No 20 mau makahiki, ka Mahiai Leeds ma Delaware County (Ohio) ua wehe i kona mau ipuka i na tausani o na malihini kipa ma na hopena pule o ka haule ana no ka hayrides, laina zip, heihei puaa, a me na hana e ae e like me ka hanai holoholona me na kao a me ka lua o na hoki.
"Ua ulu maoli mākou i loko o ka agritourism," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Rob Leeds, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kumu aʻoaʻo mahiʻai a me nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe. ʻO Ohio State University Extension. "I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hoʻomohala ʻana a ua loli nā mea a puni mākou, ua hoʻololi mākou."
Inā ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe, hāʻawi ke kānāwai hou o Ohio iā Leeds i ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo, ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Ma ka lā 17 o Mei, ua kau inoa ʻo Gov. John Kasich Senate Bill 75, ka mea i wehewehe i ka agritourism, hāʻawi i nā pale no nā mea hana agritourism, a hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia e pili ana i nā pilikia kīwila, ʻauhau waiwai a me ka mana zoning kūloko.
Hoʻomaka ke kānāwai i ka lā 16 ʻAukake, i ka manawa kūpono no nā hana agritourism i kaulana ma Ohio i ka hāʻule, wahi a Peggy Kirk Hall, ke kaukaʻi kōkua o ke kānāwai mahiʻai a me nā kumuwaiwai no ka Ke Koleke ʻAi, Mahiʻai, a me ka ʻepekema Kaiapuni ma ke Kulanui o Ohio State a me ka loea kahua kānāwai mahiʻai no OSU Extension. ʻO OSU Extension ka lima hoʻolaha o ke kulanui.
"Manaʻo wau ʻo ka mea mua e pono ai ka poʻe e hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia ke uhi ʻia e ke kānāwai, pono ʻoe e hoʻokō i ka wehewehe ʻana o kahi 'mahiʻai,'" wahi a Hall. “Pono ʻoe ma kahi o 10 mau ʻeka i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hana mahiʻai a i ʻole ka loaʻa kālā maʻamau o ka liʻiliʻi he $2,500 mai ia hana. Pono ʻoe e hana i kēlā hana. Inā pēlā, ua uhi ʻia e ke kānāwai hou kahi hana agritourism e pili ana i ka mahiʻai.
Mālama ke kānāwai i nā mea hana mai ke kuleana no nā ʻeha e pili ana i nā pilikia i loaʻa i nā hana agritourism.
"ʻO nā pilikia 'inherent' nā mea a ke kanaka kūpono e ʻike ai e pilikia ana lākou ma ka hana ʻana i kēlā hana," wahi a Hall. "ʻO ka puni ʻana i ka lio ke lawe nei i kekahi mau pilikia ma muli o ka nui a me ka hiki ʻole o ka holoholona. Akā inā ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa pono ka mea hoʻohana i ka lio a kū mai kahi pilikia, e manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he mālama ʻole, ʻaʻole i pale ʻia e kēia kānāwai.
ʻO nā hana e pili ana i nā holoholona e lawe mau i kekahi pilikia, wahi a Leeds.
“He kanaiwa a hiki i ka 95 pakeneka o kā mākou kao he ʻano maikaʻi, akā inā kokoke loa ka ʻaʻahu a i ʻole ka ʻaʻahu o kekahi, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomaka maʻalahi e ʻai. ʻAʻole lākou e hoʻāʻo e ʻino. He kao wale nō lākou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Leeds he pilikia ka ʻāina ʻino i nā malihini mahiʻai.
"ʻAʻole nā mea a pau he blacktop ma kahi mahiʻai," wahi āna. "Ma kā mākou hana, e paka ʻoe ma kahi mauʻu. He ʻāpana ia o ka ʻike. No ka hapa nui, maikaʻi ia, akā pono ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo he māla mahiʻai nō ia. No laila, hāʻawi kēia mau pale iā mākou i ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo. "
Ma lalo o ke kānāwai hou, pono nā mea hoʻohana e kau i nā hōʻailona hōʻailona kokoke i kēlā me kēia puka komo a i ʻole i kēlā me kēia hana e hoʻolaha ana i ka poʻe kipa ʻaʻole kuleana ʻia ka mea hoʻohana no nā ʻeha e pili ana i kēlā mau pilikia.
"He pololei ka ʻōlelo o ka hōʻailona hōʻailona, a ua ʻōlelo ke kānāwai he ʻeleʻele nā leka, ma kahi o 1 iniha ke kiʻekiʻe a pono e ʻike maopopo ʻia ma ka puka komo a i ʻole ke kahua o ka hana," wahi a Hall. "Ke paipai nei au i ka hewa o nā mea hana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā hōʻailona he nui ma mua o ka lawa ʻole. Ke hoʻolaha nei ʻoe i ka poʻe e pono lākou e hoʻomaopopo aia kekahi mau pilikia o ka noho ʻana ma laila.
Pono nā luna zoning kūloko e hoʻomaopopo i ke kānāwai hou, no ka mea e kaupalena ʻia ka pili ʻana o ka zoning i nā hana agritourism, wahi āna. ʻAʻole hiki i ke kalana a me ke kaona kaona ke pāpā i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai akā hiki ke hana i kekahi mau koi no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka waiwai, kaʻa a me nā pilikia o ke kūkulu ʻana i kekahi mau kūlana.
"Ma kēia kahi e ʻike ai mākou i kekahi mau ʻokoʻa o ka manaʻo e pili ana inā he 'agritourism' maoli ka hana e like me ke kānāwai," wahi āna. "Ua lohe mua wau mai nā aupuni kūloko e hoʻāʻo nei e ʻike i ka mea e pili ai kēia."
Hoʻomaopopo pū ke kānāwai i ka ʻāina kahi e hana ʻia ai nā ʻoihana mahiʻai pono e ʻauhau ʻia ma lalo o ka papahana ʻo Ohio's Current Agricultural Use Valuation ma mua o nā uku ʻauhau waiwai kiʻekiʻe.
"ʻAʻole ia i lilo i mea nui no mākou - ke hana pū nei kā mākou mea hoʻoponopono ma Delaware County me ke kaiāulu ag - akā ua lohe au he pilikia ia no kekahi mau mea hana ma nā kalana ʻē aʻe," wahi a Leeds. "Maikaʻi mau ka maopopo."
Hāʻawi ʻo Hall i kahi hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo o ke kānāwai me nā kikoʻī hou aku ma kahi pou ma OSU Extension's Ag Law Blog, aglaw.osu.edu/blog.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Leeds e kōkua ke kānāwai i nā hana e like me kāna, e holo pū ana me kāna wahine ʻo Christy Leeds.
"Akā ʻaʻole pili i ke kānāwai a mākou e kau ai, hoʻi mau ia i nā pilina," wahi a Leeds. "Ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokele agritourism, pono mākou e hoʻomohala i nā pilina me nā hoalauna, nā kahu mālama kūlanakauhale a me nā luna i koho ʻia. Nui koʻu hauʻoli e hana pū me nā luna ahi a me ka makai nui, e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā pilikia a lākou e ʻike ai me kā mākou hana a me nā mea e pono ai mākou e hana e palekana. He waiwai nui kēlā mau pilina me ka mea ʻole.
- ʻO Martha Filipa, Ke Kulanui o Ohio State
Puna: Ke Kulanui o Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences