Mai nā māla a me nā hale i hoʻolako i nā pilikia kaulahao, he manawa paʻakikī kēia no British Columbia. Kū mākou me ka poʻe i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka wai.
Aloha ko mākou naʻau i ka poʻe mahiʻai i hoʻopiha ʻia ko lākou mau hale. ʻAʻole hiki ke lanakila ko lākou poho. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jaswant Dhillon, mea kanu Blueberry, "ua nalowale kona ʻohana i nā mea āpau, me nā hoʻomanaʻo ʻohana koʻikoʻi. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻopakele ʻia ka hale holoʻokoʻa. "
Ma kēia hanana nui ʻole i ʻike ʻole ʻia, ma kahi o 2,500 mau ʻeka blueberries i hoʻopilikia ʻia a ʻo kēia mau mea, aia ma kahi o 1000 mau ʻeka e waiho mau ana i lalo o ka wai, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ka wahi o Sumas Prairie. ʻO ka nui o nā ʻeka o ka hana ʻana i ka blueberry ma BC ma kahi o 27,000 mau ʻeka hōʻike ʻo Statistics Canada.
He māla blueberry i hoʻopilikia ʻia ma ka ʻāina ʻo Sumas Prairie. Hoʻouna ʻia ke kiʻi e kahi mea kanu Blueberry BC.
ʻO kekahi mau wahi o ka ʻāina ʻo Matsqui Flats ua hoʻopiha piha ʻia no kekahi manawa, a ʻo nā wahi ʻē aʻe e kokoke ana i ka muliwai Fraser e mau ana ka wai i ka liʻiliʻi. Hiki i nā mea kanu i nā wahi wai liʻiliʻi kahi i hoʻokahe ʻia ai ka wai ma hope o ʻelima a ʻeono mau lā a he 2-3 'hohonu paha e loaʻa i ka manawa e hoʻihoʻi hou i kā lākou mau māla.
Ma ka ʻāina ʻo Sumas Prairie, hōʻike kekahi mau mea kanu i ka ʻehiku a ʻewalu mau kapuaʻi o ka wai ma nā kula a hopohopo e pili ana i ka hopena lōʻihi, ʻoi loa ma muli o nā ʻōpala a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe e hiki mai ana mai nā mea kanu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no kahi manawa lōʻihi.
"Aia kahi manaʻo nui e pono ai ka poʻe mea kanu i hoʻopilikia nui e huki i kā lākou mau mea kanu a kanu hou iā lākou, hiki ke lilo i kālā kālā nui," wahi a Harry Sidhu, nona ka ʻohana mahiʻai ma Sumas Prairie. "He mea kanu ʻo Blueberries a he mau makahiki ia no ka nui o ka hua ʻai, no laila he mea nui kēia o ka loaʻa kālā no nā makahiki he nui."
He kūlana ʻeleu a ulu kēia. I kēia manawa, ke ʻike nei ka ʻaha kūkā i nā mea kanu i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia a ʻimi i nā ala e kōkua ai iā lākou.
"Pono e nānā hou ʻia ka pōʻino o nā mahina ʻai i ka wā e emi ai ka wai," wahi a Jason Smith, ka Luna Hoʻomalu o BC Blueberry Council. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Smith ʻaʻole pili ka hapa nui o ka ʻāina ulu a ʻaʻohe hopena pōkole a lōʻihi paha no ka poʻe kūʻai i nā blueberries.
He mea paʻakikī nā makahiki i hala iho nei no ka ʻoihana blueberry BC, ma muli o nā hanana ʻino ʻole a me nā pilikia pollination i alakaʻi ʻia i ka liʻiliʻi o ka nui o ka hana. I ka makahiki 2019, ʻo ka nui o ka hua ma kahi o 200 miliona paona. Ua emi iho ma kahi o 20 miliona paona i 2020 a ma kahi kokoke i 50 miliona paona i 2021.
No ka lanakila ʻana i kekahi o kēia mau pilikia, pono nā mea kanu blueberry i ke kōkua. ʻO ka ʻoihana blueberry kahi ʻano wehewehe o British Columbia, a me ke ola ʻana o nā ʻohana he nui, no laila ke noi nei ka BC Blueberry Council i nā lālā i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka wai e hoʻokomo piha ʻia i nā hana kōkua aupuni āpau.
Ua hoʻokumu ka ʻaha i kahi kumuwaiwai palapala hōʻike i nā kōkua i loaʻa.
No ka 'ike hou aku:
Clara Moran-Sakalauskas
Brooklynn Doucette
BC Blueberry Council
Helu: + 1 (604) 864 2117
clara@bcblueberry.com
brooklynn@townhallbrands.com
https://gobluebc.ca/
https://www.bcblueberry.com/