Mai kona kahua ma North Hatfield, Mass., heluna kanaka 3,500, ke hana nei ʻo Ron Widelo i nā pilina pili honua i ka wā e pili ana i ka ʻōpala butternut ʻoki hou.
Ke hana nei ʻo Widelo i kāna ʻoihana ponoʻī, ʻo Ronny's Welding Service, a hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he welder-mechanic i ka hana kaumaha ʻoiai e hana ana i kekahi mau hana ʻaoʻao ma hope o ka hana ma kekahi o nā mahiʻai kokoke. I ka makahiki 2000, ʻo kekahi o ka poʻe mahiʻai i ʻili lima i ka ʻōpala ʻōpala e hana i nā pūʻolo o nā huahana cubed hou no kahi hale kūʻai kūʻai kūʻai kūloko a nīnau iā Widelo inā hiki iā ia ke hoʻolālā i kahi mīkini e hana i ka ʻili ʻana no lākou.
"He paʻakikī nui ia," wahi āna. "Ua hana wau iaʻu iho i ʻōlelo misionari ... i, hoʻokahi, kūʻai aku i kahi mīkini ʻili kiʻekiʻe, kūpono a palekana. ʻO ka lua, ʻo ia ke kūʻai aku i ka mīkini hoʻohana. ʻO ke kolu, ʻo ia ke kūʻai aku i ka mīkini hilinaʻi e ʻili i ka ʻōpala.
Ua lanakila ʻo ia, a ua hauʻoli i nā hopena. Hana ʻia me ke kila kila ʻole, ʻo kāna hoʻolālā patented e peels i ka ʻōpala mai 4.5 a 22 ʻīniha ka lōʻihi a ʻaʻole koi i ka ea a me ka wai e hana.
"He paʻakikī ke haʻi aku ua wehe ʻia ka ʻili," wahi āna. “Peels ia i ka laumā, no laila ua emi ka ʻōpala."
Ua ʻai nui ʻo Widelo a me kāna wahine ʻo Sandra i ka ʻōpala ma ke ala. Ua uku ʻia, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hoʻomaka ke kūʻai aku ma US wale nō, akā ʻoiai ʻo kāna RJW brand butternut squash peeler e hoʻoulu nei i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua.
ʻO ka mea mua, ma 2009, ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia i 65 o nā ʻāpana ma ʻAmelika a me Kanada ma o kahi pūnaewele a mai ka hoʻolaha. Ua kūkulu ʻo ia i nā mea ʻelima mua iā ia iho, a laila ʻike ʻo ia no ke kūpaʻa ʻana, pono ʻo ia e "mahi i waho" e hana ʻia.
A laila hele mai ʻo Hanrow Ltd. ma United Kingdom. Hāʻawi ʻo Hanrow i nā mea hana i nā mea kanu mea kanu ma UK a me ʻIlelani, e kūʻai aku ana i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua.
"Loaʻa mākou i kekahi manawa i nā nīnau no nā mea maʻamau a ʻo kekahi o nā mea a mākou i hoʻomaka ai e nīnau i kahi mea e ʻili ai i ka ʻōpala butternut - ʻaʻohe mea ma ka mākeke UK e hana i kēlā hana," wahi a Hanrow Sales Manager Greg Cooper. "Ma ka mōʻaukala, ʻaʻole i lilo ka butternut squash i mea kūʻai nui ma UK, akā ua lilo ia, i loko o nā makahiki ʻelima a ʻeono paha, i mea hoʻohana nui ʻia.
"Inā hele ʻoe i loko o kahi hale kūʻai UK, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka ʻōpala ʻōpala ʻaʻole i ʻoki ʻia he huahana maikaʻi, akā inā i ʻili mua ʻia, hiki i ka mea kūʻai ke ʻike i ka hana ʻana me ia me ka ʻole o ka hoʻoikaika nui ʻana, a lilo ia i mea kūʻai nui aku."
I ka loaʻa ʻana o Hanrow iā Widelo, ʻaʻole lākou maopopo e pāʻani kāna mīkini ma UK. I ka lele ʻana o ka manaʻoʻiʻo, ua hoʻouna ʻo Widelo i kekahi e hoʻāʻo iā lākou.
"Ua hoʻāʻo mākou iā ia me nā mea hoʻolalelale butternut squash nui o UK," wahi a Cooper. "ʻAʻole mākou e kamaʻilio nei i nā haneli, ke ʻōlelo nei mākou he ʻumi. Akā, he hana ia a nā mea hana nui e hoʻonui nei i nā puke liʻiliʻi.
"Ua manaʻo mākou inā hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa kahi mīkini i loaʻa ka manawa uku wikiwiki, hiki ke kūʻai aku."
Ua makemake nā kānaka a pau i ka mīkini, wahi a Cooper, akā ʻaʻole kūpono kekahi o kāna mau hiʻohiʻona e hōʻoia ʻia no ka mākeke UK. ʻO Hanrow, ka mea nāna i kūkulu i nā mīkini, ua hoʻopili pū me ia a kipa iā Widelo ma Massachusetts i Malaki i hala. Ua ʻae lākou a pau i nā hoʻololi a Hanrow, a i kēia manawa ke kūʻai aku nei ʻo Hanrow i ka hoʻolālā hou ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa ma lalo o ko lāua mau inoa ʻelua.
"He ʻokoʻa loa ka mea hou, akā ʻo ia ka loina like," wahi a Widelo. "Ua kūʻai aku au i ʻehā o lākou - ʻelua i Kanada a ʻelua i Indiana."
ʻO Hanrow, i kēia manawa, ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia i kekahi o nā peelers a Widelo ma ʻApelika Hema a me Rusia.
"Ke hana nei mākou me nā mea hana like ʻole a puni ka honua a maikaʻi loa ke ʻike ʻoe i kahi hui e like me RJW a me Ron e makemake nui e hana pū me mākou," wahi a Cooper. "Loaʻa iā ʻoe ka nui o nā mea hana i manaʻoʻiʻo iā lākou ka mīkini maikaʻi loa a ʻaʻole manaʻoʻiʻo lākou e loli no nā mākeke honua ʻē aʻe.
“He mare maikaʻi loa ia o nā hui ʻelua. Loaʻa iā mākou ka ʻike o nā kaʻina hana ma UK a loaʻa iā ia ke kumu o ka mīkini i kūpono i kā mākou mea hana. "
A ke lawe nei nā Widelos i nā mea a pau.
"ʻO kā mākou ʻoihana ʻo ma a me pa - ʻo wau me kaʻu wahine," wahi a Widelo. “Ua manaʻo wale wau e kūʻai aku ana au iā lākou ma ka ʻāina – ma kēia wahi liʻiliʻi a puni koʻu wahi i nui nā mahiʻai.