He ʻoiaʻiʻo paha ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopunipuni iā Mother Nature.
Akā i ka wā e hoʻokaʻawale ai i nā mīkini no ka ʻoihana huahana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaikaʻi iā ia.
A ʻo ia ka mea nui i ka wā e hoʻoikaika ai e hoʻokō i kahi kokoke i ka hemolele e like me ka hiki i ka ʻokiʻoki hou ʻana i nā huahana a me ka ʻenehana hoʻomaʻemaʻe a puni ka honua.
I ka makahiki 2010, ua hoʻoholo ka hoʻokele ma Salinas, Calif.-based Western Harvesting i ka hoʻoholo ʻana e neʻe i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻakomi no nā huahana lau hou o ka mahiʻai. Ke makemake nei i ka ʻenehana e hoʻokō i kā lākou mau pono kikoʻī, huli lākou i BEST, he hui Belgian nāna i hoʻolālā maʻamau, hoʻomohala a kūʻai aku i nā mīkini hoʻokaʻawale.
"ʻAʻole i hana ʻo BEST i ka mīkini like ʻelua no ka mea ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i ʻelua laina hana like," wahi a Bjorn Thumas, BEST North American sales manager. "Hele mau ka ʻoihana me kahi mīkini hoʻokaʻawale e kūpono i nā pono hoʻokaʻawale pololei o kēlā me kēia mea kūʻai."
"Ma ka wehe ʻana i nā hemahema ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana i ka laina kaʻina hana, ua manaʻo mākou e ʻoi aku ka palekana o kā mākou huahana, ʻoi aku ka maʻemaʻe a e hoʻomaikaʻi kā mākou hana pono," wahi a Winston Crouse, ka luna o ka ʻohi ʻana o ke Komohana.
ʻO ka hiki o BEST ke hoʻohui i nā ʻenehana ke kumu kūʻai aku no ke Komohana, nāna i koho e hoʻokomo i kahi BEST HELIUS 1200 mm sorter ma kāna mea kanu King City. He kanahākūmāwalu ʻīniha ka laulā, hiki iā ia ke hoʻokaʻawale i ka hui puna ma nā kumukūʻai a hiki i 5,000 paona i ka hola, a me ka spinach a hiki i 8,000 paona i kēlā me kēia hola. ʻO ka makahiki i hala, ua pāpālua ʻo Western i kona hiki ma ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi hoʻonohonoho lua.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma ka pūnaewele, ua komo nā limahana o ke Komohana me Crouse i ke aʻo ʻana i hāʻawi ʻia ma BEST ma Denver, kahi i loaʻa ai iā BEST kahi hale hana piha. Ua hele pū ʻo Mike Parise, ka mea kūʻai aku o BEST ma Kaleponi, me Crouse i Belgium no ke aʻo ʻana.
"ʻO ia ka mea i hana maikaʻi loa ai ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana iaʻu, ʻoiai mākou e hana pū ana me nā limahana BEST e kōkua iā mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi i kā mākou laina," wahi a Crouse.
Ua hoʻouna mua lākou i ka mea a Crouse i wehewehe ai he "kekahi mau hemahema paʻakikī" e hoʻāʻo i nā mea hou.
"Loaʻa iā ia nā hana hoʻokaʻawale kiʻekiʻe loa, me nā pae haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa," wahi a Crouse.
ʻO ka loina laser hāʻule manuahi o ka mea hana e ʻae i ka nānā ʻana i mua a me hope i ka wā e hele ai ka huahana i ka ʻāpana ʻike laser. Eia kekahi, ʻo kāna ʻōnaehana nānā kūpaʻa e hiki ai i ka sorter ke hana no nā neʻe he nui me ka ʻole o ka lepo - ʻo ia ke kūʻē i nā ʻōnaehana kāʻei i hoʻohana ʻia i luna a me lalo optics a ʻo Crouse i ʻōlelo ai he paʻakikī ke mālama maʻemaʻe. nā noi.
A ʻo ka pahuhopu o Western no ka hoʻopuka ʻana i kahi huahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ua uku pū ʻia ma ka hale hana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻo ka hiki i ka poʻe sorters ke wehe i ka lepo a me ka lau i uhi ʻia i ka lepo ua hopena i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa nui ʻana i nā ukana bio ʻōnaehana holoi, a me ka hāʻule like ʻana o ka hoʻohana kemika a me ka wai. Ua emi ka hoʻopiʻi o nā mea kūʻai aku e pili ana i nā mea ʻē aʻe a hiki i ka 98 pakeneka.
"Hoʻopili nā noi i ka wehe ʻana i nā ʻano mea ʻē aʻe a me nā discolorations mai ka letus a me ka spinach - ʻoiai mai ka hui ʻana o ka lettuce multicolor e like me ka hui puna, me nā hana kiʻekiʻe loa i ka wela liʻiliʻi paʻakikī a me nā inike," wahi a Crouse.
ʻO ka wehe ʻana i nā hemahema ma mua o ke kaʻina hana ua hiki i ke Komohana ke ulu i nā mākeke hou i pani ʻia iā lākou i ka wā ma mua, wahi a Crouse. Ua ʻike ʻo Thumas e like ka maikaʻi o nā mea hana me nā ʻano huahana ʻē aʻe.
"Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokaʻawale i nā ʻano lettuce like ʻole, e hele ana mai ka hau hau, ʻoki ʻia a ʻokiʻoki ʻia, a hiki i ka romaine, ka hui punawai, ka wai, ka saladi rocket, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe," wahi a Thumas. "Ke hoʻokaʻawale nei mākou i nā ʻano ʻano huaʻai hou a hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia e like me ka blueberries, cherries, apple wedges, ka maiʻa a me ka pepa jalapeno, etc.
"ʻO ka mea ʻimi mea ʻiʻo a me ka hui ʻenehana kūikawā no ka ʻoki ʻoki hou ʻana he waiwai maikaʻi loa ia e hiki ai i ka hemolele. ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia ʻo Mother Nature a he ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia hoʻokūkū. Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e hana pū me ka mea kūʻai aku e ʻike i ka maikaʻi maikaʻi loa me kahi hua kiʻekiʻe.