ʻO ka poʻe mahiʻai a me ka poʻe kahu hānai ma ke kenekulia 21 ke hoʻonui nei i ka huli ʻana i nā mea ʻike lepo, nā hub ʻikepili pūnaewele a me nā ʻenehana holomua ʻē aʻe i hoʻolālā ʻia e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻomohala i ka hoʻohana pololei ʻana i ka wai a me nā mea hoʻokomo ʻē aʻe, a mālama i ka pepa.
ʻAʻole hiki i kēia, wahi a lākou, me ka ʻole o kahi pilina maikaʻi i ka pūnaewele-he mea hiki ke hana hewa ma nā wahi kuaʻāina o ka mokuʻāina. ʻO 46.5% wale nō o nā hale kuaʻāina ma Kaleponi hiki ke hoʻohana i ka broadband me ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻoiho ʻana o 100 megabits i kēlā me kēia kekona a ʻoi aku paha, e like me ka 2020 Broadband Action Plan, i hana ʻia e ka California Broadband Council.
"ʻO ke ala ākea a me ka wikiwiki wikiwiki ka wā e hiki mai ana no ka mea mahiʻai Kaleponi e mālama i kā mākou pono hoʻokūkū," wahi a Robert Spiegel, he mea kākoʻo kulekele ʻo California Farm Bureau.
Ua lilo ka pilikia i mea koʻikoʻi hou me ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19, ka mea i koi nui i ka honua ma ka pūnaewele.
"Ua hōʻike ʻo COVID iā ia no ka mea nui no nā hana ʻoihana," wahi a Cannon Michael, ka mea nāna e hoʻokele Bowles Farming Co. ma Los Banos. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Michael i ka "consistency of service" ma ke ʻano he pilikia nui.
"He pilina uea ʻole ia i hoʻomālamalama ʻia mai nā hale kiaʻi like ʻole i ko mākou hale kiaʻi," wahi a Michael no kāna komo kikohoʻe. "Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi kikoʻī liʻiliʻi, no laila ke ʻano like ʻole ia, akā ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lalo Garcia, ka mea nāna e mālama i ka ʻenehana ma Bowles Farming, ʻo kekahi o kāna mau papahana hilinaʻi ākea e pili ana i nā mea ʻike lepo ma nā kula, e hoʻopaʻa ana i ka ʻikepili wai a me ka mahana a kōkua i ka mahiʻai e hoʻoholo i ka wai. Hoʻohana pū ka mahiʻai i kahi polokalamu e hiki ai i kahi agronomist ke hoʻouna i nā kikoʻī o nā noi o nā mea pale i nā mea kanu i ke kelepona o kahi limahana.
"Loaʻa i ka mea hana a hoʻopau i ka hana, a me nā mea a pau e hele i ke keʻena kahi e mālama ai lākou no ke kalana," wahi a Garcia.
ʻAʻole wale nā hana ʻoihana i hoʻopilikia ʻia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Michael i kāna mahiʻai he hale no nā limahana a me ko lākou ʻohana.
"ʻO ka nui o nā keiki, maopopo, aia ma ka home," wahi a Michael. "Ua hui pū mākou me ka mea hoʻolako a mākou e hoʻohana nei, a ua uku mākou i ke kumukūʻai e loaʻa iā lākou ka lawelawe. Ua hoʻāʻo lākou e hana i nā mea mai nā kelepona. "
Ma Monterey County, ʻo Mauricio Flores, ka mea hoʻoponopono ʻenehana hana ma Braga Fresh, ʻōlelo ʻo kāna mahiʻai he mau papahana ʻenehana i kahi e hilinaʻi nei, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa, ma kahi pilina maikaʻi. ʻO kekahi ʻo HeavyConnect, ka mea e hiki ai i nā luna a me nā limahana ke waiho i nā hōʻike e pili ana i ka palekana o ka meaʻai, ke kanu ʻana, ka nānā ʻana a me nā hana ʻē aʻe mai ke kula.
"ʻO kēlā me kēia mea i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o HeavyConnect e noho mau ma kāu kelepona a hiki i kahi kumu hilinaʻi o ka pūnaewele, ʻo ia ka pilina maikaʻi a i ʻole Wi-Fi," wahi a Flores. "Ke hiki aku ʻoe i kekahi o ia mau wahi, a laila e hoʻonui koke ia no mākou."
Paipai ʻia nā mea ʻoihana mahiʻai e hoʻohana i ka app e hōʻike i nā pilikia me nā mea hana, hoʻohui ʻo Flores.
"ʻAe ia i ka poʻe ma ka hale kūʻai e ʻike i nā hōʻike e hana ʻia nei i ka manawa maoli," wahi a Flores. "Ma ia ala hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono iā lākou i ka wikiwiki, ma kahi o ke kali ʻana iā lākou e lawe mai i nā mīkini."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Flores he polokalamu hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka mahiʻai e hiki ai i ka hana ke mālama i nā papa i nā hana āpau i hana ʻia e nā mīkini a me kāna mau mea hana.
"Pono mākou i kahi lawelawe maikaʻi no kēlā," wahi a Flores. "Ke hana nei ka ʻōnaehana hahai, e haʻi ana iā mākou i ka nui o ka manawa i hoʻopau ʻia ma ke kula. Inā loaʻa iā mākou kahi lawelawe kikoʻī a ʻaʻohe lawelawe, a laila ʻaʻole loaʻa mākou i ka ʻike pololei.
