E hāʻawi ʻo USDA i kahi koho kālā hou e kōkua i ka poʻe mahiʻai e kūʻai i ka waihona lawe lima a me nā lako hana. ʻOihana Hana Kūʻai (FSA) Luna Hooponopono Val Dolcini a Oihana Hoolaha Mahiai (AMS) Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Elanor Starmer i nā loli i ka Papahana hoʻolimalima hale mālama mahiʻai (FSFL). i ka wā o kahi pākaukau meaʻai kūloko a kūloko ma Columbus, Ohio.
ʻO nā hōʻaiʻē, aia i kēia manawa kahi koho microloan liʻiliʻi me nā uku haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ua hoʻolālā ʻia e kōkua i nā mea hana, me nā mea hana hou, liʻiliʻi a me waena, e ulu i kā lākou ʻoihana a me nā mākeke, wahi a ka hui.
Hāʻawi ka papahana i kahi koho "microloan" hou, e hiki ai i nā mea noi ke ʻimi nei ma lalo o $ 50,000 e kūpono i ka uku hōʻemi o ʻelima pakeneka a ʻaʻohe koi e hāʻawi i ʻekolu makahiki o ka mōʻaukala hana. Ua kūpono nā mahiʻai a me nā holoholona o nā ʻano nui.
Manaʻo ʻia he pōmaikaʻi nui ka koho microloan i nā mahiʻai liʻiliʻi a me nā hale hānai, a me nā mea kanu mea kanu kūikawā ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa i ka waihona ʻoihana a i ʻole ka mālama ʻana ma ka mahiʻai ma hope o ka ʻohi ʻana. Hiki i kēia mau mea hana ke hoʻolilo i nā lako e like me nā conveyers, unahi a i ʻole nā hui pahu hau a me nā kaʻa e hiki ke mālama i nā huahana ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i nā mākeke. ʻAʻole pono nā mea hana e hōʻike i ka nele o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hōʻaiʻē pāʻoihana e noi.
"ʻO ka ulu ʻana i nā mea kanu waiwai nui no nā mākeke kūloko a me nā ʻāpana he wahi komo maʻamau no nā mahiʻai hou," wahi a Starmer. "Ma muli o ka hoʻolimalima pinepine ʻana i ka ʻāina a pono lākou e lawe i nā waiwai palaho, ʻo kahi hōʻaiʻē e hiki ke uhi i nā mea hoʻoluʻu kelepona a i ʻole nā kaʻa pahu hau e hoʻopiha i kahi āpau koʻikoʻi. Hāʻawi kēia mau mea hana i ka nui o nā hub meaʻai, nā mākeke mahiʻai a i ʻole nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale ʻaina makemake i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka meaʻai kūloko.
Ma mua o kēia makahiki, ua hoʻonui ʻo FSA i ka papa inoa o nā mea kūʻai aku i kūpono no ka hōʻaiʻē ʻoihana mālama ʻai. ʻO nā mea kūʻai kūpono i kēia manawa ke komo i ka iʻa iʻa; pua puaʻa; nā huaʻai (me nā nati) a me nā mea kanu; kulina, palaoa sorghum, raiki, hua aila, oats, palaoa, triticale, spelt, buckwheat, lentils, chickpeas, dry peas, sugar, peanuts, barley, rye, hay, honey, hops, maple sap, i'o a me ka moa i hana ole ia, hua, ka waiū, ka paʻakai, ka pata, ka yogurt a me ka biomass hou.
Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā hōʻaiʻē liʻiliʻi FSFL no ke kālā holoi a hoʻopaʻa i nā lako i hoʻohana ʻia ma hope o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana, ma mua o ka waiho ʻia ʻana o kahi mea kūʻai i loko o kahi waihona anu.