GRACE - Gage Stoddard adadzuka mozungulira 5 m'mawa Lachinayi m'mawa. Adadzuka pabedi, atavala nsapato zake zatsopano, adalowa mu Chevy Silverado yake ya 1995 ndikuyenda mumdima wakumidzi yaku Caribbean.
Panali magetsi ochepa mumsewu omwe adayatsa pomwe adalowa mu Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapafupi, ndikutsegula zitseko zolimbitsa thupi ndi kiyi yemwe amalume ake adamupatsa. Panali tsiku lalitali kutsogolo kwa wothamanga wophunzira wa Grace High ndipo sanataye nthawi.
Chigawo cha Grace School - chomwe chimaphatikizapo masukulu oyambira awiri ndi a Grace Junior / Senior High - ndi amodzi mwa zigawo zochepa ku Gem State zomwe pachaka zimalandira masabata awiri kuti makolo, akatswiri ndi ophunzira azitha kugwira ntchito yokolola mbatata. Kwa ophunzira ngati Stoddard omwe amatenga nawo gawo pa zokolola, "nthawi yopuma" imatanthauza kugwira ntchito mwakhama kuyambira dzuwa litalowa mpaka kulowa kwa dzuwa.
Stoddard adatenga basketball yake ndikuyamba kuwombera m'mawa kwambiri, ndikuwombera mazana angapo ola limodzi asanabwerere kunyumba 6:30 m'mawa kuti akasambe mwachangu komanso kugona pang'ono mpaka meseji imudzutse. Stoddard adalowanso mu Silverado yake, nthawi ino atavala hoodie yofiira ya Grace High, ma jean abuluu omwe adalowetsa nsapato za cowboy ndi chipewa chakuda ndi choyera chokhala ndi chizindikiro chakopita kwake: Stoddard Farms.
Famu yamabanja inali ikulira kale nthawi ya 7:16 am Stoddard atafika. Panali galimoto yaying'ono yomwe idayimilira kutsogolo, ndipo siyimachoka mpaka matumba a mbatata ma 800 -50 atayikidwa kumbuyo. Pakadali pano, limodzi ndi gulu la ana azaka zonse, kudzaza inali ntchito ya Stoddard.
Ana aang'ono kwambiri amatha kutha pansi pa kukula kwa matumbawo, akuyesetsa kuti atenge matumba a wowuma omwe amakankhira mamba pang'ono pokha theka la thupi lawo. Ana okulirapo omwe ali ndi matupi okhwima kwambiri amagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ndi njira zomwe zimawonekeratu kuti sinali nthawi yawo yoyamba kuponyera ma spud. Stoddard pamapeto pake adalumikizana nawo, akukoka thumba ndi thumba mpaka galimoto itachoka.
Monga Stoddard, enanso ambiri amasewera masewera.
"Onse othamanga anga 33, onsewa amagwira ntchito mu mbatata," atero a Brandon Sanchez, mphunzitsi wa mpira wa Grace High.
"Onse ali kumunda akugwira ntchito," anawonjezera Stoddard, wosewera mpira ndi basketball ku Grace yemwe akuyembekeza maphunziro a hoops aku koleji.
Si ntchito yosangalatsa. Iwo onse amadziwa izo. Koma, ndiye, kodi njira ina ndiyabwino kwambiri?
Stoddard, monga ana ambiri atanyamula mbatata, amadziwa kuti abwerera kusukulu sabata limodzi. Ndipo, mwadzidzidzi, pakati pa thukuta likutsanulira khosi lake, kapena nsana wake utakhazikika ngati madzi oundana, kapena diso lake lotopa
"Kenako ndimaganiza, 'O, ndikhoza kumamvetsera aphunzitsi anga achingerezi akukamba za masilabi kapena china chake,'” adatero Stoddard. “Ndikadakonda kusewera ndi mbatata kuposa kusewera ndi mawu.”
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Travis Draper amatsamira kukhoma lokutidwa kum'mwera kwa masewera olimbitsa thupi a Grace High. Woyang'anira masewera othamanga wachaka choyamba a Grace akadali chovala chomwecho - akabudula ndi polo yakuda ya Under Armor - adavala maola opitilira 12 kale, pomwe kutentha kunali kozizira bwino madigiri 20, dzuwa lidali pafupi komanso matumba oposa 2,000 wa mbatata ku Stoddard Farms amayenera kusunthidwira mgalimoto.
Poyembekezera Lachinayi usiku masewera a varsity volleyball ayambe, amayesa kufotokoza momwe kukolola kuliri kofunika kwa anthu ammudzi. Zomwe zikutanthauza chuma cha Grace ndi anthu ake komanso mbiri yake.
Kenako amasiya.
