ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka ʻoihana ʻO ka hana ʻana i ka hōʻano hou ʻana i ke alakaʻi palekana meaʻai e pili ana i ka cantaloupe ke mālama nei i nā kelepona ʻaha kūkā i kēlā me kēia pule ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hui ma ka ʻāina.
Ua hoʻolaha pū lākou i kahi pūnaewele hou kahi e ʻike ai ka lehulehu i nā palapala a me ka holomua.
Ua haʻi ʻia nā mea āpau, e komo nā alakaʻi ma kahi o 15 mau manawa kelepona. Kāhea nā mea kuleana mai nā ʻoihana a pau i kēlā me kēia pule e kūkākūkā i nā kumuhana e pili ana i ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi ʻino e hiki mai ana. Hiki i nā kūkākūkā ke komo i ka wai, ka wai, ka maʻemaʻe, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe, nā mea hana, ka lawelawe ʻana, ka mālama ʻana i nā pest, ka lawe ʻana, nā kaʻina hana hoʻomanaʻo a me nā moʻolelo.
"Ua hoʻomohala ka ʻoihana i kekahi mau alakaʻi i nā makahiki i hala iho nei," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo David Gombas, ka pelekikena nui o United Fresh no ka palekana o ka meaʻai a me ka ʻenehana.
“ʻO kā mākou hana ma ʻaneʻi ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi palapala alakaʻi i kūpono loa i ka cantaloupe
ʻoihana. ʻO ka mea a mākou e kamaʻilio nei, he palapala ia e lilo i mea ʻoluʻolu, pili i ka ʻepekema a kikoʻī.
Pono ia e maʻalahi i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i ka ulu ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā kaʻina hana ʻaʻole wale ma US, akā a puni ka honua, wahi a Gombas. ʻO ka manaʻo e hāʻawi i nā mea hoʻohana i kēlā me kēia pae i ke alakaʻi kaulahao e hoʻohana ai i ka hana ʻana i kā lākou papahana palekana meaʻai.
Hoʻokumu ʻia kahi hui hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Gombas, Luna Nui ʻepekema a me ʻenehana ʻo PMA ʻo Bob Whitaker, Western Growers Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning, Science and Technology Hank Giclas lāua ʻo Allison Moore, ka luna kamaʻilio, Fresh Produce Association of the Americas. E kōkua lākou i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaʻina hana "ma ke ʻano e loaʻa ai kahi huahana i ka hopena o ka lā hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa," wahi a Giclas.