Tebulo laling'ono lili m'mphepete mwa msewu ku Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, pafupi ndi York Road kudutsa maofesi a tauniyo. Pamwamba pake pamakhala milu ya zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba zomwe zathyoledwa kumene. Ngati mumayendetsa mofulumira kwambiri, kapenanso kuphethira, mukhoza kuphonya.
Ndi chifukwa chakuti, Kenhte:ke Kanyen'keha:ka Food Sovereignty Project, mofanana ndi zopereka zake za m'mphepete mwa msewu, ndi zomwe mungatchule kuti kukula.
Ntchitoyi, yopanga membala wa gulu la Mohawks ku Bay of Quinte Andrew Brant ndi mkazi wake, Renee, ikufuna kupatsa gawoli zokolola zatsopano chaka chonse, komanso kukonzanso nthaka kuti ikhale ndi moyo wabwino kumibadwo ikubwera.
"Ku Tyendinaga, tatsala pang'ono kufika theka la ola kuchokera ku zokolola zatsopano," adatero Brant pafupi ndi dimba lake lomwe linali lokulirapo masana adzuwa pomwe magalimoto akudutsa. Mtengo ndi kupezeka kwa zakudya zatsopano si nkhani yokhayo kuderali, koma ndi Brant imodzi ndipo kampani ikuyembekeza kutha. “Zikafika kwa akulu athu, sangapite kukatenga (zakudya zatsopano). Kuno kuli anthu amene sangathe kapena sachoka m’nyumba zawo. Ndiye pakufunika," adatero Brant.
Dongosolo la thandizo la Lush Cosmetics la Charity Pot linapatsa pulojekitiyi mphamvu yomwe imafunikira kuti ichotse mbewu kupita ku mbande.
"Iwo (adatipatsa) $ 17,000 kuti tigule nyumba yotenthetsera kutentha ndikuchotsa malowo pansi pano," Brant adatero, akulozera njira yolowera komwe kuli nyumba yotenthetsera kutentha yomwe ikuyembekezera kumangidwa.
Koma izi zisanachitike, pakufunika ndalama zambiri kuti polojekitiyi ichitike chaka chonse chomwe Brant amalingalira. M'malo mwake, ntchitoyi ikufunikanso $ 8,000 kuti imange maziko oyikamo wowonjezera kutentha, komanso kupeza zinthu zachilengedwe zofunika kuyambitsa minda. Zimenezi zingachititse kuti zakudya zatsopano zizilimidwa chaka chonse, kuyambira m’nyengo yozizira.
"Ndiye titha kupitiriza kupanga mwina kuposa ma 65 mpaka 70 mapaundi pa sabata zokolola zatsopano," adatero Brant.
Chakudya chomwe chatulutsidwa mpaka pano - kupatula chomwe adataya akalulu asanayike mpanda wawaya kuti atetezere katundu watsopanoyo - amapezeka kwaulere kwa aliyense amene amakhala komweko kapena kunja kwa malo osungiramo. Brant amakonza tebulo Lachitatu lililonse (nyengo ikuloleza) kuti azigawira zakudya zatsopano, komanso kuzipereka kwa omwe akufunika mdera lake.
“Tili ndi zina zopita ku nyumba yogona akulu, timapita kwa anthu osiyanasiyana mdera lathu ndipo taperekanso ku malo opezera chakudya m’dera,” adatero. Timaperekanso kwa anthu omwe sali m'gawo chifukwa si onse omwe ali ndi malo m'gawoli.
Brant adalankhulanso ndi khonsolo ya MBQ kuti apeze malo oti ntchitoyi ipitilize kukulitsa ntchito zake.
"Consolo ikuchita bwino kwambiri pogwira ntchito limodzi nafe," adatero, ndikuwonjezera kuti khonsolo ikuyang'ana malo omwe ntchitoyi ingagwiritsire ntchito kukulitsa. "Titha kuyika greenhouse ina kumeneko, mwina mamita 100, ndiyeno chaka china tidzatha kuyikanso ina."
Kupatula zopereka zake za chakudya, polojekitiyi ikufuna kutsitsimutsa nthaka m'derali komanso malo ozungulira madzi. Dothi lomwe limagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mindamo ndi losakanizidwa ndi zinthu zachilengedwe monga malo odyetserako nsomba ndi malo a khofi ochokera ku kampani ya Two Row Coffee Company, yomwe imapereka ndalama zonse pantchitoyi popanda thandizo ndi zopereka.
"Tikayang'ana malo onse otchedwa Bay of Quinte watershed, tili ndi nyanja zonsezi ndipo mitsinje ndi mitsinje imatsikira ku Bay of Quinte," adatero Brant, ndikuwonjezera kuti kukula kwa mafakitale ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu kwasintha malo otsetsereka, omwe amadutsa. Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.
Iye anati: “Sikutikhudza ife m’gawo lathu lokha, komanso anthu amene akukhala pafupi. Kugwiritsiridwa ntchito kwa fungal ndi organic matter, ngati kugwiritsidwa ntchito m'madera okwanira komanso ndi anthu okwanira, kungapangitse madzi oyeretsera ndikusintha madzi mpaka kalekale, adatero Brant.
"Ife (tikupempha) thandizo la kusintha kwa nyengo kuti tithe kupanga polojekiti yonse kukhala yobiriwira, kugwiritsa ntchito makina opangira magetsi, zinthu ngati zimenezo. Tikufuna kuti mpweya wa carbon ukhale wotsika momwe tingathere, "adatero Brant.
Ngakhale kuti Brant ndiye amene amayendetsa ntchitoyo komanso masomphenya a polojekitiyi, amalota kuti ntchitoyi ikhale yothandiza anthu.
"Zidapangidwa kuti zikhale zapagulu kuti aliyense athe kubwera palimodzi," adatero Brant, ndikuwonjezera kuti kulima dimba ndi moyo wokhazikika kwakhala gawo la moyo wake.
Iye anati: “Ndinakulira m’munda. “Ndinaphunzira kwa agogo anga, amene anaphunzira kwa agogo awo. Ndi gawo chabe la yemwe ine ndiri.
Ngati polojekitiyi ipeza ndalama zokwana madola 8,000 kuti ikule chipale chofewa chisanawuluke, ipitiliza kupereka zinthu zambiri zomwe zilipo: sitiroberi, fodya wamba, tomato, kaloti, nkhaka, beets, letesi, mpiru, radishes, leeks, anyezi wobiriwira. , mandimu, basil ndi zina.
Ndipo ngati sizingatheke chaka chino, Brant adati, angosangalala ndi nthawi yomwe watsala munyengo yolima.
“Ndikakhala mmenemo, ndi malo osiyana kwambiri,” iye anatero, n’kuwonjezera kuti palibe chimene chimatisangalatsa kuposa kupereka chakudya chatsopano kwa munthu amene akuchifuna kapena amene alibe njira ina yochipezera. "Ndi gawo chabe la zomwe ife tiri monga anthu. Si za kalikonse. Ndi chifukwa chiyenera kuchitidwa. Ndi udindo wa (aliyense) kusamalirana wina ndi mzake, kukwezana, kugwirana wina ndi mzake. Ngati sitingathe, ndiye ndife chiyani?
Mundawu uli ku 1407 York Rd., ku Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Kuti mudziwe zambiri, pitani kucrediblemohawk.com.
Jan Murphy ndi mtolankhani wa Local Journalism Initiative yemwe amagwira ntchito ku Belleville Intelligencer. Local Journalism Initiative imathandizidwa ndi Boma la Canada.
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