"Pali wamkulu wathu kumeneko wa malaya ofiira," akutero a Draper, akuloza. "Ayenera kuyendetsa bolodi usiku uno chifukwa munthu amene amachita izi akugwirabe ntchito m'minda."
Kwa milungu iwiri mu Seputembala, iyi ndi ntchito yokhayo ya Principal Stephen Brady.
"Mwina 60% ya ophunzira athu azikhala akugwira ntchito ya mbatata kapena kulera mwana wina yemwe akugwira ntchito ya mbatata," atero a Brady, omwe paulendo wa 23 wokolola atayendetsa magalimoto a mbatata ku ma Christensen Farms apafupi.
Zomwe zimachitika pasukulu yamasabata awiri ndizosavuta. Bungwe la sukulu limakhazikitsa tsiku loyeserera chaka chilichonse, ndikuganiza kuti nthawi yokolola iyamba liti. Pofika Seputembala, bungwe la Grace Seed Growers Association lapatsa komiti ya sukulu tsiku loyambira. Chaka chino, chifukwa cha chilimwe chotentha, tsiku loyeserera lidasunthika ndipo sukulu idatulutsidwa pa Seputembara 16 kuti ibwerere pa Sep. 30.
Achinyamata komanso achikulire amzindawu amakhala milungu iwiri kumafamu a mbatata akupanga ndalama. Masamba a Stoddard nthawi zambiri amayamba kulera ana azaka zapakati pa 14 ndikuwalipira $ 9.50 pa ola limodzi, omwe - ngati atagwira ntchito maola 65 mpaka 70 pasabata panthawi yopuma - amatha kuwapeza ochulukirapo nthawi yomweyo.
"Kukolola ndikofunikira kwambiri kwa mabanja ambiri ndi ana ozungulira pano," atero a Jeremy Stoddard, omwe ndi a Co-Farm a Stoddard Farms ndi abambo a Gage Stoddard. "Palibe ntchito zambiri (za ana), ndiye uwu ndi mwayi wawo wabwino kwambiri wopanga ndalama zolipirira zovala kusukulu kapena zolipirira sukulu (kusewera masewera)."
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Nsapato zofiirira za Gage Stoddard zimalowa mu tini lamadzi lomwe limangokhala panja pa chipinda chapansi panambala 2 ku Stoddard Farms, njira yodzisungira kuti mbatata zizikhala zoyera komanso zopanda matenda. Ali ndi bambo ake ndi amalume ake a Jason ndi a Jordan, ndipo quartet ikuseka uku akuwawona, naivety awo.
Iwo anaiwala kuti ntchito yawo ndi yopenga bwanji.
Moyo wawo wonse wakhala famuyi, kuyambira pomwe agogo aamuna a Gage Stoddard, a Frank, adachita lendi mahekitala 160 mu 1957. Kuyambira pamenepo, yakula pafupifupi mahekitala 4,600 okhala ndi minda 40 yosiyanasiyana ndi isanu ndi umodzi yamakalatawo, yomwe iliyonse imakhala 8 miliyoni mapaundi a spuds. Kukula kwa ntchito sikudabwitsanso. Malamba onyamula omwe amathyola mbatata mamilioni mamiliyoni a mbatata m'mbuyomu pamanja ndikuthyola maso akuwoneka ngati njira yokhayo yosunthira mbatata.
M'kati mwa chipinda chawo cha mbatata, makina omwe amafanana ndi wowaza nkhuni amalavulira zokometsera, ndikupanga Mt. Everest. Panchito Cortez amayang'anira lamba wonyamula pamoto mwachangu ndichisangalalo, kuwonetsa chidwi cha osewera pa mulingo wa 20 wa Pac Man.
Kwa mphindi, Stoddard akuuza Cortez kuti alanda. Amatenga masitepe ochepa kumanzere ndikufika pamanja pachisangalalo chomwe chalumikizidwa ndi malamba onyamula ofiira ofiira. Akulongosola momwe zidutswa zonse zimagwirira ntchito, amayesa kukwezeka nsanja ya mbatata yodzaza ndi dothi ndikuwonetsa mosazindikira kuti izi ndi zabwinobwino kwa iye.
Ndipo ndi zomwe akunja amavutika kuzizindikira. Zowonadi, amapita milungu iwiri kusukulu, kukolola mbatata? Kodi ndizofunikira?
