idakhazikitsidwa koyamba mu 2016, kuyambira pamlingo wochepa. Idatsegula sitolo ku Simply Fresh Market mu Novembala.
Bill Taylor ndi katswiri wa zakudya ku Ann Arbor ndipo akuti ndi mkulu wa oyang'anira zofufuza. Kale ankayang'anira kampani yotchuka ya Eat Local Eat Natural, yomwe imapereka zakudya zambiri m'malesitilanti. Kampaniyo inalephera kugwira ntchito.
"Makampani ambiri ogulitsa zakudya omwe mukuwaona ndi akuluakulu chifukwa amatha kupanga zomangamanga kuti achite izi. Ndikuganiza kuti tili pamalo apadera panthawi ya COVID."
Ali ndi magalimoto osungiramo zinthu mufiriji, ndipo tsopano ali ndi malo odalirika pamsika ndipo alowa m'malo olima.
Chonde funsani Jennifer Timar, mtolankhani wa Livingston Daily pa jtimar@livingstondaily.com. Mutsatireni pa Twitter @jennifer_timar.
Nthawi yotumizira: Okutobala-09-2021