ʻO ke awakea a pono ka mea hana meaʻai i 100 paona ʻonika i ʻoki ʻia ma ka hola 3 pm
Aʻole pilikia.
Ua hoʻi ka poʻe holokai i ka home a makemake kekahi hōkele ma ke kūlanakauhale i 50 paona ʻoki ʻoki ʻia i loko o ʻelua hola.
E hiki ai ke hana.
ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka Vegetable Fresh ma Chicago. Ua ʻōlelo ka mea nona ʻo Vance Jackson, ua kūkulu ʻo ia i kahi niche i ka lilo ʻana i mea hele no ka ʻoki hou ʻana no nā mea kūʻai lawelawe meaʻai e kauoha nui nei ma o nā mea hoʻolaha.
"ʻO kaʻu mea e hana ai, he nui nā mea wikiwiki, ma ke koi," wahi a Vance, "i hiki i kekahi ke hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kahi kauoha i ka hola 3 o kēia kakahiaka a hiki iaʻu ke loaʻa iā lākou ma ka hola 4:30 a i ʻole 5 o' ʻO ka uaki i ke kakahiaka hoʻokahi, ʻoiai ke hoʻoponopono nei kāu mau mea hana nui i nā mea no nā kauoha ʻelua a ʻekolu mau lā ma mua.
He hoomaka haahaa
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Vegetable Fresh i nā makahiki 1980. Ua hoʻomaka kekahi o nā kāne e lilo i mau hoa no Vance ma ke ʻoki ʻana i nā huahana i loko o kāna hale kaʻa no kahi hui hōkele nui ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Chicago.
"I kēlā manawa, ʻo ia ka wā kamaliʻi o kēia ʻoihana, a ma nā kūlana o kēia lā ʻaʻole hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia," wahi a Vance. "A ua hana ʻo ia i nā mea āpau ma ka lima."
Ma hope o ʻehā mau mahina, neʻe ka hana i kahi wahi o ka pahu huahana.
"ʻO 1984 kēia, a ʻaʻohe o mākou mīkini i kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe o mākou ʻenehana," wahi a Vance. “ʻO nā mea a pau he ʻano hana noho-o-ka-pants-type, kahi āu i manaʻo ai i nā mea he nui. ʻAʻole i kākau nui ʻia e pili ana i ke ʻoki hou.
A laila, hele mai kekahi kaulahao meaʻai wikiwiki nui, makemake e kūʻai i nā ʻalani ʻokiʻoki a ʻoki ʻia. ʻO nā hui mīkini e mālama ana i nā ʻoihana ʻiʻo a me ka tiiki ke hoʻololi nei i kā lākou mau mea hana no ka ʻoki ʻana i nā huahana - akā ʻaʻole like nā koho i kēia lā, wahi a Vance.
Akā naʻe, hoʻomau lākou. Ua hui pū ʻo Vance i ka hui a hoʻomaka lākou e hana me nā mea hoʻolaha e kūʻai aku ana i nā hōkele a me nā hale ʻaina. Hoʻolako pū ʻo Vegetable Fresh i nā mea hana meaʻai - nā hui e hana i nā hua manu a me nā pizzas, no ka laʻana - a me nā halemai.
He mau mea kūʻai kūpaʻa nō hoʻi nā mea mālama.
"Aloha mau nā mea mālama i kā mākou huahana a me nā mea hiki iā mākou ke hana i mea e maʻalahi ai kā lākou hana," wahi a Vance. “He mea ia i kēlā me kēia lā. E ʻoki mākou i ka zucchini a i ʻole ka ʻōpala melemele ʻewalu a 10 mau ala like ʻole. E hana mākou i nā ʻuala like ʻole, a i ʻole nā kabo huaʻai - kau mākou ma luna o ka lāʻau.
"A hana mākou i nā pā huaʻai a me nā pā huaʻai ma ke noi, ma o nā mea hoʻolaha."
Loaʻa pinepine ʻo Michael Kirshner o Staff Kosher Catering ma Chicago i nā hua ʻoki hou mai ka Vegetable Fresh. Hāʻawi pinepine ʻo ia i nā hanana nui, me nā mea e koi ana i nā huahana kosher, a hana pū ʻo Vance me ia e hoʻokō i kāna mau pono.
"Hoʻopakele iaʻu i ka manawa nui a hāʻawi iaʻu i kahi huahana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi," wahi āna. "He poʻe maikaʻi wale lākou e hana pū me."
I ka makahiki 2004, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ʻo Vegetable Fresh mai kona wahi hope loa ma ka Chicago Produce Terminal i kona hale hana ponoʻī 22,000-square-foot ma ka ʻaoʻao hema hema o Chicago, kokoke i Chinatown. Ma laila lākou e hana ai ma kahi o 300 mau mea like ʻole a holo i ʻelua hoʻololi i ka lā me kahi o 50 mau limahana.
"Maikaʻi mākou i nā mea a mākou e hana ai, ʻoiai ʻaʻole e hoʻohālikelike i ka palekana a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe," wahi āna. "Loaʻa iā mākou nā hiki ke holo i ka 10 a 15,000 paona o ka huahana i ka manawa a hiki ke hana maʻamau i ka manawa hoʻolaha.
