Mliri wa COVID-19 wayika phukusi pamtengo wapatali, amalonda akuti.
"Tikupitilizabe kuwona kusintha kwa ogula akukonda zomwe zapangidwa," atero a Ross Johnson, oyang'anira zamalonda padziko lonse lapansi okhala ndi Mphungu Commission ya Mbatata ya Idaho.
Kuphatikiza apo, ogula ena, omwe mwina akumva kuchepa kwachuma kuchokera ku mliriwu, akufuna phindu ndipo abwerera kumatumba akuluakulu, Johnson adati.
"Madera ambiri mdziko lonselo akuwona kukula kokulirapo kwamatumba akulu - mapaundi 8, mapaundi 10, mapaundi 15 kuphatikiza - kuposa gulu lotsogolera mapaundi asanu," atero a Johnson.
"Popeza izi zimasiyana pakati pa zigawo, tikupangira kuwunika mwatsatanetsatane ndi omwe akutitsogolera kuti timvetsetse zomwe zikuchitika m'misika ina."
Kuwonjezeka kwa kufunikira kwa ma CD kudayimitsa ndipo kudasinthiratu njira yochepera pulasitiki, atero a Jill Cox, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wazamalonda ndi Sugar City, ku Idaho Dzuwa-Glo la Idaho Inc..
"Ndizosangalatsa, chifukwa m'makampani, zonse zomwe tamva kwa zaka zambiri tikufunika kuchotsa pulasitiki," adatero.
"Kenako, COVID inagunda, ndipo aliyense amafuna chilichonse mu pulasitiki kapena kukulunga. Sindikudziwa chomwe chikhala chomaliza kuchokera ku COVID, koma zinthu zasintha mwachangu. Ndikudziwa kuti aliyense amalankhula za, 'Tiyeni tichotse pulasitiki chifukwa cha zomwe zimachita chilengedwe,' koma pakadali pano, aliyense akufuna chilichonse m'matumba. ”
Kufunika kwa zikwama, nthawi zina, kudapitilira zinthu zomwe zilipo, makamaka pomwe Unduna wa Zamalonda ku US udakhazikitsa pulogalamu yawo ya Farmers to Families Food Box, a Cox adati.
"Pulogalamu ya Farmers to Families Food Box idathandizira kuti zokolola ziziyenda bwino, koma makampani athu opaka katundu anali kutali chifukwa cha COVID," adatero.
"Zinakhudza kupanga kwawo chifukwa amayeneranso kutseka. Gawo lililonse labizinesi yathu limakhudzidwa mwanjira ina. ”
Ntchito ya USDA yakhala yofunika, anavomera Dallin Klingler, woyang'anira zamalonda ndi zoyankhulana ndi Idaho Falls, ku Idaho Kupanga Kwa Mphungu.
"Pulogalamu ya Farmers to Families Food Box yaonjezeranso vutoli, ndikupemphanso zikwama zing'onozing'ono zogulitsa, zomwe zimangotanthauza kuti omwe akupakira katundu akuwonjezera nthawi komanso mtengo mdziko lonse."
Collinsville, wopanga matumba Gawo la Sev-Rend Corp.. akuwona kufunika kwa mbatata zothira, atero a Jeff Watkin, director director.
"Mliriwu wagwedeza kwambiri zokolola padziko lonse pankhani yogulitsa," adatero.
"Mitengo yamagetsi yogulitsira zipatso zatsopano ikufunika kwambiri, chifukwa cha malamulo okhwima ogulitsa malo odyera panthawiyi, komanso momwe ogula amasinthira mofulumira."
Ogwiritsa ntchito akudya kunyumba pafupipafupi tsopano kuposa kale, ndipo akugula mbatata zambiri pochezera sitolo kuposa kale, chifukwa amachepetsa maulendo awo ogula, Watkin adati.
Watkin anati: "Tazolowera kuchuluka kwa zomwe tikufuna, ndi zopinga zathu zazikulu kukhala pamwamba pazida zopangira masitayilo athu omwe timagulitsa."
"Gulu lathu logula zakuthupi lakhala nyenyezi ku Sev-Rend posachedwapa, kuwonetsetsa kuti pali zinthu zokwanira zomwe zilipo kotero kuti sitiona mipata iliyonse pakupanga."
Sev-Rend adapumulako, mwamtundu wina, kuti mliriwu wakakamiza msika kuti uwoneke pakampaniyo, yomwe imagwera m'maphukusi angapo pakati pa mapaundi awiri ndi 2, watero Watkin.
“Mliriwu utayamba, anthu anali kuyesetsa kuti kuchezera m'masitolo kuzikhala kocheperako; nawonso, mudawona ogula ambiri akugula thumba la mbatata la mapaundi atatu, komwe, m'mbuyomu, amakhoza kutenga mbatata zingapo zosasunthika paulendowu, "Watkin adatero.
Mgwirizano wa Union, Sambani Kwik Lok Corp.. wayankhapo pazokhumba pamsika wa mliriwu, atero a Karen Reed, oyang'anira zamalonda ndi zamtokoma.
"Kwik Lok wakhala akugwira ntchito yotsimikizira chitetezo cha ogwira ntchito athu komanso kuthekera kwathu kuti tiwonetsetse kuti tikukwaniritsa zosowa za kasitomala akamasintha chifukwa cha mliriwu," adatero.
"Monga kampani yapadziko lonse lapansi, timatha kugwiritsa ntchito zomwe tikudziwa kuchokera kumadera osiyanasiyana ndi zinthu zathu kuti tiwonetsetse kuti tikukwaniritsa zosowa zathu mosasunthika."
Kwik Lok wagwiranso ntchito ndi makasitomala ake a mbatata ku Idaho kuti atseke kusindikiza komwe kumalola kuti mlimi azisindikiza mitundu yawo ya mbatata kutsekedwa, Reed adati.
Kwik Lok ikugwira ntchito ndi opanga ma phukusi kuti athane ndi zofuna zatsopano komanso zowonjezereka, Reed adatero.
"Tikuwona makasitomala akuvomereza kufunikira kokhala ndi chakudya chokwanira komanso chosavuta kutenga ndikunyamuka kugolosale," adatero.
"Nthawi yomweyo, zopangidwa zambiri zomwe zili ndi zolinga zokhazikika sizikuwasiya kuti apitilize ndikupitilizabe kuyesetsa kukwaniritsa zosowa zaumoyo ndi chitetezo komanso zolinga zokhazikika."
Kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2020, Kwik Lok adayambitsa Eco-Lok "yosasamalira zachilengedwe", yomwe kampaniyo imati imathandiza kuchepetsa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha komanso kugwiritsa ntchito pulasitiki - "nthawi zambiri mbali ziwiri zofunika kuzipanga," adatero Reed.