ʻO ka hoʻolilo kālā e mālama i ke kālā ʻo ia hoʻi ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu ma ʻO Bolthouse Farms' hale hana ma Prosser, Wash.
ʻO Jim Robbins, ka hope pelekikena o nā lawelawe ʻenehana no Bolthouse Farms ma Bakersfield, Calif., Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka wā i loaʻa ai ka wahi Prosser i ʻelima mau makahiki i hala, ua manaʻo ka hui e hoʻokō i kekahi o nā ʻano hana hoʻopakele ikehu e hōʻike ana i ka ʻoihana e like me ka mea maʻamau ma Kaleponi. nā hana. Hāʻawi piha ʻia ka hale hana Prosser o ka hui i ka hana ʻana i nā kāloti pēpē i holoi ʻia, ʻoki hou a ʻoki ʻia.
"Hoʻopili mākou ma lalo o kā mākou lepili ponoʻī, ka inoa pilikino, hana mākou i nā mea maʻamau a hana mākou i nā mea kūlohelohe," wahi a Robbins.
"Aneane pau ko mākou mea ola i Costco ma lalo o ka Earthbound Farm (brand)."
I kēia manawa,'o ka Hui Pū ʻIa ʻĀkau Komohana (NEEA) i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ke komohana ʻākau o ʻAmelika i kākoʻo ʻia e a me ka hui pū ʻana me nā ʻoihana ʻoi aku ma mua o 100, Hooponopono Mana o Bonneville a me ka Energy Trust o Oregon, ʻO ka hana a NEEA e hoʻolalelale i ka hana hou a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana, nā lawelawe a me nā hana e pono ai ka ikehu.
Ka launa pū me ka ʻAhahui Mea ʻai ʻĀkau Komohana (NWFPA) ʻo ia ke ala a NEEA e hoʻāʻo ai e hele a hana pū me nā lālā a puni ka ʻāina e hōʻemi i nā kumukūʻai ikehu - ʻo ia ka mea a Bolthouse Farms e ʻimi nei.
"ʻO ka mea a mākou i ʻike ai, ʻaʻole ʻike nā hui he nui i kā lākou hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu," wahi a Pam Barrow, ka luna hoʻokele ikehu o NWFPA. "He hana mua koʻikoʻi kēlā - e ʻike i ke ʻano o kāu baseline ikaika. ʻO ke kī i kēlā ʻo ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka ʻikepili a me ka nānā ʻana i kāu hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu, a ʻike ʻia ka hopena o ka mālama ʻana iā ia iho ma ke kauoha o 2 a 5 pakeneka - ma ka nānā wale ʻana.
ʻO Bolthouse maoli nō. Ua hoʻomaka ka luna o nā hana ma Prosser, ʻo Jeff Janosky, e hana pū me nā mea pono kūloko e loiloi pehea e hiki ai i ka mea kanu ke hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu, wahi a Robbins. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo ia i ka hale no kahi noiʻi hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu NWFPA.
"ʻO ka mea a mākou e ʻike nei ʻo ka refrigeration kahi hapa nui o kā mākou hoʻohana uila, no laila hāʻawi ʻo NEEA i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa nui i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka refrigeration a ke kiʻi nei mākou i kā mākou poʻe āpau e hele i kēlā mau papa NEEA a hana i nā ʻano hana a me ka mālama ʻana. i kā lākou mau hale i loko o kā lākou pahu hau, "wahi a Barrow. "ʻO ia ka hopena i kahi mālama nui."
ʻO nā wahi koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe e hāʻawi i ka mālama kālā ʻo ia ka hana a puni ka uaki. "No laila, loaʻa iā mākou ka leka hoʻomaopopo mai ka hui mana, a i loko o kēlā hola e hāʻawi hou mākou i kā mākou hana hana no ka hola ʻehā, hoʻololi i nā mea hana kahiko, hoʻoponopono i nā kahe o ka ea a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā hemahema o ka paila.
No ka mea kanu ʻo Bolthouse's Prosser, ʻo ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kukui ka mea mua.
"Ua hoʻololi mākou i kā mākou 120 volt i 277 volt," wahi a Robbins. “Ke hoʻokomo pū nei mākou i nā kukui mālama ikehu. Ua hoʻonui maoli mākou i kā mākou lumens no ka mea he hale ʻeleʻele maikaʻi ia i ko mākou komo ʻana i loko.
“He ʻano hoʻohui maikaʻi kēlā, akā ua mālama pū mākou i ka ikehu. ʻO kā mākou manaʻo i kēia manawa he 35 pakeneka ka emi ʻana o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu ma ke kukui wale nō.
Ke hōʻano hou nei ka hui i kāna mau papa hoʻolaha i hiki ke hoʻohana pono ʻia ka ikehu. A e lawe ana i kahi ʻaoʻao mai kāna mau hana Kaleponi, ke nānā nei ʻo Bolthouse i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka mana interruptable ma Prosser - kahi kaʻina hana e mālama ai i "mau haneli kaukani kālā" i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma Kaleponi.
"Ke manaʻo ʻia nei mākou no nā manawa kahi, ma ka ʻike, hiki iā mākou ke ʻoki i ko mākou mana ma ʻaneʻi e 75 pakeneka no ka manawa ʻehā hola," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Robbins, me ka ʻike ʻana e holo ana ʻo Bolthouse i ka hana a puni ka uaki. "No laila, loaʻa iā mākou ka leka hoʻomaopopo mai ka hui mana, a i loko o kēlā hola, e hāʻawi hou mākou i kā mākou hana no nā hola ʻehā, a hiki iā mākou ke hōʻemi i ka 75 pakeneka.
"Hoʻemi ia i ka hana, akā ʻaʻole ia e hoʻōki."
A ma ka hana pū ʻana me NEEA a me NWFPA, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Robbins, e pōmaikaʻi nā poʻe a pau o ka ʻoihana ʻoihana meaʻai o ka ʻāina.
"Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pūʻulu nui o nā kaʻina hana e pili ana a aia ka nui o ka kaʻana like ʻana o ka ʻike," wahi a Robbins. "Hōʻuluʻulu ʻo ia i nā mea ʻaʻole hoʻokūkū a kōkua iā mākou āpau e hoʻohana pono i kēlā."
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua kau ka lālā o NWFPA i ka pahuhopu e hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu 25 pakeneka ma luna o 10 mau makahiki ma o kāna hui pū ʻana me NEEA.
"Ke manaʻo nei lākou i kahi mālama kālā 10-makahiki o $ 192 miliona i ka hana ʻana i kēlā, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ke kumukūʻai o ka hana ʻole ʻana i kekahi mea," wahi a Barrow.
A ʻo ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kēlā pahuhopu ke kī nui, wahi a NEEA Marketing Manager Sharon Peterson.
"ʻO ka pahuhopu ke lilo i wahi kikoʻī," wahi a Peterson. "Haʻaheo mākou i ka hui pū ʻana me NWFPA no ka mea ʻaʻole hana nā hui i kēia ʻano mea ma ka laulā a he alakaʻi lākou i ka lāhui ma ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka pahuhopu."
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Barrow, "ʻO kā mākou hui pū me NEEA ua ʻae iā mākou e hana i kēia hana pahuhopu a hana i ke ʻano o ka holomua a mākou i hana ai. He hoa koʻikoʻi loa lākou iā mākou. "