ʻO ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ka USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) hou Agricultural Research Technology Center ma Salinas, Kaleponi, ua hoʻomaka i ka lā 26 ʻAukake me kahi hanana hoʻoheheʻe honua.
ʻO ke keʻena noiʻi ʻokiʻoki, kahi e komo ai nā laboratories hou, nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka hiki no nā ʻepekema ʻē aʻe, kūkulu ʻia ma luna o ka ARS Crop Improvement and Protection Research Laboratory i kēia manawa ma Salinas.
“I ka pau ʻana o kēia hale hou, hiki iā mākou ke holomua nui i kā mākou noiʻi ʻana i ka hana hoʻomau ʻana o nā mea kanu a me nā mea kanu huaʻai—noiʻi koʻikoʻi i ka holomua o ka ʻoihana mahiʻai nui o Kaleponi. A hiki iā mākou ke hoʻonui i ka hui pū ʻana me kā mākou mau hoa lōʻihi ma ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, ʻo Davis, ka poʻe i hana pū me mākou no kahi kokoke i 100 mau makahiki ma kahi papa hana like ʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia i nā meaʻai a me nā mea kanu ʻoihana, "wahi a ARS Administrator. Chavonda Jacobs-Young.
Lunamakaainana Jimmy Panetta (D-CA, 20th), me ka Lunamakaainana i hoomaha ia Sam Farr a me ka Lunamakaainana Sanford Bishop (D-GA, 2nd), alakaʻi i ka uku no nā keʻena noiʻi hou. "Ma ka hoʻonui nui ʻana i kā mākou mau mea hana, e kōkua ia i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka noiʻi hou ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu e lawelawe maikaʻi loa i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, nā mea kuleana, a me ke kaiāulu ʻepekema," wahi a James D. McCreight, alakaʻi noiʻi o ka ARS Crop, Improvement and Protection Research Unit.
ʻO nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i kamaʻilio ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka honua:
- ʻO Chris Valadez, Pelekikena, Grower-Shipper Association o Central California
- Rick Tomlinson, Pelekikena, Kaleponi Strawberry Commission
- ʻO Jennifer Clarke, Luna Hoʻokele, Kaleponi Leafy Greens Research Program
- ʻO Jessy Beckett Parr, Luna Hoʻokele, California Certified Organic Farmers Foundation
- ʻO Brise Tencer, Luna Hoʻokele, Organic Farming Research Foundation
ka ʻOihana lawelawe noiʻi ʻo ia ke keʻena ʻepekema ʻepekema noiʻi o ka hale o US. I kēlā me kēia lā, nānā ka ARS i nā hopena i nā pilikia mahiʻai e pili ana iā ʻAmelika. Hoʻopili kēlā me kēia kālā i ka hopena o ka noiʻi mahiʻai i $ 20 o ka hopena waiwai.
- Kim Kaplan, ARS