Umu ndi momwe Karlene Hardy amafotokozera anthu ochokera kudera lonseli iye ndi mwamuna wake Randy adziwana ndikugwira nawo ntchito pazaka 50 zapitazi m'makampani opanga mbatata.
Ngati ndi banja, a Randy ndi a Karlene Hardy amatha kutchedwa kholo lawo komanso kholo lawo. Adzipereka miyoyo yawo yonse kumakampani a mbatata aku US pafupifupi aliyense. Pomwe mizu yawo ili ndipo nthawi zonse imabzalidwa pansi pa nthaka yolemera ya Oakley, Idaho - komwe adzakolole 50th kubzala kugwa uku - kufikira kwawo kumapitilira kupitirira chigwa chomwe amatcha kwawo.
Koma tiyeni tiyambe ndi nyumba yawo. Okondedwa aku sekondale adakwatirana mu 1972 ali ndi zaka 19 ndipo adalumikizana ndi makolo a Randy pafamuyo. Patadutsa miyezi iwiri, bambo ake anamwalira mosayembekezereka, ndikuponyera okwatirana kumene kumapeto mozama pafupifupi kuyambira pomwe anayamba. Koma adafuna kusambira, ndiye adasambira. Kupitilira nyengo zopitilira 50, famuyo yakula kuchokera mahekitala 300 mpaka pafupifupi 2,800 lero. Mahekitala sikisi mazana asanu ndi limodzi amaperekedwa ku mbatata, onse omwe ali odzaza ndi mbatata ku Sun Valley Potato, wogwira ntchito m'mabuku olima a Hardys omwe adalumikizana nawo mu 1997. Randy wakhala wapampando wa komiti kumeneko kuyambira 2010. Sun Valley Potato pakadali pano ili ndi 19 Olima-olima akutambasula pafupifupi gawo lonse lakumwera kwa Idaho.
"Kukhala tcheyamani ku Sun Valley, m'malingaliro mwanga, ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zabwino kwambiri zomwe ndakwaniritsa m'makampaniwa," akutero. “Zangochokerapo pang'ono ndikukhala imodzi mwamasheya akulu akulu asanu kapena asanu ndi limodzi mdziko muno. Ndife okhaokha ogwirizana ku Idaho, ndipo dongosolo ili latithandiza ifeyo komanso alimi ena onse kwazaka zambiri. ”
Mu 1994, Randy adasankhidwa kukhala membala wa US Potato Board (tsopano Potato USA), ndipo sizinatenge nthawi kuti anthu amuzindikire. Zaka zingapo atadziwitsidwa ku komiti - komanso kale kwambiri kuposa momwe amayembekezera - adasankhidwa kukhala wapampando. Kukhazikika kwa National Potato Council (kuphatikiza chaka ngati purezidenti) kunatsatira posakhalitsa pambuyo pake. Kenako zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi ku Idaho Potato Commission.
"Kunena zowona sichinali cholinga changa," akutero. “Koma patangopita zaka zochepa, ndinali mtsogoleri wawo onse. Zakhala zosangalatsa kwambiri. ”
Karlene adakhala zaka zonsezi akupita kumisonkhano ndi Randy, koma, akuti, "Ndinali wokwatiwa, ndipo ndinali ndi nthawi yabwino yakale." Apanso, chidwi cha malonda chidawonekera, ndipo adasankhidwa ku US Potato Board pamene Randy akuchoka. Pasanapite nthawi, adadzipeza ali mu komiti yayikulu, akuwonetsetsa kuti Oakley, Idaho, amvekere kuchokera kudziko lonse.
"Kukhala nawo m'banja la mbatata ladziko lonse kwakhala kopambana kukhala wolima mbatata," akutero. “Chachikulu chomwe chimagwirizanitsa gululi ndi kudalira Mulungu ndi ntchito ya moyo wanu. Kukhala m'gulu limeneli ndi dalitso lalikulu. ”
Ndine wolima m'badwo wachiwiri wa Hardy. Abambo anga adayamba m'ma 60s ndipo ndidagula famu yamahekitala 200 kuchokera kwa amayi anga kumayambiriro kwa ma 70 bambo anga atamwalira. Ndikuyamba chaka changa cha 48th ndikulima mbatata. Mwana wathu wamwamuna Ben, ndi banja lake, akugwira ntchito pafamuyi. Ndine wokondwa kukhala mlimi chifukwa… pali chisangalalo chachikulu pakulima mbewu zomwe zimathandiza kudyetsa dziko lapansi, ndipo palibe chomwe chimaphunzitsa phindu ndi mphotho ya 'kugwira ntchito molimbika' koposa kukula ndikugwira ntchito pafamu.
- Njira yanga yomwe ndimakonda kudya mbatata: Ndimakonda mbatata yamtundu uliwonse, koma ndimaikonda, yodzaza ndi mbatata yosenda.
Nkhaniyi ikupezeka mu Nkhani ya June 2021 ya Olima mbatata.