"ʻO kaʻu awelika holo ma kahi o 200 a 300 paona o kekahi huahana, a e hana mākou i ka liʻiliʻi he 10 paona o ka mea hoʻokahi inā noi kekahi."
ʻAʻole hoʻohana ka hui i ka ʻeke lewa i hoʻololi ʻia. Akā, ua kālele lākou i nā mea hana a me nā ʻenehana ʻokiʻoki, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻeke kūpono a me ka mālama ʻana i ke kaulahao anu e hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi a me ke ola.
"Hoʻopau ʻia ka hapa nui o kaʻu huahana i loko o ʻekolu mau lā ma hope o kā mākou hana ʻana," wahi a Vance.
Mea hoʻolaha pūnaewele
ʻOiai hāʻawi pololei ʻo Vegetable Fresh i kekahi mau mea hoʻohana hope nui, hele ke koena ma o nā mea hoʻolaha.
"ʻO nā mea a pau aʻu e hana nei he lawelawe meaʻai, a i kēia manawa ʻaʻole wau e hana i kekahi mea ma ka pae kūʻai," wahi a Vance.
ʻOiai ma o nā mea hoʻolaha, hiki i ka Vegetable Fresh ke hoʻohālikelike i nā huahana i nā pono o nā mea kūʻai aku.
"Haʻi mākou iā lākou hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohālike i nā mea āu e makemake ai, mai ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā mea hoʻohui i nā mea kanu i ʻoki ʻia i nā ʻano like ʻole," wahi a Vance. “No ka laʻana, loaʻa iā mākou kekahi e makemake i ka ʻoki ʻia ʻana o ka zucchini ma ka hapalua mahina a i ʻole kahi kāloti i ʻoki ʻia 1/8-iniha me 2 iniha. Hana mākou i nā mea he nui ma ka lima, no laila hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoponopono i kēlā me kēia ʻano ʻoki e makemake ai kekahi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Angie Bader, ka mea hoʻoponopono kūʻai aku no Testa Produce ma Chicago, he mea maʻamau nā kauoha maʻamau, a kauoha pū ʻo Testa i nā mea ʻoki hou e mālama i ka waihona.
"Ke kūʻai nei ʻo Testa i ka huahana mai kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, hoʻouna iā ia i ka Vegetable Fresh e hana ma muli o nā koi kauoha, a laila hoʻihoʻi mai lākou iā mākou e hāʻawi," wahi a Bader. "He mea maʻalahi kēia no nā mea kūʻai aku no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokō i kā lākou makemake āpau ma o mākou.
"Ke kau nei lākou i hoʻokahi kauoha, a hui pū nā mea a pau."
Ua ʻike ʻo Vance i ka ulu ʻana o ka noi mai nā kaulahao hale ʻaina ma o kāna mau mea hoʻolaha.
"Ua ʻike lākou ʻo ka ʻoki mua ʻana ʻo ia ke ala e hele ai i kahi ʻokoʻa i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hana i ka huahana iā lākou iho," wahi āna.
Ua lilo nā papahana ʻaina awakea i kahi niche no ka hoʻonui ʻana, wahi āna.
Mālama i ka lako
ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻopaʻa i ka nui kūpono a me nā ʻano meaʻai hou i kēlā me kēia lā e kali i ka noi, a me nā noi i manaʻo ʻole ʻia i ka minuke hope loa, he hana kaulike. Hoʻāʻo ʻo Vance e kūʻai ma ka ʻāina, ʻoiai kūʻai pololei mai Kaleponi a me Florida ma nā mea leo nui. Hele mai kāna mau ʻolika mai Kaleponi a i ʻole Oregon.
"Loaʻa paha iaʻu ma kahi kokoke i 120 mau mea like ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā aʻu e mālama ai i ka waihona," wahi āna. "He ʻano paʻakikī, akā ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i kāu ʻoihana a me ka ʻike ʻana i kāu mea kūʻai aku."
Hiki ke paʻakikī, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, e hāʻawi ana i ka laʻana o kahi mea kūʻai aku e hoʻohana maʻamau i 60 paona o ke aʻa celery i ʻili i ka lā.
"A laila, hele koke ʻo ia i ka hoʻomaha a loaʻa iaʻu kēlā huahana e noho ana ma laila," wahi a Vance. "Akā kokoke i kaʻu mau mea a pau aʻu e lawe nei, ʻike wau inā ʻaʻole hoʻohana kēia kanaka iā ia, e hana ʻia kekahi kanaka, no laila aia mau kahi waihona.
"Ke ho'āʻo nei au e lawe i nā mea i loko o kaʻu mea hoʻomaha a ʻike wau hiki iaʻu ke neʻe i loko o ʻelua lā."
Ke loaʻa iā ia nā hua nui ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i ka manawa, hāʻawi ʻia ia i nā waihona meaʻai ma o ka Chicago Food Depository.
A e like me ka wikiwiki o ka komo ʻana o nā mea kūʻai, huli nā huahana.
"ʻO ka manawa pinepine ʻaʻole ʻike nā kāne i kā lākou makemake, a poina paha lākou e kau i kā lākou kauoha, a ʻike paha lākou he pāʻina a pono lākou i ka nui X," wahi a Vance. "Hiki iā mākou ke pane.
“He ʻano niche kēia i loaʻa iaʻu ma Chicago. Hana mākou i nā mea e pono ai e hoʻokō. "