Bungwe la Mbatata la Maine lasankha banja la Victor ndi Gloria Winslow la Mapleton pa Mphotho ya 2022 ya Maine Potato Recognition Award. Kuzindikirika kwa chaka chino kumaperekedwa pansi pa gulu latsopano, lokulirapo kwa anthu kapena mabanja omwe awonetsa kudzipereka komanso kuthandizira pamakampani a mbatata ku Maine.
Walter E. Whitcomb, yemwe kale anali Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry wa Dipatimenti ya Maine:
"Mukayang'ana kudera laulimi la Maine ndizovuta kuwona banja laulimi lomwe likuyenda motalikirapo ngati Winslows. Chikoka chawo chili m'maiko onse m'misika yomwe imalumikizana padziko lonse lapansi komanso padziko lonse lapansi. "
Banja la Winslow lili ndi mbiri yakale ku Maine ulimi, kuyambira m'midzi yoyambirira kum'mwera kwa Maine m'zaka za m'ma 1600 mpaka mibadwo isanu yomwe inkakhala ndikugwira ntchito pafamu yabanja pa phiri la miyala lotchedwa Creasey Ridge ku Mapleton.
Francis ndi Angeline (LeGrow) Winslow adasamukira ku Mapleton mu 1859, ndikuchotsa malo ndi ma hop ndi mbatata. Willie ndi Ida (Chandler) Winslow anali alimi opambana a mbatata, akumanga nyumba yayikulu kwambiri ya mbatata ku Mapleton masiku ake. Alvin ndi Addie (McIntire) Winslow anawonjezera ng'ombe zamkaka zamalonda pafamuyo kwinaku akupitiriza chikhalidwe cha ulimi wa mbatata.
Victor adalowa m'munda atapita ku yunivesite ya Maine ndikumaliza maphunziro achangu ku Maine National Guard, kukwatira Gloria (Monteith) mu 1964. Gloria nayenso anali ndi ubale waulimi ndi agogo ake, George ndi Eldena (Nylander) Ketch akulima mbatata. ku Woodland ndi agogo ake a Albert Monteith kukhala ogulitsa mbatata kwanthawi yayitali ku Caribou.
Ali ulimi komanso m'zaka zotsatira, Victor adagwira ntchito yogulitsa mbatata ku HA Pollack Potato Company, Maine Farmers Exchange, Maine Potato Growers, ndi Tri Winner Irving. Adachita nawonso mabizinesi angapo okhudzana ndi mafakitale kuphatikiza Crown Manufacturing, Crown Equipment, Aroostook Starch ndi CAANUSA Foods.
Victor anali wothandizira kwambiri zaulimi monga membala wa Central Aroostook Young Farmers Association, mtsogoleri wa 4-H, membala wa Maine FFA Alumni Association ndi Trustee of the Eastern States Exposition ku West Springfield, Massachusetts. Uwu ndi mwambo womwe umapitilirabe ndi mamembala am'banja omwe akukhudzidwa ndi mabungwe ambiri ammudzi komanso mipingo yawo.
Eugene "Gene" Cassidy, Purezidenti & CEO, Eastern States Exposition:
“Wakhala mwayi waukulu kuyanjana ndi Victor Winslow ndi banja lake. Victor amazindikira bwino chomwe chili chabwino ndi chabwino. Wapereka malingaliro ake kuti apindule ndi kupititsa patsogolo Chiwonetsero cha Eastern States kwazaka zopitilira makumi awiri. Ndine wonyadira kucheza ndi banja la Winslow.”
Anyamata asanu ndi atatu a "Winslow Boys" adakulitsa chidwi chawo paulimi akulima limodzi ndi makolo awo, azakhali awo, amalume, ndi azibale awo.
Raymond Todd, wamkulu mwa anyamata:
“Tinadalitsidwa kukhala ndi makolo owolowa manja ndipo tinaleredwa ndi malingaliro a ‘galasi lodzaza ndi theka’ panthaŵi ya masinthidwe aakulu paulimi. Bambo nthawi zonse ankanena kuti muyenera kukhala ndi maganizo abwino pa moyo. Ndimamuonabe akulankhula ndi agogo athu ponena kuti ulimi unali wovuta kwa iwo, koma ulimi ukhala wabwino kwambiri kwa ife anyamata, ndipo ananena zowona.”
