Ubudasa bw'ubuhinzi muri Michigan ni kimwe mu bitangaza byayo, cyane cyane mu bihe by'isarura ry'impeshyi n'impeshyi.
Ariko, ku bantu bo muri Michigan, kumenya uburyo bwo kugeza ibiryo mu gace biherereyemo biracyari ikibazo gikomeye, kandi bashishikajwe no koroshya kubona ibiryo bishya mu mirima yo muri ako gace.
Kumenya aho ibiryo bye bituruka byakuruye Ami Freudigman. Yavuze ko akunda igitekerezo cyo kugura ibikomoka ku buhinzi n'inyama mu mirima yo muri ako gace, ibyo bikaba bidatunganywa cyane mbere yo kugera ku baguzi.
Imbuto z'ubururu ziri mu itumiza rya Freudigman kuri interineti ni zo nkuru zikomeye muri iyi nkuru.
Bazafasha gusobanura uburyo farm-to-family ya Michigan, serivisi yo gutanga ibiribwa ishingiye ku isoko ryoroshye ryo mu mujyi wa Genoa, ishobora kugera ku ntego yayo yo kugera ku meza.
Umuyobozi w’ishami Tim Schroeder yavuze ko Michigan Farm-to-Family yibanda ku bikomoka ku bimera karemano bihingwa mu mirima ya Michigan.
Schroeder yagize ati: “Twibanda cyane ku bicuruzwa byiza cyane, kandi byinshi ni ibyakozwe n’intoki kandi bifite agaciro gake, ibyo udashobora kubona.”
Tony Gelardi, nyiri Simply Fresh Market, yavuze ko ubuzima bw'abantu butuma bigorana gucunga neza ibiryo, cyane cyane iyo bashaka ibikomoka ku buzima karemano bivuye ku bahinzi bo mu gace batuyemo.
Gelardi yagize ati: “Turashaka ko abantu benshi bamenya abadashobora kujya ku isoko ry’abahinzi. Bashobora kugeza ibicuruzwa.”
Umufuka w'imbuto z'ubururu zagejejwe ku muryango wa Freudigman wahinzwe muri Better Way Farms muri Grand Junction. Imirima y'imiryango ikoresha uburyo bwo guhinga buvugurura, kandi imirima yabo y'ingenzi ni imirima y'umwimerere yemewe na Minisiteri y'Ubuhinzi ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika.
Amasambu yo mu Karere ka Livingston atanga inyama z'inka, tungurusumu, ibitunguru n'izindi mboga. Michigan Farm to Family ikorana n'amasambu 20 kugeza kuri 30 muri Michigan n'isambu iri ku mupaka wa Indiana. Batanga inkoko, ihene, intama, imbuto n'imboga. Batanga kandi amafunguro yatetse mbere aturutse muri Simply Fresh Market n'ibikomoka kuri Zingerman, n'ibindi.
Abantu bashobora kandi gutumiza ibiryo hanze ya leta, nk'ibitoki bidahingwa hano. Schroeder yavuze ko gutanga ibicuruzwa nk'ibitoki bishobora kongera agaciro ka serivisi zo kubigeza no gutuma abantu bashobora kurangiza ibyo batumije.
Tugarutse kuri izo ngano z'ubururu: Ku wa gatatu mu ntangiriro z'uku kwezi, Heather Clifton, umucuruzi w'amaduka, yateguye itegeko ryo gutumiza ibiribwa ku munsi ukurikiyeho inyuma ya Simple Fresh Market.
Clifton yateguye ibyo Floygman yatumije maze ashyira imbuto hejuru y’ibindi biribwa mu gasanduku k’ikarito mu buryo bw’ubwenge kugira ngo zitazapfa zigapfunyitse. Yavuze ko azashyira ibiribwa mu masanduku neza, bityo bikagera bimeze neza kandi bikagaragara neza ku bakiriya.
Nyuma y’uko itegeko ryemejwe, Clifton yashyize ibirungo by’ubururu n’ibindi bicuruzwa bya Freudigman muri firigo muri Simply Fresh Market ijoro ryose kugira ngo bibike bishya mbere yo kubigeza.
Michigan farm to family ihinduranya ikoresheje kode ya posita buri wa gatatu kugeza kuwa gatandatu. Batanga ibicuruzwa mu Karere ka Livingston no mu nkengero zaho iminsi itatu mu cyumweru. Batwara gari ya moshi ya Detroit inshuro nyinshi mu cyumweru. Inzira banyuzemo ni Grand Rapids.
Ubwo Clifton yapakiraga imboga z'ubururu, Schroeder yagenzuye ibyo ibiribwa byari biteganijwe ko bigezwa ku wa Kane.
Yavuze ko bakira amakode yo gutwara ibicuruzwa agera kuri 70-80 buri cyumweru. Yizera ko amakamyo yabo abiri ashobora kuba ashobora gutwara imizigo ingana kabiri, kandi bizeye kongera ubushobozi bwo kuyikora.
Ikamyo yo gutwara ibintu yari yuzuye inyenyeri z'ubururu yajyanye i Northville, aho Freudmann yabaga n'umuryango we. Agasanduku kagejejwe ku muryango we, aho yasanze imbuto zizwi cyane ubu zimutegereje.
Yavuze ko mu gihe cy'icyorezo, yatangiye gutumiza mu muryango we mu mirima ya Michigan. Akunda cyane umusaruro w'ubuhinzi batanga n'umusaruro wa Zingerman. Zingerman's ni sosiyete iri hafi iherereye i Ann Arbor imaze kumenyekana mu gihugu hose kandi yagutse mu gihugu hose mu myaka mike ishize.
Yavuze ko umuryango we wagerageje kurya indyo yuzuye no kugabanya ubwoko bw'imiti yinjira mu mubiri. Mbere y'icyorezo, bagiye muri Plum Market, Whole Foods, Busch's, Kroger n'andi maduka kugira ngo bashake ibyo bifuza byose.
Yavuze ko nyuma y’uko icyorezo kigabanutse, ashobora gukomeza gutumiza ibiribwa mu muryango we mu isambu yo muri Michigan, cyane cyane ko ubu akorera kure.
Ku Cyumweru, Freudmann n'umuhungu we w'imyaka 6 witwa Aidan bakoranye pancakes z'ubururu. Kubera ko bari bazi ko barimo gukora pancakes zidasanzwe zigenewe kuba ibyamamare mu itangazamakuru ryo mu gace, bazikoresheje mu gukora isura isekeje mu gihe pancakes zari zikiri ku ziko.
Iyi sosiyete yashinzwe bwa mbere mu 2016, itangirana n'isosiyete nto. Yafunguye iduka muri Simply Fresh Market mu Gushyingo.
Bill Taylor ni inzobere mu by'ibiribwa muri Ann Arbor kandi avuga ko ari umuyobozi mukuru w'ibiryo. Mbere yayoboraga Eat Local Eat Natural, ikigo kizwi cyane gitanga resitora zirimo umusaruro mwinshi. Iyo sosiyete yarahombye.
“Inyinshi mu bigo bitanga ibiribwa ubona ni ibigo binini kuko bishobora gushyiraho ibikorwa remezo byo kubigeraho. Ndatekereza ko turi mu mwanya udasanzwe muri iki gihe cya COVID.”
Bafite amakamyo acukura ibyuma bikonjesha, none ubu bafite isoko rikomeye kandi bamaze kwinjira mu buhinzi bwabo.
Nyamuneka hamagara Jennifer Timar, umunyamakuru wa Livingston Daily kuri jtimar@livingstondaily.com. Mukurikire kuri Twitter @jennifer_timar.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Kanama-27-2021