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ʻO ka mea hoʻolako huahana ʻo Fresh Direct, he mea pāʻani nui ma ka ʻāpana hoʻokipa UK, ua hui pū me Fischer Farms, kahi paionia alakaʻi i ka mahiʻai kūʻokoʻa, e hoʻolauna i kahi ʻano o nā mea kanu Pelekania a me nā lau lau i kāna mau mea kūʻai lawelawe meaʻai. Ke manaʻo nei kēia hui hoʻolālā e hoʻonui i ka hoʻomau o ke kaulahao lako ma o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka pono no ka lawe ʻana i nā huahana lōʻihi. Ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā huahana hou kiʻekiʻe, hana ʻia ma ka ʻāina, ʻimi ka hui ʻana e hoʻololi i ka ʻoihana lawelawe meaʻai me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia pili i ka ea a me nā mile meaʻai.
E hōʻike ana ʻo Fresh Direct i kahi koho o nā mea kanu hou i mahi ʻia, me nā koho kaulana e like me ka basil a me ka watercress, i ulu ʻia i loko o ka mahiʻai biosecure vertical ʻokiʻoki ʻo Fischer Farms i Norwich. Ke koʻikoʻi nei i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hana ʻana ma kahi kokoke i ka home, hoʻohiki kēia hui ʻana i nā chef i kahi ʻike leʻaleʻa me ka hou, ka ʻono, a me ka maikaʻi o ka huahana.
Hāʻawi ka mahiʻai kūwaho i ka hopena i nā pilikia logistical e kū nei i kēia manawa e ka ʻoihana meaʻai, me ka maikaʻi o ka hua a me ka loaʻa ʻana, ʻoiai e hoʻoponopono ana i nā pilikia kūlohelohe e like me ka nui o nā mile meaʻai a me ka hilinaʻi ʻana i nā mea lawe mai i waho. ʻO ka mahiʻai kūpaʻa maikaʻi a Fischer Farms e pili ana i kahi ʻāpana like me 825 mau kahua pōpeku a hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he wahi ulu e hoʻomalu ʻia i ka wā āpau. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻoiai ma waena o nā kūlana ʻino o waho e hiki ai ke hōʻemi i nā mea kanu i lawe ʻia mai, hiki i ka Fischer Farms ke hoʻomau i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā mea kanu Pelekania kiʻekiʻe, kūʻokoʻa a hoʻomau.
Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mana o ka ikehu hou a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kaʻina mahi kanu i hoʻomalu ʻia, hiki i ka Fischer Farms ke hana me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka ʻāina a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai, e hoʻopau ana i ka pono o nā pesticides pōʻino, herbicides, a i ʻole insecticides. ʻAʻole wale kēia ala e hōʻoia i ka hoʻolako mau ʻana i nā hua hou akā hoʻolaha pū kekahi i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni.
ʻO Tom Bartlett, ka luna kālepa ma Fresh Direct, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ka hui pū ʻana me Fischer Farms e hoʻonohonoho i nā kūlana ʻoihana hou ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka maikaʻi a me ka kūlike o ka makahiki. Eia kekahi, e hōʻike ka huahana i ka hou a me ka ʻono maikaʻi no ka mea ʻaʻole pono ia e kū i nā pilikia o kahi kaulahao paʻakikī a paʻakikī.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Jon Cummings, ka luna kūʻai aku ma Fischer Farms, i kona ʻoliʻoli no ka hui ʻana, e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻemi nui ʻana o ka mamao o ka huakaʻi no nā mea kanu kuʻuna. ʻO nā holomua hou loa o ka ʻenehana mahiʻai kū i ka hiki ke hana i nā huahana hou a maikaʻi loa i ka makahiki, e hoʻokō ana i nā makemake a me nā koi o nā chef. Ma ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ke kaulahao hoʻolako a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā ʻenehana mahiʻai hou, manaʻo kēia hui e hana i kahi ʻoihana lawelawe meaʻai ʻoi aku ka paʻa a hoʻomau ma waena o UK.
Hoʻopaʻa ʻo Fresh Direct a me Fischer Farms i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mea hou e pili ana i nā pono kaiapuni i loaʻa ma o ka mahiʻai kū. ʻO nā hopena maikaʻi i manaʻo ʻia o kēia hui ʻana e lilo ia i mea koʻikoʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana ka hoʻomau ʻana a me ka ʻike kaiapuni no ka ʻoihana lawelawe meaʻai ma UK.