Kulima. Ngati mumakhala ku Sherburne County, Minn., Ndipo dzina lanu lomaliza ndi Wingard, ndiye kuti ndizomwe mumagwira ntchito. Wingard akhala akulima mu dothi lamchenga la maderawa kwazaka zopitilira XNUMX tsopano, ndipo izi sizingasinthe posachedwa. Koma, wofunika monga mbiri yolemera ya banja m'derali ndi kwa aliyense wa iwo, si chinthu chokha chomwe chasunga mtsinje wokhazikika wa Wingard - wofunika ndi kuwerengera mibadwo inayi - kubwereranso.
David Wingard, yemwe wakhala pafamuyo nthawi zonse kwa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu, akutero David Wingard, yemwe wakhala zaka zisanu ndi zitatu atagwira ntchito pafamupo kwa zaka zingapo. ntchito ku kampani yopanga chakudya kuchokera ku koleji. "Kuyambira ndi njere zambatata ndikuwona ikukula mpaka kukolola, kenako ndikuyika m'paketi kuti wina adye - ndizomwe zimandipangitsa kuti ndipitebe."
Arthur Wingard anayamba ulimi mu 1918 kunja kwa mzinda wa Minneapolis—kalelo pamene kunja kunali ngati kunja. Koma nkhondo yachiŵiri ya padziko lonse itatha, kukula kwa mzindawo kunakula kwambiri, ndipo ana ake aamuna, John ndi Arthur Jr., anagulitsa malowo kwa omanga. A Wingard anasuntha ntchito zawo pafupifupi makilomita 30 kumpoto, akugunda pakati pa Big Lake ndi Elk River. Masiku ano, banjali limalimabe malo ambiri omwewo ndikunyamula mbatata zatsopano kuchokera m'nkhokwe imodzi (ngakhale ndi masauzande a masikweya mita akonzanso) zomwe zidabwera ndi kugula koyambirira. Mbadwa zisanu za Arthur—Art, Tom, David ndi Mark Wingard ndi Dan Ward—ndi eni ake ndipo amayendetsa famuyo ndi shedi yolongedza katundu.
"Mwini aliyense ali ndi kagawo kake pano," akutero David Wingard. “Mwachitsanzo, ndimayang’anira chitetezo cha chakudya. Ndipo munthu aliyense ali ndi mapivoti ake ndi minda yake yomwe amayang'anira.
Wingard akupitiriza kuti: “Ndi malo athu ochapira komanso minda yathu yonse yomwe ili pamtunda wa makilomita atatu kapena anayi, tingathe kukonza zinthu pakangotha ola limodzi kasitomala ataitanitsa. Ndife opareshoni yayikulu yokwanira kuti makasitomala athu azipatsidwa, koma ang'onoang'ono kotero kuti titha kusintha mosavuta tikafunika kutero. ”
Mafamu a Wingard amakhala ndi maekala pafupifupi 900, mbatata zomwe zimabzalidwa maekala 350 mpaka 400 chaka chilichonse, kutengera momwe kasinthasintha kumagwedezeka, chimanga chambewu ndi soya monga mbewu zosinthira. Mbatata iliyonse ya Wingard imatsukidwa ndikuyikidwa pamalo osungiramo paketi ya Wingard. Pafupifupi 80 peresenti ndi mitundu ya russet-makamaka Gold Rush-pamene 15 peresenti ndi yofiira ndi chikasu.
"Timayesetsa kuti makasitomala athu azikhala pafupi," akutero Wingard. "Tili ndi maakaunti akuluakulu am'deralo, ndipo mbatata zathu zimatumizidwa ku East Coast mpaka ku Canada."
Banja la Wingard limanyadira kwambiri zomwe amachita, komanso kuti azichita monga banja. Kwa zaka 101 tsopano, kunyada ndi chimwemwe—ndi chikhumbo chofuna kuipitirizabe—zakhala zikudziŵitsa zimene zimachitika ndi bizinesiyo. Nyengo, misika ndi zovuta zina miliyoni zitha kubuka, koma ku Wingard Farms, awa ndi mawu am'munsi a nkhaniyi. Iwo amaona kuti mbatata ndi anthu awo amanena zonse zofunika.
"Takwanitsa kupanga chinthu chabwino kwambiri," akutero Wingard. "Tili ndi makasitomala abwino, okhulupirika omwe akudziwa kuti atha kubwereranso ndikupeza chinthu chabwino."