Mu 2004, Steve ndi Bonnie Mackenzie-Grieve ankaganiza kuti anali okonzeka kuchepetsa pang'ono. Mabizinesi awo awiri akummwera kwa Alberta - kampani yosungirako mbatata yosungiramo mbatata ndi bizinesi yogulitsa nsomba zazikulu - anali akuyenda bwino, koma osalola nthawi yofufuza, kupanga zatsopano komanso zaulimi zomwe amalota. Choncho, adapereka malonda kwa mwana wawo, Rob, adanyamula zikwama zawo ndikulowera kumpoto. Kumpoto kutali.
Zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri pambuyo pake, zikuwonekeratu kuti gawo lina la dongosolo la Mackenzie-Grieves linayenda bwino: monga opanga mbatata zaku Canada ku Canada, banjali likuchita upainiya tsiku lililonse. Gawo la ndondomeko yochepetsera pang'onopang'ono, komabe? Izo sizinaphule kanthu konse.
Steve Mackenzie-Grieve akuvomereza kuti: "Tinabwera kuno ngati opuma pantchito, koma tsopano tatanganidwa kuposa momwe tinalili kum'mwera kwa Alberta," Steve Mackenzie-Grieve akuvomereza moseka. Koma ndife otanganidwa mosiyana: tsopano tikugwira ntchito pafamu m'malo moyendayenda m'chigawo chonse. Tikuchita zomwe tikufuna kuchita. ”
Mackenzie-Grieves amayendetsa Yukon Grain Farm, bizinesi yayikulu komanso yopindulitsa kwambiri pafamu ya Yukon Territories. Yopezeka mphindi zochepa kuchokera ku Whitehorse, Yukon Grain Farm imaphatikizapo maekala 200 mpaka 300 a tirigu omwe amasinthidwa kukhala chakudya cha ziweto pafamu, maekala asanu ndi limodzi a kaloti, maekala awiri kapena atatu iliyonse ya parsnips, kabichi, ndi masamba ena angapo. Famuyi ilinso ndi maekala 24 a mbatata: yopindulitsa kwambiri maekala onse ndi zomwe Mackenzie-Grieve amachitcha maziko a ntchito yawo.
Pali zabwino pa ulimi ku Yukon. Dzuwa lachilimwe limawala maola 19 patsiku. Iye anati: “Mumaona zomera zikukula. “Mukapita kumeneko tsiku lina ndipo iwo ndi aatali a akakolo; tsiku lotsatira iwo ndi kutalika kwa mawondo. Ndizodabwitsa.” Ndipo tizilombo towononga tizilombo ndi matenda timachepa, chifukwa cha mmene minda ili kutali komanso chifukwa cha kuzizira kwa nthawi yachisanu.
Izi zati, a Mackenzie-Grieves akuyenera kulimbana ndi zovuta zosiyanasiyana zaulimi ku Yukon. Iye anati: “Ndikuona kuti n’koyenera kunena kuti pafupifupi m’njira zonse, n’kovuta kwambiri kulima chakudya kuno.
Zokolola zilizonse ziyenera kutumizidwa kumpoto pamtengo wokwera: ganizirani $8,000 pagalimoto imodzi ya B-sitimayi. Zida ndizosatheka kubwera kwanuko: adayenera kutumiza m'malo okolola mbatata amzere umodzi kuchokera ku Belgium komanso wobzala chikho chachiwiri kuchokera ku Alberta. Kukonza zida sikupezekanso, pokhapokha mutalolera kulipira wokonza kuti awuluke kuchokera ku British Columbia kapena Alberta. Mbewu zambiri - makamaka, mbewu zambiri - sizikhoza kukhwima munyengo yaufupi ya Yukon.
“Ndi nyemba, n’zokayikitsa kuti zingakhwime. Nandolo ndi mtundu wa crapshoot. Zaka zina adzachita bwino. Chilimwechi, anafika mamita asanu ndi limodzi, koma sanakhwime chifukwa kasupe kunali kozizira ndipo chilimwe sichinkafunda kwenikweni. Koma muyenera kuwakulitsa. Mumafunikanso chinthu china mosinthasintha, chifukwa mukalima mbewu patirigu, mudzakhala ndi munda wodzaza ndi mchira wa nkhandwe ndi oats wakuthengo,” akutero Mackenzie-Grieve.
Kuchepa kwa bizinesi yaulimi ku Yukon kumabweretsanso zovuta. Ku Yukon kuli minda pafupifupi 150 yokha, yomwe ndi gawo laling'ono chabe lomwe likupanga malonda amtundu uliwonse. Pofika chaka cha 2017 - chaka chaposachedwa kwambiri chomwe ziwerengero zilipo - minda ya Yukon idapeza ndalama zokwana $4.3 miliyoni. Kuchepa kwamakampani kumatanthawuza kuti palibe zopangira mafakitale.
"Chinthu chovuta kwambiri ndi chakuti tiyenera kuchita zonse tokha: kuzilima, kuzisunga, kuzikonza, kuzigulitsa, kugulitsa, ndipo ndi mbewu iliyonse yomwe timakolola," akutero Mackenzie-Grieve. Palibenso njira zamabizinesi zogulitsira kunja, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mbewu zonse zomwe zimabzalidwa ku Yukon ziyenera kugulitsidwa kwa anthu pafupifupi 40,000 omwe amakhala ku Yukon.