“Ndikofunika kwambiri, ndipo mwamwayi, oyang'anira sukulu yathu komanso oyang'anira masukulu amadziwa kuti ndikofunikira. Sitingathe kuzichita munthawi yomwe tikufunikira popanda thandizo la anthu ammudzi, "a Jeremy Stoddard adatero. "Ngati tikadapanda kukhala ndi anthu amenewo kuti atichite, zikadatitengera - sindikudziwa kuti padzakhala nthawi yayitali bwanji. Miyezi ingapo? ”
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Mwina chikhomo cha "Mbatata Yotchuka" pansi pa chiphaso chilichonse cha Idaho chikuyenera kufotokozera mokwanira mbatata za cachet zomwe zili mu Gem State. Koma Sara Anderson akamayesa kufotokozera zokolola zake ku kilabu ya volleyball kuchokera ku Logan, Utah, zili ngati akuwerenga mzere ndi mzere kuchokera ku nambala yamsonkho ku US.
"Amakhala ngati, 'Chiyani !? Mwaleka sukulu? ' ndipo ndili ngati, 'Inde, kwa milungu iwiri. Ndimangogwira ntchito, '”Anderson, wamkulu mwaulere mu timu ya Grace volleyball, adatero. Ali ngati, 'Kodi umapita kukatenga mbatata kumunda?' ”Ndili ngati, 'Osati ayi.'”
M'malo mwake, Anderson, monga azimayi ambiri omwe amagwira ntchito pafamuyi, amaimirira papulatifomu yachitsulo maola asanu ndi awiri mpaka khumi patsiku, imodzi mwamaso oyamba kuwona galimoto yamagetsi ya mbatata ikutaya mtanda watsopano pa lamba wonyamula katundu. Ndipo ali ndi mahedifoni ake mu - nthawi zambiri amasewera nyimbo, ma podcast kapena mabuku - Anderson amatola miyala ndi zimbudzi mumtsinje wa mbatata.
Imeneyo ndi imodzi mwantchito zinayi zikuluzikulu zomwe ana omwe akugwira ntchito ku Stoddard Farms amatenga. Pakukolola, famuyo imalimbikitsa owerengera ake kuchokera ku 18 mpaka pafupifupi 45. Thandizo lowonjezera ngati Anderson ndilofunika kwambiri potola zibululu zadothi, kutsitsa ndi kutsitsa mbatata kumsika, kunyamula mbatata pa lamba wonyamula ndikulekanitsa mbatata. Ma spuds ang'onoang'ono omwe sitolo ya Stoddards ili mnyumba yosungira amagulitsidwa m'minda yamalonda, yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito ngati mbewu. Mbatata yomwe ili yoposa ma ola 12, yomwe ndi yayikulu kwambiri kuti nyembedwe, imanyamulidwa ndikugulitsidwa zambiri.
Kulekanitsa mbatata ndi kutola dothi si ntchito yovuta kwenikweni, koma si gig yabwino yoti anthu ena azikhala nawo. Ndizodabwitsa kuti omwe amachita samasungitsa Dramamine pafupi kapena kuyika chidebe chopanda kanthu pafupi kuti mwina angatero. Mphindi zisanu zowonera mbatata zomwe zimadutsa ndipo mumamva ngati mukungodzigubuduza paphiri laudzu.
Mamembala odziwa bwino a Stoddard Farms ndiosavuta kuwawona. Zomwe zimagwira bwino sizimangoyang'ana kumtunda, m'malo mwake zimangoyang'ana mainchesi ochepa patsogolo pawo, kuwona ziboda zadothi kapena mbatata zazikulu ngati golidi. Kachiwiri, avala chophimba kumaso. Wosewera wa Grace volleyball a Jillian Smith adavala chophimba kumaso ndi zikopa zapulasitiki zomwe mwina zidatengedwa kuchokera ku kalasi ya biology. Uku sikokuteteza kwa COVID koma, koma, luso lotsutsana ndi dothi komanso fumbi lomwe limapeza mapanga osavundukuka.
Lachinayi, mchimwene wake wa Stoddard, Boston, adayimirira pafupi ndi amayi ake ndi mchimwene wake, akulekanitsa mbatata kwa pafupifupi masekondi 10 asanakalipe chifukwa chotola ma spud ang'onoang'ono kuposa dzanja lake.
“Tikupanga chiyani? Stoddard adafunsa mchimwene wake wamng'ono, kupumira kwakanthawi poyesa kuganizira mzere wabwino. "Amandidalira?"
Boston adazikankhira pansi ndikubwerera kukatunga mbatata. Iye anatola chikwama chokwanira chokwana mapaundi 50 ndipo anawerama. Chikwamacho chinali choti chiyikidwe pa kalavani yomwe inali pafupi pang'ono ndi pansi, pomwe mnyamatayo adayimirira akuyang'ana mwana wazaka 9, ndikukumbutsa aliyense yemwe anali patali kuti, kutatsala tsiku limodzi, Boston adanyamula chikwama paphewa. asanagwere. Nthawi ino adachikoka paphewa ndikupunthwa pang'ono munthu wina atamugwira. Adaponya pa trailer ndikudzitama ngati kuti adangotulutsa Mike Tyson.