Ke hoʻomaka nei nā hoʻoikaika ʻana e kōkua i ka lawe ʻana i kahi ala ākea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i nā wahi kuaʻāina. ʻO ka pūlāwai mokuʻāina i manaʻo ʻia no ka makahiki fiscal 2022 e loaʻa ana he $6 biliona a i $7 biliona no ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ka ʻāina-broadband. ʻOiai e mau ana kekahi mau kikoʻī e hana ʻia, ma kahi o $ 3.75 biliona e hele i nā papahana "waena mile" a hāʻawi ʻia kahi $ 2 biliona hou i ka hana "mile hope", wahi a Spiegel.
"ʻO ke ala e nānā ai, loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kumu nui o ke kūlanakauhale, akā ke hele ʻoe i nā kaiāulu kūloko, pono ʻoe i kahi hub," wahi a Spiegel. "A laila lilo kēlā hub i mea hoʻohui waena-mile i ka mile hope."
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā hubs hiki ke manaʻo o ka Senate Bill 28 e Sen. Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, e kali nei i ka Hale Ahaolelo.
Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻo Taylor Roschen, he mea kākoʻo kulekele ʻo Farm Bureau, i ka ʻōnaehana me nā alanui, me nā alanui mokuʻāina ʻo ia ka mile waena a me nā alanui kūloko a kalana paha ka mile hope loa i ka mahiʻai.
"Ke manaʻo nei au ʻo ka manaʻo o ka hoʻokele e hoʻohana i kēlā mile waena e like me ke ʻano he kumu wehe," wahi a Roschen. “No ka mea, ke waiho ʻia nei nā uwea fiber optic e ka mokuʻāina, a na ka mokuʻāina a i ʻole ke aupuni pekelala nā koina, ʻaʻole pono nā mea lawelawe e uku i kēlā mau koina. E like ia me ka wehe ʻana no nā mea hoʻolako e makemake e hoʻohana i kēlā pūnaewele. "
ʻO ka mile hope loa, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, e lawe i kahi ala e pili ana i ka hāʻawi kālā, me ka ʻōlelo i nā mea hoʻolako a me nā mea ʻē aʻe "inā makemake ʻoe e hele mai i nā kālā hoʻokūkū me mākou e kūkulu i kēlā mile hope a pili i ka mile waena, a laila mākou. E kōkua iā ʻoe e hele i laila.
"Ua haʻi mau ʻo Farm Bureau i kahi hopohopo e pili ana i ka pili ʻana o ke kaiāulu no nā makahiki he mau makahiki," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Roschen, me ka hoʻohui ʻana ua hāʻawi ka maʻi maʻi i kahi manawa hou e hāpai i nā helu like "a e hoʻonui iā lākou i nā ʻano like ʻole."
Ma ka pae federal, ʻelua mau bila ma ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e ʻimi nei e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke komo ʻana o ka poʻe ʻAmelika i ke ala ākea. ʻO kekahi, ʻo ka Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility Act, a i ʻole EBRIDGE, e ʻae i nā hui pilikino a me ka lehulehu a hāʻawi i nā kaiāulu i ka hiki ke hoʻokō i nā koi pili kālā. ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka Broadband for Rural America Act, e ʻae i ka ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 7 biliona no nā papahana ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻo US e like me ReConnect, e hāʻawi ana i nā hāʻawi a me nā hōʻaiʻē e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka broadband.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sara Arsenault, ka luna hoʻomalu kulekele federal o Kaleponi Farm Bureau, kākoʻo ʻo Farm Bureau i nā bila ʻelua a ke hana nei i loko o nā hui ʻelua e hana ana i kahi ala ākea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi: ka American Connection Project Policy Coalition and Connect Americans Now.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Spiegel ua hāʻawi ka maʻi maʻi i kahi manawa no nā luʻina broadband "e ʻike nui ʻia," a he ākea ka hopena.
"No ka pane ʻana i ka pilikia ahi ahi a me ka pilikia o ka ikehu, pono ʻoe e loaʻa i kēlā mau manawa maoli e pili ana i nā mea e hiki mai ana," wahi a Spiegel.
Ma ka mahiʻai, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, "pono ʻoe e ʻike i nā hoʻokomo manawa maoli o nā mea i loaʻa iā ʻoe ma ka mahiʻai e hiki ai ke hoʻokō i nā pilikia i lawe ʻia mai e ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai, a i ʻole ka nele o ka hana. ʻO kēia ka manawa e pono ai mākou e hōʻoia ʻaʻole i waiho ʻia ʻo Kaleponi ma hope a hoʻomau i ka hoʻokūkū me ke koena o ka mokuʻāina.
- Kevin Hecteman, Keʻena Mahiʻai Kaleponi
Nānā ʻo Lalo Garcia ma luna o kahi mea ʻike lepo ma kahi māla i kanu ʻia i nā ʻōmato hoʻōla kūlohelohe kokoke i Los Banos. ʻO ka mea hana a Garcia, ʻo Bowles Farming Co., ʻo ia kekahi o nā hana mahiʻai e hilinaʻi nui nei i nā mea ʻike a me nā puka ʻikepili pūnaewele - a no laila ma nā pilina ākea maikaʻi. Kiʻi: Kevin Hecteman