"Timachepa kwambiri ndi msika wathu. Msika wathu ndi wawung'ono kwambiri kotero kuti muyenera kuchita zinthu zambiri - muyenera kusiyanasiyana kukhala mbewu zingapo - kuti mugwire ntchito pafamu. Gawo loyamba ndikuganizira zomwe mungakulire; chachiwiri ndikuzindikira zomwe mungagulitse, "akutero Mackenzie-Grieve. Mwina chovuta kwambiri, kukula kochepa kwamakampani kumatanthauza kuti othamanga ngati banja la Mackenzie-Grieve ayenera kudziwerengera okha. Kupanga bwino mbatata kwakhala njira yophunzirira kwambiri, akutero.
Iye akuvomereza kuti anayamba molakwika. Iwo anabweretsa mbatata mbewu kuchokera kum'mwera, kotero kunyamula nkhanambo zosiyanasiyana tizirombo. "Tikadayenera kuti tiyambirenso kapena kupeza mbewu zapamwamba kwambiri," akutero. "Zinatitengera nthawi yayitali kuti tithane ndi izi." Iwo anayesa zambiri - kwambiri, akunena motsindika - za mitundu. Ambiri anali masoka.
“Zamitundu yambiri sizigwira ntchito pano chifukwa cha kukula kapena mawonekedwe akhungu. Simungakolole mbatata yomwe sinakonzekere. Kumeneko ndi kumene taphunzirapo zowawa,” akutero. "Zokolola ndizochepa kwambiri poyerekeza ndi khungu. Titha kuchita ndi mitundu yaying'ono: amangoyenera kufika pamalo omwe angathe kukolola mwachangu. ”
Ganizirani masamu: oyambilira omwe angayambe kubzala ndi sabata lachitatu la Meyi. Akuyembekeza kumera pofika sabata yachiwiri kapena yachitatu ya Juni, koma nthawi zambiri samawona mbewu za mbatata zikukula mpaka kumapeto kwa mweziwo. Kupha kwakukulu kuyenera kuchitika sabata yoyamba ya Ogasiti - masiku 50 okha kuchokera pakuwonekera - kotero kukolola kumatha kuchitika sabata yoyamba ya Seputembala.
"Zonsezi zikuyenera kuchitika bwino kapena sizingasinthe khungu. Zikagwira ntchito, zimakhala zokongola: zikopa zimakhala zabwino komanso zoyera komanso zofewa. Ndi mbatata yosavuta kugulitsa ngati mutha kukhala ndi khungu lokhazikika," akutero. Koma sizimagwira ntchito nthawi zonse.
Iwo akhala ndi mwayi kwambiri ndi Sylvana. Ngakhale sizingakhale zabwino kwambiri pakufanana kwa mawonekedwe, akhala amitundu yopambana kwambiri pakhungu, makasitomala amakonda kukoma kwawo, ndipo amakonda phukusi lawo la matenda. Tsoka ilo, si onse omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi Mackenzie-Grieve: Sylvana adangoyimitsidwa ngati mtundu wopanga mu 2020.
Iye anati: “Tili ndi mbewu zathu zina zopulumutsidwa, koma osati zochuluka choncho. Tsopano popeza asiya kuwapanganso, tifunika kupeza mitundu ina.
Izi zidzakhala zovuta, chifukwa kupeza mbewu ku Yukon ndikokwera mtengo komanso kosagwirizana, ndipo ogulitsa ochepa amafuna kuwononga nthawi ndi zochepa zomwe amafunikira pakuyesa. Ngakhale pali zovuta zaulimi ku Yukon, palibe komwe angakonde kukhala. Amakonda kukula kwa omvera oyamikira.
“Ndi masewera osiyana kwambiri kuno. Ukalima kumwera, zonse zimatengera kupanga ndi mtengo wake. Mumakula, mumagulitsa, zapita ndipo ndizomwezo. Pano, timagwirizana kwambiri ndi anthu omwe amadya chakudya chomwe timalima. Timalandila mayankho ambiri. Makampani ena onse aulimi ataya izi. Makasitomala athu ndi okondwa kwambiri kuthandizira kwanuko. ”
Amakonda kugwira ntchito ndi antchito a famuyo kwa zaka khumi ndi ziwiri, ngakhale kuti kupeza aliyense amene ali ndi chidziwitso chaulimi ku Yukon n'kovuta kwambiri. "Kuchokera ku ag ndikwabwino, koma zolimbikitsa ndizabwino," akutero. "Chifukwa chomwe famu yathu imagwira ntchito ndichifukwa choti ogwira ntchito pafamu yathu amakonda kukula komanso kukhala m'gululi." Ndipo, Mackenzie-Grieve moona, amakonda kwambiri Yukon mwiniwake.
“Inde, zitha kukhala zovuta kwambiri kuno. Ndikoyenera? Ndithudi,” iye akutero. “Ndikanati ndibwerezenso, ndikanangolakalaka nditabwera kuno zaka 20 m’mbuyomo.”