“Ngakhale kuti tinalibe mwayi wokhala ndi minda monga achikulire, tinali ndi mwayi waukulu kukula m’famu la banjalo la mbatata ndi mkaka. Mofanana ndi mabanja ambiri akuluakulu, kaŵirikaŵiri anyamatawo ankabwereketsedwa ku mafamu ndi mabizinesi oyandikana nawo kuti apeze ndalama zimene zinali zothandiza kwa tonsefe.”
“Kuleredwa kumeneku n’kumene kunathandiza kuti banjali liphunzire kufunika kogwira ntchito molimbika komanso kuyamikira mavuto ndi mwayi waulimi. 4-H ndi FFA adatenga gawo lalikulu pamaphunziro athu ndi atsogoleri ngati Paul Lynch, Gary Fox, Jim Dwyer, Clair Carter, ndi ena ambiri omwe adayika ndalama mwa achinyamata ngati ife.
"Misonkhano yadziko lonse ya FFA ndi misonkhano ya utsogoleri idatiwonetsa kwa atsogoleri amayiko, mamembala a Congress komanso a Ronald Reagan ndi a Bill Clinton kwa angapo a ife ku Rose Garden ku White House. Wow, zokumana nazo zabwino bwanji zomwe zidathandizira kusintha miyoyo yathu. "
Kuwonjezera pa makolo awo, abalewo amayamikira chidwi chawo ndi chiyembekezo chawo pazaulimi chifukwa cha zitsanzo zambiri zakumaloko kwa zaka zambiri.
Frank, mchimwene wake wamkulu:
"Izi zinaphatikizapo atsogoleri amakampani monga Larry Thibodeau, Harold 'Jr.' Haines, Al Irving, Willard Doyen, Darrell Chandler, Ronald Guerrette, Harry McCall, Arthur Shur, Richard Kneeland, Gaylen Flewelling, Jay McCrum ndi ena ambiri omwe anatisonyeza kuthekera kwa utsogoleri ndi kupambana pa ulimi.
“Ena anali alimi odzichepetsa ndi mabwenzi a banja monga Donald Keirstead, Jack Buck, Vaughn Chase, Michael Umphrey, Dick Hall, ndi Raymond Todd amene anatisonyeza kufunika kwa kuwona mtima ndi kugwira ntchito molimbika.”
Abale ambiri anatsatira mapazi a Victor akulandira madigiri a zaulimi ku yunivesite ya Maine ndipo anapitiriza kugwira ntchito yaulimi ku Maine. Todd adaphunzira sayansi ya mkaka asanayambe ntchito yake ku Maine Potato Growers omwe amagwira ntchito m'madipatimenti a mkaka ndiyeno m'madipatimenti osamalira mbewu.
Panopa ndi mlangizi wa mbewu ku Nutrien Ag Solutions, akugwira ntchito ndi alimi a mbatata ndi mkaka m'boma lonse. Frank adaphunzira zaulimi ndi chuma chachuma kenako bizinesi ku Vanderbilt University asanayambe ntchito yake yotsatsa malonda a Monsanto's NatureMark mbatata.
Anabwerera kum'mwera kwa Maine ku 2005, akulowa ku IDEXX Laboratories komwe tsopano akutumikira monga mkulu wa ntchito zamalonda awo a ziweto, nkhuku ndi mkaka, kupanga mayesero ofufuza omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi alimi ndi veterinarians padziko lonse lapansi.
Lynwood, mwana wamwamuna wachitatu, adaphunzira zaulimi ndi kasamalidwe kazachuma asanayambe ntchito yake yoyang'anira sitolo ku Agway ku Vermont. Anabwerera ku Maine kukagwira ntchito yogulitsa mbatata ku Maine Farmers Exchange kenako Tri Winner Irving.
