Ua haʻi aku ʻo Karen Ross, ke kākau ʻōlelo o ke Keʻena ʻOihana ʻAi a me ka Mahiʻai o Kaleponi, i ka lā Malaki 18 e wehe ana i ka pō no ka Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit ʻo ia ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka pilikia no ka hoʻopuka pono ʻana i ka mahiʻai Kaleponi - a me ka ʻoihana huahana hou.
Wahi a kekahi nūhou, hoʻomau ka hui pūnaewele ma Malaki 19, e wehe ana i ka hola 9 am Pacific, a loaʻa ke kākau inoa manuahi ma www.salinasvalleyagtech.com. Loaʻa i ka pūnaewele kahi papa hana piha a me nā loulou i nā hale hōʻikeʻike virtual no nā mea kākoʻo hanana.
"ʻO ka mahiʻai, ʻoi loa ka mahiʻai Kaleponi, he honua i ke ʻano," wahi a Ross, "a inā hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokō i nā pilikia a ko mākou mokuʻāina e hōʻike mai nei iā mākou, ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau e hōʻike mai nei iā mākou, nā pilikia wai e hōʻike mai iā mākou, ʻo kā mākou meaʻai. ʻO nā pilikia hoʻokō palekana i loaʻa iā mākou - inā hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoponopono i kēlā mau mea ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo mākou ke keʻena hana ola, a e hoʻomau mākou i nā manaʻo hou i lawe ʻia a puni ka honua.
"ʻO kahi ʻāpana o ka mea e alakaʻi nei i ka ʻoihana a me ka hana hou ʻo ia nā paʻakikī i hōʻike ʻia iā mākou," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "a no ka mea ua loaʻa iā mākou ka ʻōnaehana kulanui a ua loaʻa iā mākou ke kapena ʻoihana, a ua loaʻa iā mākou nā poʻe ʻāpana o nā ʻohana hoʻoilina.
“I ka wā ʻo ʻoe ka hanauna ʻehā a ʻelima paha o kou ʻohana, he nui ia ma kou poʻohiwi: Pehea mākou e hoʻomau ai i kēia? Pehea mākou e lawe mai ai i ke kālena hou e pono ai mākou e hōʻoia i nā hanauna ʻelima e hiki mai ana ke hana pēlā? E noʻonoʻo mākou i kēlā, ʻoiai inā he pilikia koʻikoʻi o kēia lā.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Ross i kona mahalo a me ka manaʻo maikaʻi ma o Zoom i ka wā o kahi kamaʻilio "Fireside Chat" me Dennis Donohue, ka luna o ka Western Growers for Innovation and Technology.
Ua hoʻopau ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka pō wehe o ka piko, a ua hōʻike pū ʻia nā ʻōlelo a Kauka Raúl Rodríguez, ka luna hoʻomalu o Hartnell College ma Salinas, a me Miguel Gomez, he haumāna puka 2020 o Hartnell ma ka hana mahiʻai. Ke hōʻike pū nei ke kulanui i ka piko me Western Growers.
Ua kākau inoa ʻia ʻo Gomez, he kamaʻāina ʻo Salinas, i kahi papahana ʻepekema ʻepekema hou ma Cal State Monterey Bay ʻoiai ʻo ia e hana manawa piha ana i nā kūʻai a me nā hana no Taylor Farms, kahi āna i hoʻopau ai i kahi internship ʻoiai ma Hartnell.
Ua haʻi ʻo ia i kēia ʻōlelo aʻo me nā haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe a me ke kulanui e nānā ana i ka papahana ma ka pūnaewele:
“Mai makaʻu i ka loli. E hāpai mau i kou lima a ʻōlelo, 'Eia, ʻae, e hana wau i kēlā. A me kekahi mea e ae?' A ma luna o nā mea a pau, e mākaukau e aʻo. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻokō pono, pono ʻoe e hoʻokō."
Aia ka papahana o kēia lā i ka papa manawa piha o nā panela a me nā mea haʻiʻōlelo e hōʻike ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka honua o ka ʻoihana huahana a me kona paʻakikī e piʻi nui ana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kahi limahana i lako no kāna mau pono loli.
Ua uhi ʻo Ross me Donohue i nā kumuhana like ʻole, me ka hopena o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi COVID-19 i nā mea kanu hou a me nā mea hoʻouna.
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana no ka mālama ʻana i kāna huahana e kahe ana i loko o nā hale kūʻai i ka manawa i lilo ai kekahi mau waiwai, ʻo ia hoʻi nā huahana pepa. Ua ʻike pū ʻo ia i ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka neʻe koke ʻana o nā mea kūʻai mai ka ʻai ʻana i waho i ke kūʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai e hoʻomākaukau ai ma ka home.
"ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo, ma ke awāwa ʻo Salinas, ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi laina hana e pili ana i ka lawelawe meaʻai, ʻo ia ka mea e pili ana i ka ʻeke ʻeke ʻokoʻa loa - a me kahi ala kūʻai kūʻai ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe inā ʻoe e hana wale nei. nā mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Ross. "ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻokuʻu i ka poʻe, a ua noʻonoʻo mākou pehea, e hana pū me ka FDA, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohana hou i kekahi o nā mea lawelawe meaʻai e hoʻopili ai i nā mea kūʻai aku, a me ka pivoting a me ka hoʻololi ʻana."
Ua pili ʻo ia i ka hiki ke mālama i nā limahana a hoʻololi i ke kaulahao lako i ka wā maʻi maʻi i nā makahiki o ka hana hou ʻana i nā lau lau.
"Kakaikahi ka poʻe e hiki ke mahalo, ke manaʻo nei au, i ka nani o ka logistics o ka ʻoihana huahana, ʻo wau ma Salinas," wahi a Ross, "no laila ke noʻonoʻo ʻoe i nā manawa o ka lawe ʻana i nā mea mai ke kula, ma o ka mea kanu a ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka honua. ʻāina i ka nui o nā hola - a i ʻole a puni ka honua - he mea kupanaha ka logistics aʻu i manaʻo ai he kakaikahi ka poʻe i mahalo i ka mea i hoʻomaka i ka makahiki. A ke hana nei; he hana maoli.
E wehe ʻia ka papahana summit o kēia lā me kahi hōʻike nui e Dennis Donohue, ka luna o ka Western Growers for Innovation and Technology, a me Ted Taylor, pelekikena o Mission Ranches a me Seco Packing.
E hoʻomau ka papa hoʻonohonoho piha me kahi kūkākūkā ākea e pili ana i ka "Grower and Tech Issues and Education, Training and Workforce Challenges," e hōʻike ana iā Leon Brish, co-founder a me Luna Nui o FarmDog; ʻO Mariana Valdez, luna ʻepekema lepo no Ag-Wise Enterprises Inc.; a ʻo Sebastien Boyer, ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka Luna Nui o FarmWise, nāna i hana i ka papa inoa ʻo Time magazine's Best Inventions of 2020 no kāna weeder autonomous.
ʻO kekahi kau i hōʻike ʻia ʻo "The Importance of Education and a New Kind of Worker," me kahi papa kiʻekiʻe ʻo Central Coast i kūkulu ʻia e Tom Nunes he ʻehā o nā hanauna mahiʻai a me ka pelekikena o ka Hui Nunes, kahi mea hoʻopuka mua me ka hana. ma Kaleponi, Arizona a me Nevada; ʻO John D'Arrigo, pelekikena, Luna Nui a me ka luna o D'Arrigo Bros.; a me Miles Reiter, Luna Nui a lunahoomalu o Driscoll's. ʻO Brie Reiter Smith ka mea hoʻoponopono, ka luna hoʻokele o ka hoʻolālā ʻōnaehana maikaʻi o Driscoll, ke kaulahao lako.
Eia kekahi, e hōʻike ʻia ʻelua mau kau ma ka ʻōlelo Sepania, me ka unuhi ʻōlelo Pelekania, e hōʻike ana i ka "Mexico and the Americas: Grower Issues" a me "The Startup Scene." Ma waena o nā mea hōʻikeʻike ʻAmelika Latin ʻo Tomás Peña, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka S4, kekahi o nā mea hoʻomaka AgTech mua loa o Argentina a he alakaʻi alakaʻi nui o ka kaiaola AgTech ma ʻAmelika Latin; ʻO ka mea hoʻokele waiwai mahiʻai ʻo Elisa Blanco, e hāʻawi ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona honua e pili ana i ka wai ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokumu i ka Center for Water Law and Management in Chile; a me Jairo Trad, he mea hoʻomohala polokalamu, ʻepekema ʻikepili a me ka ʻoihana me ka ʻoihana ma ʻeono mau ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika Latina a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
E kipa i ka ʻaoʻao pūnaewele puni honua ma www.salinasvalleyagtechsummit.com e aʻo hou e pili ana i ka papahana o kēia makahiki a me nā kākoʻo. No ka ʻike hou aku, e kelepona i ka Ag Tech Summit Team ma agtech@hartnell.edu.