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I loko o ka puʻuwai o Arlington, kahi hale kūʻai inconspicuous e hoʻopaʻa nei i kahi ʻoihana mahiʻai honua e manaʻo nei e wehewehe hou i ke komo ʻana i ka meaʻai hou a me ka meaʻai. ʻO Area 2 Farms, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 2022, ua hoʻolauna i kahi ʻōnaehana mahiʻai kūʻokoʻa hou, ʻike ʻia ʻo Silo, e hana ana i kēlā me kēia makahiki a paʻa i ka hiki ke hakakā i nā wao nahele meaʻai ma nā kūlanakauhale. E hui pū me mākou i ko mākou ʻimi ʻana i kēia ʻoihana kupaianaha a me kona hopena i ka meaʻai a me ka pono o ke kaiāulu.
Ke noʻonoʻo ʻoe i kahi mahiʻai, hiki mai i ka noʻonoʻo nā kiʻi o nā kīhāpai ākea a me nā wahi ʻai. Eia naʻe, ke kū mālie nei kahi hoʻololi hou o ka mahiʻai i loko o nā paia o kahi hale kūʻai ma Arlington, Virginia. ʻO Area 2 Farms, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 2022, ua mākaukau e lilo i mea hoʻololi pāʻani no ka meaʻai i nā wao nahele meaʻai ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana mahiʻai kū i ka ulu ʻana i nā hua hou a puni ka makahiki.
I ka nānā mua ʻana, ʻaʻole like paha kēia hale kūʻai me kahi mahiʻai maʻamau. Aia ma waena o kahi hale kūʻai kaʻa a me kahi hale mālama ʻīlio, he hoʻopunipuni kona helehelena. Eia nō naʻe, ma hope o kona ʻaoʻao brick a me kahi puka i pena ʻia i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo e waiho ana kahi mea kupanaha o ka mahiʻai hou. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Jackie Potter, ka mea hoʻoponopono kūʻai o Area 2 Farms, i kā mākou Health and Wellness Reporter Victoria Sanchez ma o ka haʻahaʻa o loko o ka hale kūʻai, e hōʻike ana i ka puʻuwai o kēia hana mahiʻai hou.
ʻO ke kikowaena o Area 2 Farms ʻo ka Silo, kahi mea hana mahiʻai kiʻekiʻe i hoʻolako ʻia me nā pae ʻewalu no ka ulu ʻana i nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo. ʻO ka mea e hoʻokaʻawale ai iā Silo, ʻo ia ka hiki ke hana hou i ka pōʻai o nā lā kūlohelohe o nā mea kanu. Noho ʻole nā papa ʻelua i lalo, e hoʻohālikelike ana i ka pae "moe" o nā mea kanu. Ke holo nei ka pōʻai, neʻe nā mea kanu i luna, loaʻa ka wai, a ala mālie, e hoʻohālike ana i ke kaʻina hana kūlohelohe i ʻike ʻia ma nā mahiʻai kuʻuna.
E noʻonoʻo paha kekahi i ka hopena o kahi mahiʻai i loko o kahi hale keʻena. Ua wehewehe ʻo Jackie Potter, "Ma muli o ke ʻano o ka hale a me ka ʻōlelo a ke konohiki. Pono wale mākou i kahi puka a me kahi wai. " Ma kahi honua post-COVID, ua hoʻoneʻe nā hale hakahaka i nā konohiki a me nā kūlanakauhale e ʻimi i nā koho noho hou, a ke hōʻike nei ka mahiʻai kūlanakauhale i kahi koho hoʻowalewale.
Haʻaheo ʻo Silo i kekahi mau mascots kuʻuna ʻole—nā ʻano moʻolelo ʻo Toy Story. Hoʻoulu ʻia ʻo Radishes ma lalo o ka maka makaʻala o Stinky Pete, aʻo nā aniani ʻōmaʻomaʻo e kiaʻi ʻia e Rex. ʻO nā pulley mechanical, hoʻohana ʻia e nā mea pāʻani plastik e like me Claw, Slinky, Buzz Lightyear, a me Zurg, kōkua i ka lawe ʻana i nā mea kanu i ko lākou ulu ʻana, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi paʻi kiʻekiʻe i kēia hana ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maoli o Area 2 Farms aia i kāna misionari e hoʻoponopono i nā wao nahele meaʻai ma nā kūlanakauhale. Ma nā kūlanakauhale he nui, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā kaiāulu haʻahaʻa ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai hou a me ka meaʻai, me nā hale ʻai wikiwiki e hoʻomalu pinepine i ka ʻāina. Wahi a ka USDA's Food Access Research Atlas, Wakinekona, aia ka nui o nā wao nahele ʻai o DC ma ka hikina o ka muliwai ʻo Anacostia. Manaʻo ʻo Area 2 Farms e hoʻololi i kēia.
"Ma nā kūlanakauhale, aia kahi mea i kapa ʻia ʻo 'nā wao nahele' kahi āu e loaʻa ai kahi McDonald's a me kahi Wendy's, a ʻo ka hale kūʻai kokoke loa he mau mile kahi e hiki ʻole ai i nā kānaka ke hele aku. Hiki i kēia ke kōkua i kēlā?" Ua nīnau ʻo Sanchez.
ʻO ka pane a Jackie Potter i hōʻike i ka hiki ke hoʻololi i kēia hana: “Inā hiki iā mākou ke lawe mai i kahi mahiʻai ma laila, ʻo ka loaʻa hou ʻana o ka meaʻai, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahi haʻahaʻa. Loaʻa iā lākou nā ʻeke ʻeke a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe e kōkua i ke kōkua ʻana i ka wao nahele meaʻai, akā inā mākou e lawe mai i kahi mahiʻai ma laila, ʻo wau ke ʻano he mea hoʻololi pāʻani no ka meaʻai.
Eia kekahi, ke hana ikaika nei ʻo Area 2 Farms e hoʻolako i kāna huahana ma o SNAP a me nā pono WIC, e kōkua ana i nā ʻohana haʻahaʻa i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kā lākou waihona kālā me nā meaʻai hou a olakino. ʻO kēia kūpaʻa i ka hiki ke hoʻomaopopo i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana o ka mahiʻai i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka meaʻai kaiāulu a me ka maikaʻi.
Ma kahi honua kahi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia ai nā huaʻōlelo e like me "organic" a me "farm-to-table" i ka nani, ʻo Area 2 Farms e hōʻike nei i kahi ʻike hoʻoikaika i kahi wā e hiki mai ana a hoʻomau. Ma o ka ʻenehana hou a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā kaiāulu i mālama ʻole ʻia, ua mākaukau kēia mahiʻai kūʻokoʻa ʻo Arlington e lilo i mea hoʻololi pāʻani maoli no ka meaʻai a me ke kaulike meaʻai.
Nā huaʻōlelo: Mahiʻai, Mahiʻai Vertical, Mahiʻai Kūlanakauhale, Deserts Meaʻai, Nutrition, Mahiʻai Hoʻomau, Ola Kaiāulu, Meaʻai Hiki, Mahiʻai Hou.