Ua hāʻawi aku ʻo USDA i $40.2 miliona i kēia manawa nā haʻawina hoʻohui waiwai i 298 mau mea i loaʻa ma 44 mau mokuʻāina a me Puerto Rico.
Wahi a USDA, he mea hana ka papahana hāʻawi no nā mea kūʻai huaʻai a me nā mea kanu mea kanu, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai, e hoʻonui i ko lākou hiki ke hoʻokō i ka makemake o ka mea kūʻai aku a neʻe i kā lākou huahana i ka mākeke.
"E hāʻawi kēia mau papahana i nā hoʻihoʻi kālā a kōkua i ka hana ʻana i nā hana no nā mea hana mahiʻai, nā ʻoihana a me nā ʻohana a puni ka ʻāina," wahi a Kathleen Merrigan, ke kākau ʻōlelo hope o USDA. "E hoʻolaha kēia kālā i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi a me nā manawa ʻoihana ʻoihana ma o ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā ʻoihana kūloko i ke kālā, kōkua ʻenehana a me nā mākeke hou no nā huahana a me nā lawelawe."
Manaʻo nā alakaʻi papahana e hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia nā haʻawina a hiki i $300,000 no ke kapena hana a me $100,000 no ka hoʻolālā. Pono nā mea noi e hoʻohālikelike i ke kālā hāʻawi USDA no ke kālā.
"ʻAʻole kēia he hāʻawi lima wale nō," wahi a Mike Daniels, he loea hōʻaiʻē me ka ʻoihana a me nā papahana hui o USDA Rural Development ma Wisconsin. “He ʻili ko lākou i ka pāʻani. He dala ia no ke kala kala.
"Pono ko lākou manaʻo a ke hoʻokomo nei lākou i kā lākou hana, ko lākou manawa, kā lākou kālā a ua hāʻawi ke aupuni iā lākou i ka manawa e lawe ai i ka puaʻa āna i kūʻai aku ai i ka mākeke a hoʻololi i ka puaʻa puhi a me nā ham a me nā mea a kūʻai aku iā lākou. ma ke kumu kuai.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ke kālā no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā lako a i ʻole nā waiwai kino ʻē aʻe, hiki iā lākou ke uku no nā haʻawina kūpono, nā hoʻolālā pāʻoihana, ke kūʻai aku a me nā papahana ikehu hou e pili ana i ka mahiʻai, e like me ka USDA.
"He kāne kā mākou i kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke ʻano o kona hiki ʻana ma muli o kahi haʻawina i hāʻawi ʻia i ka makahiki i hala," wahi a Daniels. “Ua hiki iā ia ke hoʻokomo i ʻelua a ʻekolu mau limahana hou. Ua ulu kāna ʻoihana.
"ʻOliʻoli loa ʻo ia i ke kōkua ʻana o kēia haʻawina iā ia, e kū ana i kona mau wāwae i ka honua a me ka holomua ʻana."
Ka Kihapai o ke Ku'i
Huron, Ohio Ka Kihapai o ke Ku'i Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i kahi haʻawina i loaʻa iā ia i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei e aʻo i ka hiki ke hoʻohui i kahi mea hana i kāna mau hana ʻohana. Hāʻawi ka hui ma mua o 600 mau ʻano heirloom a me nā mea kanu kūikawā, nā micro greens, nā mea kanu a me nā pua ʻai i nā chef a puni ka honua, e hoʻouna ana ma kahi o 95 pakeneka o kāna huahana i ka pō. ʻO kekahi ʻāpana o kāna hana e pili ana i nā lau lau i holoi ʻia.
"Ke hele nei nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo lau i ka precooling a me kahi ʻāpana pflume," wahi a Bobby Jones, ka luna hoʻokele.
Ma muli o ka ulu nui ʻana o The Chef's Garden, a ʻo ke kauoha ʻana i ka makemake o nā chefs, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana ʻana a me ka mea e hana ai me ka mea keu. ʻO ka manaʻo e lawe i ka overflow a, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mai kā lākou mea kūʻai-kuki, hana i nā huahana i hana ʻia.
"Ua hoʻohana mākou i ka ʻike, ua hana mākou i nā panela hoʻāʻo, ua hele mai mākou i nā poʻe i ka mahiʻai a ʻono i ka huahana i hana ʻia," wahi a Jones. "ʻO ka hopena he manaʻo maikaʻi loa ia, akā ua koho mākou ʻaʻole e hana i ka manaʻo no ka mea ua manaʻo mākou e hoʻohuli ʻia ia mai kā mākou manaʻo o ka ulu ʻana i nā huahana hou a mālama i nā chefs i kēlā me kēia lā.
“He holomua ka haʻawina kūpono. ʻAʻole ʻoe e hana mau i kāu mea e aʻo ai. I kekahi manawa ʻo ka pane maikaʻi loa hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ʻo 'ʻAʻole.'”
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka papahana hāʻawi waiwai hoʻohui waiwai a USDA me ka Bill Farm 2002 a ua hoʻololi ʻia me ka mana 2008.
E loaʻa ana kahi pōʻai kālā hou ma hope o kēia makahiki.
"E loaʻa iā mākou kahi hoʻolaha hou i ka makahiki kālā federal 2012," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Jeff Hudson, ka luna ʻoihana a me nā papahana hui no USDA Rural Development ma Stevens Point, Wis., me ka ʻike ʻana ʻo ka pōʻai hope o nā haʻawina he ʻelua makahiki o ke kālā - 2010 a me 2011.
Ma kahi o $14 miliona mau haʻawina e loaʻa i kēia makahiki. ʻO nā alakaʻi i paʻi ʻia ma ka papa inoa federal i Mei, a loaʻa i nā mea noi 60 a 90 mau lā e waiho i nā noi, wahi a kahi ʻōlelo a USDA.
"A ʻo kēia ka makahiki hope o ka bila mahiʻai," wahi a Hudson, "no laila e ʻike mākou inā e hana hou ʻia ka papahana ma ka bila mahiʻai hou."