"Ana amapeza njira zosangalalira muzonse zomwe amachita," adatero Gage. "Koma ndi matumba a mbatata 800, palibe zambiri zomwe mungachite kuti musangalatse."
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Draper akuyenda kutali ndi masewera a varsity volleyball kumapeto kwa Lachinayi, akuzembera pakhomo lakumbuyo kuti akafufuze zamasewera apamwamba omwe azindikira kuti atha kale. Mtsinje wa makolo ndi ana omwe adavalabe yunifolomu akuyenda kupita kumagalimoto awo, ndipo woyendetsa masewerawo amayamba kuloza nkhope zomwe amazindikira.
"Agwira nafe ntchito m'mawa uno."
Anagwira nafe ntchito. ”
Akutsikira kumalo ampira wopanda kanthu, akupinda manja ake pa mpanda wolumikizidwa ndi unyolo ndikuyang'anitsitsa mu magetsi a bwalo la mpira la Grace. Udzu wodzala ndi mame umayatsidwa ndi mwezi ndipo magetsi akuyenda kutali, opangidwa ndi mathirakitala omwe akupitabe.
Travis akuyang'ana kupyola pazitsulo zopangira zitsulo ndikupita kuminda yamdima yomwe ikufalikira ngati nyanja, maso ake akuyang'anitsitsa magazi a Grace. Adangodutsa kumene osewera osewerera pafupifupi theka la osewera achichepere okwera kwambiri - ndipo akudziwa kuti masewera omwe adaseweredwa sanali gawo lovuta kwambiri m'masiku awo.
Zimamukumbutsa za kanema, "Kumbukirani ma Titans."
"Akakhala ngati, 'Masukulu enawa sayenera kuchita zomwe timachita," adatero Draper. "Wina abwere kudzalankhula zakukolola mbatata chonchi."
Kubwerera mkati, mphunzitsi wa volleyball wa Grace Heidi Stoddard (amayi a Gage ndi mkazi wa Jeremy) akukhala pa ma bleacher, akuyang'ana ziwerengero za kutayika 3-0 ku Bear Lake, alma mater ake. Kutayika sikukukhala bwino koma, pambuyo pake, ndi nthawi yokolola.
"Nthawi zina mbiri yathu yopambana mu nthawi yokolola mbatata siyabwino kwambiri," adatero Brady.
Sanchez anawonjezera kuti: "Zakale, masewera nthawi yokolola ndimasewera athu ovuta kwambiri. Tili ndi machitidwe 6 m'mawa tsiku lililonse ndipo nthawi ya 8 koloko ndimamasula ndipo amagwira ntchito tsiku lonse."
Lachisanu awiri apitawa, Grace adasewera Challis, zomwe zimatanthauza kukoka osewera mpira pafamuyo koyenda kwa maola asanu kupita komwe kukapambana 46-6. Ena amaganiza kuti maola asanu ogona adathandizidwa.
Sabata yatha, timu yachinyamata ya varsity volleyball idataya. Draper adafunsa zomwe zidachitika. Likupezeka, ambiri mwa gululi anali mpaka 2 koloko ndikutola mbatata. Sanchez adakumbukira wosewera yemwe adakumana ndi vuto lokolola. Anazipeza bwanji? Mnzake adamwetulira thumba la mapaundi 50 kwa iye.
Pali zotsika, kumene. Kutopa kumakhala ndi zotsatirapo. Koma ana awa akuthandiza tawuni yawo. Ndipo, popanda mbatata, palibe Chisomo.
Koma, koposa apo, pali chithunzi chokulirapo chomwe kholo lililonse, wophunzira komanso mlimi amakhulupirira - kuti m'mawa kwambiri, kubwereza kwathunthu kwa ntchito zawo komanso kugwiranso ntchito maola 12 patsiku ndikugwira ntchito pafamu ya mbatata asanasewere pamasewera zidzakhala zopindulitsa panthawi ina.
Kuti moyo ukafika povuta, azikumbukira zokolola zomwe agwira ndipo, mwadzidzidzi, sizikhala zolimba.
"Zimangothandiza ana," adatero Jeremy Stoddard. "Akakumana ndi izi ndipo akayang'ana m'mbuyo, amatha kunena, 'Hei, ndidachita izi,' ndipo zitha kuwapatsa chidaliro komanso kulimba mtima kudziwa kuti angathe kupirira zinthu.”
Gage Stoddard anawonjezera kuti, "Ukakhala ukutuluka chitoliro kwa maola ambiri ndipo mapaipi akutentha manja, ukukhala pansi mu malo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi, umathamangira uku ndi uku ukuwombera basketball kumveka kosavuta."