Ma kahi kokoke i kēlā me kēia ʻano huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i hana ʻia i mea waiwai i hoʻohui ʻia i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ʻoiai e holo wikiwiki ana nā mea kanu a me nā mea hana e hoʻokō i ka koi ulu wikiwiki no ka maʻalahi a lākou e hāʻawi ai i nā mea kūʻai. A hiki i kēia manawa, ua waiho ʻia kahi mea kanu: artichokes.
Nā mahiʻai noe moana, ʻO ka mea kanu artichoke nui loa o ka lāhui, ua hoʻopiha i ka hakahaka me ka ʻoihana microwaveable artichoke mua, kahi huahana hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka kaulana o ka mea kanu me ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi maʻalahi hou i ka kuke ʻana.
Hele mai ia ma nā kuʻekuʻe o nā koi mai nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai aku e noi ana i kahi artichoke i maʻalahi ka hoʻomākaukau.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā nīnau i nā makahiki mai kā mākou mea kūʻai kūʻai aku a me kā mākou mea kūʻai aku no ka microwaveable artichoke," wahi a Kori Tuggle, ka luna o ke kālepa a me ka hoʻomohala ʻoihana no Ocean Mist Farms. "Ua haʻi mai ka noiʻi mea kūʻai iā mākou he nui nā mea kūʻai aku e ʻike i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā artichokes ma ke ʻano nui o ke kūʻai ʻana."
ʻOiai me nā noi a nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai aku no ka artichoke hou, aia nō ka nīnau inā he nui ka koi no ka huahana a inā paha e kūʻai aku. Ua hoʻomaka ka hui i kahi papahana kūʻai liʻiliʻi ma nā hale kūʻai kūʻai kūʻai ʻo Kaleponi ʻĀkau i ka wā puna 2011 artichoke e hoʻāʻo ai i ka huahana a ʻike ʻia he hoihoi nui. Loaʻa ka hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ai lākou i ka huahana hou ma ka Hoʻokumu i ka Hui Kūʻai Kūʻai (PMA) Hui Hou Hou ma Atlanta ʻOkakopa i hala.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā manaʻo maikaʻi like ʻole mai ka ʻoihana ma Fresh Summit, ʻo ia ka mea mua o kāna ʻano huahana no ka ʻano artichoke," wahi a Tuggle.
Ua loaʻa pū ka huahana i ka PMA's National Award for Innovative Packaging ma ka ʻaha kūkā. ʻO kahi kumu nui i ka maʻalahi o ka huahana hou, ʻelua mau artichokes i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia a ʻoki ʻia. ʻOi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o ka manawa hoʻomākaukau i hoʻopau ʻia, he mea koʻikoʻi loa ia no nā mea kūʻai aku ma nā papa manawa paʻa a i ʻole ka poʻe i hauʻoli ʻole i kahi artichoke i ko lākou ola a ʻaʻole maopopo i kahi e hoʻomaka ai.
"Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ʻike mākou pono mākou e hana i ka ʻeke hou me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana, a me kahi manawa kuke pōkole a me ka ʻike ʻai maikaʻi loa," wahi a Tuggle. "(ʻO ia) kahi manawa kūpono e huki ai i nā mea kūʻai aku i nele i ka manawa a makemake i kahi ala wikiwiki e kuke ai i kahi artichoke hou, a i ʻole hoʻoweliweli iā lākou no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou ʻike pehea e hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻomākaukau i kahi artichoke hou."
ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe i loko o ka pāpaʻi he sila zip-lock e hiki ai i nā mea kūʻai ke kau i nā mea ma mua o ka microwaving.
"ʻIke mākou i ka hiki ke hāʻawi i ka mana o ka mea kūʻai aku i ke ʻano a me ka mea i hoʻohana ʻia e ʻono ai i ka artichoke he mea nui ia no ke kūʻai hou ʻana," wahi āna.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā artichokes no ka hoʻokuʻu kūʻai ʻana i kēia makahiki, ʻaʻohe hoʻolālā o kēia manawa no ka lawelawe meaʻai.
Ke ulu nei ʻo Ocean Mist Farms i nā artichokes ma waena o Kaleponi mai ka makahiki 1924, i ka wā i hana ai ʻo Daniel Pieri, Alfred Tottino, James Bellone a me Amerigo a me Angelo Del Chiaro i ka California Artichoke & Vegetable Growers Corp. ma Castroville, i kapa hou ʻia ʻo Ocean Mist Farms ma 1995.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia nā hana i nā artichokes, akā ua hoʻonui ka ʻoihana i nā waiwai hou i nā makahiki i hala iho nei e like me ka broccoli, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, cardone, cauliflower, celery, fava beans, fennel, aniani ʻōmaʻomaʻo, spinach a me nā lettuces. Kūʻai nui ʻia ka hapa nui; ʻO nā artichokes microwaveable e hōʻailona ai i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hui i loko o nā huahana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia.
Hana ʻo Ocean Mist a kūʻai aku i kāna waiwai ponoʻī. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ka hui ma o ka California Leafy Greens Handler Marketing Agreement, a he papa inoa o nā hana mahiʻai maikaʻi e hōʻoia i ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai.
Hoʻomaka ʻia ka "holistic approach" a ka hui i ka palekana meaʻai ma ke kula, me nā loiloi kikoʻī o kēlā me kēia māla ma mua o ke kanu ʻana. Hana pū nā limahana i nā hana maʻemaʻe maʻamau a hōʻoia i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka mālama ʻana i nā lako āpau i ka wā mahiʻai.
ʻO kahi papahana hoʻokele pest integrated e nānā i nā mauʻu, nā maʻi a me nā iniseti e hōʻemi i nā kemika i ka wā o ka hana ʻana. Hoʻāʻo nui ʻia ka wai irrigation ma mua o ka noi ʻana, a ke aʻo mau nei ka ʻoihana i nā limahana i nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻohi e hoʻoponopono ai i ka hoʻohaumia ʻana, ka palekana meaʻai a me ka maʻemaʻe.
Hoʻopili nā limahana i nā keʻena hana i nā kaʻina hana maikaʻi a me ka nānā ʻana i ka pōʻino i nā wahi mana koʻikoʻi, e pili ana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā o nā mea hana.
Ua hoʻokumu ka hui i kahi papahana nānā kaiapuni e hoʻohana ana i ka nānā ʻana ma ke ʻano he ala e hōʻoia ai i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ma mua o ka hana ʻana.
ʻO ke kaulahao anu kahi ala ʻē aʻe e hoʻonui ai ka ʻoihana i ka palekana a me ka maikaʻi o ka meaʻai, a mālama ʻo Ocean Mist Farms i nā mea e hōʻoia ai ʻaʻole i haki ke kaulahao. Hoʻomaʻalili ʻia nā hua i loko o ʻehā mau hola o ka ʻohi ʻana a mālama ʻia ma 34˚ F, a laila neʻe koke i nā keʻena kaʻa i loko o nā kaʻa pahu hau. He mau lula hoʻomaʻemaʻe koʻikoʻi nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa e kauoha ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mīkina lima hoʻolele no ka lawelawe ʻana i nā huahana, nā forklifts uila e pale aku i ka mahuka i loko o nā mea hoʻoluʻu a me ka wai inu no ka hoʻoluʻu, e like me ka hui.
"Ke ʻimi mau nei mākou i nā ala hou e hoʻonui a hoʻohui i ka waiwai i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Tuggle.