Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Tree Top Inc., ka hui hoʻoponopono huaʻai mua, ma kahi o 50 mau makahiki i hala aku nei ma waena o Wakinekona ma waenakonu o ka ʻāina ʻāpala o ka mokuʻāina. Aia ka hui ʻoihana e nā lālā ulu 1,100 mai Wakinekona, Oregon a me Idaho. Ua hoʻomaka ka hui ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoheheʻe wai ʻāpala akā ua ulu aʻe i mea hana wai, concentrates a me nā huahana maloʻo, a ma ke ʻano he mea lawelawe meaʻai no nā ʻāpana ʻoki hou.
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka hui i ʻelua mau ʻāpana kūʻai ʻokoʻa e hoʻokaʻawale ana i kā lākou mea kūʻai aku mai kā lākou meaʻai a me nā huahana lawelawe meaʻai.
“Ua hoʻomaka mua mākou i ka lawelawe meaʻai. ʻO ia kā mākou piʻo holoʻokoʻa mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai mākou i ka mākeke ʻoki hou, "wahi a Ned Rawn, ka luna moʻohelu kālā no ka lawelawe meaʻai.
"Ke lilo nei ʻo Apple i ʻāpana nui o ka ʻoihana lawelawe meaʻai a (ʻoki hou) ua loaʻa i kahi traction."
Ua komo ʻo Tree Top i ka mākeke ʻoki hou i ka makahiki 2000, e hoʻolako ana i nā hale ʻaina meaʻai wikiwiki ma ka Pākīpika Northwest me nā ʻāpana ʻāpala kiʻekiʻe. I ka makahiki 2006, ua hoʻopau ʻia kahi hale ʻoki hou hou ma Selah, Wash., Me nā lako hana hou no ka mākeke lawelawe meaʻai e ulu nei. ʻO ka mea kanu he 26,000 kapuaʻi kapuaʻi i hoʻopiha pihaʻia a maʻemaʻe loa. Akā i ʻekolu mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻohana ʻo Tree Top i ke kapikala nui no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hana ʻoki hou e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi a hoʻolōʻihi i ke ola.
No ka mea nui ka maikaʻi i nā kaulahao lawelawe meaʻai aupuni, ua ʻimi mau ʻo Tree Top i nā ala e mālama ai i ka maikaʻi.
"He aʻo mau ia," wahi a Rawn. "Ke hoʻoikaika mau nei mākou e hoʻopuka i ka maikaʻi maikaʻi loa."
No laila, he mau makahiki wale nō ma hope o ke kūkulu ʻana i hale hou, ua ʻoki ʻo Tree Top i mua o ia hale a kūkulu hou ʻia me kahi ʻōnaehana hope i hoʻolālā hou ʻia. Ke hoʻohana nei ke kaʻina hana hou i ka ʻōnaehana flume e hoʻoneʻe i nā ʻōhiʻa ma o ka hale hana, e kaupalena ana i nā pilina paʻakikī e hiki ke ʻeha i nā ʻōlaʻi. Ua kōkua pū ka laina hou i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka pono. Hiki ke holo ʻia nā ʻano nui o nā pūʻolo like ʻole i ka manawa like. He kūʻokoʻa nā flumes kekahi i kekahi, ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki i ka hui ke holo i nā mea kūlohelohe a me nā ʻāpala maʻamau.
ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā flumes e kōkua pū i ka pale ʻana i ka cross-contamination, hoʻonui i ka traceability a hāʻawi i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi. Ma muli o ka holo ʻana o kēlā me kēia ʻāpana ma kāna laina ponoʻī, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rawn i kēia manawa ua hiki i ka hui ke hoʻoheheʻe i kēlā me kēia flumes e mālama pono ai ka mea kanu i nā manawa āpau ma nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe.
"Maikaʻi loa ʻo Tree Top i ka wahi palekana meaʻai a me ka traceability a me nā mea a pau e hele pū me ia, e paipai mākou i nā mea kūʻai aku e hele mai e ʻike i kā mākou hana ʻana," wahi a Rawn.
Hoʻoponopono ʻia ka mea hana i ʻeono a ʻewalu mau manawa i ka makahiki - ma luna o ka American Institute of Baking audits, wahi a Rawn. ʻO nā ʻano loiloi ʻelua a me nā ʻaoʻao ʻekolu e koi ʻia e nā mea kūʻai aku a lawe i kahi manawa liʻiliʻi, akā hāʻawi lākou iā Tree Top i ka manawa e hōʻike ai i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka maikaʻi o nā polokalamu palekana a me ka traceability.
"He mea ia e hana maikaʻi ai kā mākou hana," wahi a Rawn.
Hana ʻo Tree Top me nā moʻolelo aupuni e hoʻomohala i nā huahana inoa no kā lākou mau hale kūʻai. Hana ka hui i nā pūʻolo pākahi no nā kaulahao meaʻai wikiwiki a me kahi ʻeke 3-paona nui aʻe no nā hale ʻaina a i ʻole nā hui ʻē aʻe, wahi a Rawn. Hāʻawi ka hōʻailona maʻamau a me nā ʻoki maʻamau i ka waiwai i kāna mea kūʻai aku, a ʻo ka pahuhopu ka hana ʻana i nā huahana e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i nā ʻoihana o nā mea kūʻai aku me nā huahana i kūpono i ko lākou pono.
Ua hiki iā Tree Top ke hoʻonui i ka hale me ka ʻike ʻole i kahi lag o ka huahana hope. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka hana ma o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā papa hana i ʻehā mau lā, ʻekolu lā hoʻomaha, ka mea i mālama i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana mai ke keʻakeʻa ʻana i ka hana ʻana a hāʻawi i ka poʻe ʻaelike i ka manawa kūpono e hana me ka ʻole o ke keakea.
"ʻO ia ka hana ʻenehana," wahi a Sharon Miracle, ka luna kamaʻilio hui no Tree Top.
ʻO ka hōʻano hou i ka laina he mea no-brainer i ka wā i ʻike ai nā luna ʻo Tree Top e hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia nā huahana hou aku me ka liʻiliʻi o ka downtime no ka hoʻololi. A ma ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka pōʻino o nā ʻāpala ma mua o ka ʻoki ʻana, hiki ke mālama ʻia ka maikaʻi holoʻokoʻa no kahi manawa lōʻihi. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke ola ʻana e kōkua iā Tree Top e hoʻonui i kāna hāʻawi ʻana i kēia manawa, ʻoiai ke ulu nei ke koi no nā ʻokiʻoki hou, wahi a Miracle.
ʻO ka mea hou ma Tree Top ka hoʻonohonoho hou ʻana i nā hana lawelawe meaʻai, ma lalo o kahi kūlana hope pelekikena hou i mālama ʻia e Dan Wenker. Ua kūkulu ʻia ka mea kanu hou i ʻoki ʻia ma ke kahua like me ka hale meaʻai maloʻo maloʻo o Tree Top, i hiki ai i nā ʻōpala mai ka ʻoki ʻoki ke hele i ka mea kanu maloʻo e hoʻohana i nā hua ʻāpala maka a pau. A i ʻOkakopa o ka makahiki i hala, ua loaʻa ʻo Tree Top i ka Medford, Ore.–based Sabroso Co., he mea hana i nā hua puree. Ua hoʻonohonoho hou ʻia nā hana lawelawe meaʻai a pau i kēia manawa e hāʻawi i kahi ala i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i ke kūʻai aku, no laila ʻaʻole loaʻa nā mea kūʻai aku i nā kelepona mai nā mea kūʻai aku he nui mai nā wahi like ʻole o ka hui, wahi a Rawn.