He kanaono makahiki i hala aku nei, ua makemake ka poe nona ka hale aina ma Creston, Iowa i ala e ihi ai i ka uala hou aku no ka hoopiha ana i ka nui o ka makemake no kana mau fries oki lima.
ʻO ka hoʻonā ʻana i kēlā pilikia he mīkini i kapa ʻia ʻo Veg-A-Peel, ka ʻāpana mua o nā mea hana mai kahi ʻoihana i kēia manawa e hoʻoponopono nei i nā ala hou e hoʻokō ai i ka koi ulu no kāna laina like ʻole o nā lako hana meaʻai.
Lako Vanmark ke hoʻolauleʻa nei i kāna 60th anniversary ma 2014. Hoʻohana ka hui i nā poʻe 50 ma nā wahi ʻelua, ka mea kanu mua ma Creston a me kahi hale ʻē aʻe ma Boise, Idaho. Mai ke kauwela o 2007, ua lilo ia i ʻāpana piha o ka Grote Company o Columbus, Ohio.
Hana ʻia nā mea hana ʻoihana hana a Vanmark me nā ʻuala, kāloti, pepa, aniani a me nā ʻāpala ma 35 mau ʻāina o ka honua. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻo 50 a 70 ka nui o kāna ʻoihana i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i nā lako ʻuala, akā ke hōʻike nei nā wahi ʻē aʻe i ka hoihoi nui, wahi a Tom Mathues, pelekikena o Vanmark.
ʻO ka mea kanu Boise kahi kahua o ka GME International mua, i loaʻa i ka makahiki 2012 a ke hoʻokomo ʻia nei i ka brand Vanmark. Hoʻokumu ka mea kanu Boise i nā hydrocutters, aʻo ka mea kanu Creston mua e hana i nā peelers, scrubbers, washers, fluming units a me nā laina loaʻa.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo George Mendenhall i ka GME i ka makahiki 1980. Ua kamaʻāina ʻo ia me Gilbert "Gib" Lamb, nāna i hoʻomohala i ka manaʻo o ka ʻoki ʻana i ka wai i ka makahiki 1960, e hoʻomaka ana ma kahi ala haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.
"Ua hōʻike ʻia ua hoʻouka ʻo ia i ka ʻuala i loko o kahi pahu ahi a pana iā lākou i loko o kahi pahu pahi e ʻike i ka mea hiki ke hiki," wahi a Mathues.
Mai ka loaʻa ʻana o GME, ua hoʻolilo nui ʻo Vanmark i ka ʻenehana hydrocutting. ʻO ka hydrocutting e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai paila e hoʻouna i ka mea i ʻoki ʻia i loko o kahi ʻano pahi i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia e hoʻokō i ka ʻoki i makemake ʻia. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka ʻenehana no ka hana ʻana i nā fries french ʻoki pololei a hoʻohana ʻia no nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe e like me nā kāloti a me nā pepa.
"Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka hydrocutting i ka hana ʻana i nā mea e like me nā lāʻau kāloti, i alakaʻi ʻia e nā koi o nā papahana ʻaina awakea, kahi e ʻike ai mākou i nā kāloti e pani ana i nā mea e like me ka french fries," wahi a Mathues.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Vanmark i ka hiki ke hoʻohālike i ka wai i ka hana o ka hydrocutting. Hāʻawi ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka wai i ka manawa e ʻike pono ai i ka kahe o ka wai a me ka huahana i kahi hoʻolālā mīkini hou a laila e hoʻopaʻa pono i loko o kahi kamepiula ma mua o ke kūkulu ʻana i ka ʻāpana maoli mua, wahi a Mathues.
ʻO ka laina GME holoʻokoʻa o nā mea hana hydrocutting ke kūkulu hou ʻia nei me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pono o ka hoʻohālike wai, e hōʻemi i ka haunaele a me ka haki ʻana o nā lāʻau a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale i nā huahana a hoʻokūpaʻa iā lākou i ko lākou hele ʻana i ke kaʻina ʻoki, wahi a Mathues.