Adakhala manejala wanthawi yayitali wagawo la Maine Potato Growers ndi thirakitala komanso mtsogoleri ku Northern Maine Fair Board. Bert, wachinayi, ankagwira ntchito kwa alimi akumaloko asanapite kusukulu yogulitsira malonda.
Amagwira ntchito ku School Administrative District 1 ngati dalaivala wa basi komanso woyang'anira, koma amadziwika kwambiri chifukwa cha malonda ake achifundo kudera la Aroostook County komanso zokazinga zake zapachaka za Halloween. Alvin, wachisanu, adaphunzirapo za kasamalidwe kazachuma ndi zaulimi asanagwirizane ndi Frank mu bizinesi ya mbatata ya Monsanto kumayambiriro kwa ntchito yake.
Kenako adamaliza digiri ya bizinesi ku Husson University ndipo adakhala zaka zingapo akutumikira pasukulupo. Kuchoka kumeneko, adatsata chidwi chake chazaulimi kubwerera kum'mwera kwa Maine akugwira ntchito ngati mlangizi wa mbewu ku United Agri Products asanakhazikitse Winslow Agriculture, kampani yowunikira mbewu yomwe imagwira ntchito ndi alimi a mbatata kudutsa Maine.
Gene, wachisanu ndi chimodzi, anagwira ntchito limodzi ndi Victor ndi Gloria kukhazikitsa bizinesi ya trucking yonyamula mbatata pakati pa Maine ndi New Brunswick ndi kupitiriza chizoloŵezi cha nthawi yaitali chokolola miyala yamtengo wapatali pa miyala ya m’nyumbamo. Iye ndi Victor amasonkhanitsanso ndi kubwezeretsa zida ndi zipangizo zaulimi. Noah, wachisanu ndi chiwiri, adaphunziranso kasamalidwe kazachuma komanso kasamalidwe kazaulimi komanso zaulimi ku Yunivesite ya Purdue.
Anabwerera ku Maine ngati woimira luso la United Agri Products ndipo adalowa nawo ku Maine Potato Growers monga woyang'anira malonda a malonda. Panopa amagwira ntchito ku Irving Farms Marketing ku Caribou pazamalonda ndi chitukuko cha bizinesi.
Anatenganso nawo gawo poyambitsa pulogalamu yatsopano ya sayansi yaulimi ndi agribusiness ku yunivesite ya Maine ku Presque Isle komwe ndi mlangizi wothandizira wa kasamalidwe kazaulimi ndi kayendetsedwe ka bizinesi. Pamapeto pake, James, yemwe ndi wamng’ono kwambiri, ali ndi matenda a Down Syndrome ndipo amakhala kunyumba ndi Victor ndi Gloria.
Nthawi zonse amakhala ndi kumwetulira pankhope pake ndipo amakonda kukondwerera masiku obadwa ndi tchuthi ndi banja lonse lozungulira.
Lynwood:
"M'malo mwa banja la Victor ndi Gloria Winslow, ndife olemekezeka kuzindikiridwa ndi Maine Potato Board pansi pa mphotho yatsopanoyi ya utsogoleri wa mabanja, kupita patsogolo, komanso kutenga nawo mbali pantchitoyi. Ndifenso odzichepetsa kwambiri kutsatira mabanja ambiri apafamu odziwika bwino m'zaka zapitazi. "
"Tikuwona gulu latsopanoli lodziwika ngati kuvomereza kuti, ngakhale ulimi ulibe alimi ambiri monga kale, umapereka mwayi waukulu kuti anthu agwire ntchito ndikuthandizira mafakitale."
"Banja lathu likupitilizabe kukhala ndi chidwi komanso chiyembekezo paulimi ndipo lingalimbikitse wachinyamata aliyense kuti aziwona ngati ntchito, pomwe mutha kuchita zosiyana tsiku lililonse ndikugwira ntchito limodzi ndi anthu abwino kwambiri, ogwira ntchito molimbika."
"Tikuthokoza a Maine Potato Board ndi alimi aku Maine omwe amagwira ntchito molimbika tsiku lililonse ndipo apatsa banja lathu mwayi wodziwika, komanso mwayi wokhala ndi moyo kuchita zomwe timakonda, kugwira ntchito zaulimi."