"Ke neʻe nei ka huahana ma luna o nā pahi ma 40 a 60 mph. Inā ʻaʻole paʻa loa a ʻaʻole paʻa paʻa nā pahi, loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻili makemake ʻole. ʻO ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana o ka fluid dynamic e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻano like ʻole a me ka hiki ke hoʻolalelale a hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka huahana a hoʻokomo pono i ka wehe ʻana ma mua o ka hiki iā mākou ke hana i kēlā me kēia manawa i hala, "wahi āna.
Hana ka mea kanu ʻo Creston i nā mea ʻili i hoʻohana ʻia i ka ʻuala (french fries and chips) a me nā kāloti (me ka hana ʻana a me ka ʻili ʻana i nā kāloti pēpē). ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe e pili ana i nā peaches i ʻili ʻia a hoʻemi ʻia e hana i kahi pulp, kahi i mālama ʻia ai nā hua a hoʻohana ʻia no ka rootstock aʻo ke koena e hele i ka wai.
Hoʻohana ʻia nā laina ʻili ʻē aʻe no nā kumu like ʻole, me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā ʻāpala i hoʻohana ʻia i ka wai, ka ʻuala a me ka cider. Ma kahi papahana pili, ke kūkulu ʻia nei nā mea ʻili ʻo Vanmark e wehe i nā mea paʻi mai nā ʻōpala i ʻohi ʻia no ka hana ʻana. Holoi ʻia nā huahana ʻē aʻe, e like me nā hua aʻa a me nā ʻāpala liʻiliʻi no ke kūʻai hou ʻana.
"Hoʻohana ʻia kahi laina ʻili i kahi kūlana ʻokoʻa loa, kahi e lawe ai i nā laina hoʻokaʻawale mai nā pōpō kolepa hou," wahi a Mathues.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lako laina i hana ʻia ma Creston e loaʻa ana ka waiho pahu no nā kāloti, ʻuala a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe e pono ai ka mālama pōkole. Kūkulu pū ka hui i nā mea hoʻopau, nā mea lawe, nā mea holoi a me nā ʻōnaehana flume.
"Inā makemake ka poʻe i ka mālama ʻana i ka hana, kūkulu paha mākou i nā mea hana e hana ai," wahi a Mahues.
Ke hāʻawi nei ka mākeke Hispanic i kahi wahi o ka ulu ʻana no Vanmark, me kāna mau mea hana e ʻoki ai i nā pepa, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i loko o nā ʻāpana. E lilo ana ka mākeke i wahi nui o ka wā e hiki mai ana o Vanmark, me ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hydrocutting a me nā hoʻokolohua ʻē aʻe, e like me ka mīkini e hoʻokaʻawale i nā strawberries, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e ʻoki ana i nā hua kiwi a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe e like me ka jicama a me ka cassava.
“He ʻumi makahiki aku nei, ʻaʻole i lohe ka poʻe e noho ana ma kēia latitu. ʻO kēia ke ʻano o nā mea a mākou e kālele nei, "wahi a Mathues.
ʻO ka neʻe ʻana i nā mākeke ʻē aʻe ua alakaʻi iā Vanmark e kūʻai aku a hoʻokomo i nā mea hana ma nā wahi e like me ka Middle East, India a me Iapana. I ka puka ʻana mai o kahi papa waena honua hou, ua lilo nā meaʻai ʻai ʻai e like me ka ʻuala a me nā fries i ʻāpana o ka papa kuhikuhi.
"Pomaikai mākou i ka hahai ʻana i nā mea hana ʻuala a puni ka honua a ua hoʻokomo iā mākou i kēlā mau mākeke," wahi a Mathues. “I kēia manawa ke hana nei mākou i ka mea like me ka ʻoihana palai. Na kēia mau mea e lawe iā ʻoe i ka mākeke a laila na mākou e kūʻai aku i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka mākeke meaʻai e like me ka ʻoihana hou.