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Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo Little Leaf Farms, kahi mea hana alakaʻi o ka letus hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā lau lau, e wehe i kahi hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou ma McAdoo, PA, i kēia hāʻule. ʻO kēia keʻena hou ka ʻelima hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo no ka brand a ʻo ka lua ma Pennsylvania. Me ka hoʻonui ʻia o 10 mau ʻeka hou o ka hana i loko, hoʻolālā ʻo Little Leaf Farms e hoʻonui i kona kūʻai kūʻai ʻana i kahi kokoke i 5,000 mau hale kūʻai, e hoʻolako ana i kā lākou mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou i nā hale kūʻai nui ma waena o Midwest a me Hikina Hema.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka nūhou hou i ka wā o kahi hanana i mālama ʻia e Little Leaf Farms ma Mei 31, i hele ʻia e Pennsylvania Kiaʻāina ʻo Josh Shapiro a me nā ʻelele mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻolauleʻa ka hanana i ka ulu ʻana o ka brand ma Pennsylvania. ʻO Little Leaf Farms, nona ka 180 ʻeka ma McAdoo, ua lilo koke ia i mea hana nui loa o nā lau lau i loko o ka mokuʻāina. Mai ka wehe ʻana i kāna hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo 10-acre mua ma Iulai 2022, ke hana nei ka ʻoihana i nā hana koʻikoʻi a ke manaʻo nei e hoʻohana ma luna o 170 mau kānaka ma ka hopena o 2023.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Paul Sellew, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a me ka Luna Nui o Little Leaf Farms, i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka ʻoihana i ka hana hoʻomohala hoʻomau a me kā lākou misionari e hāʻawi i nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou a ʻono i nā mea kūʻai. Ua koʻikoʻi ʻo ia i kā lākou hoʻolālā hoʻolālā no ka ulu ʻana a pehea e hōʻike ai ka hoʻonui ʻana i Pennsylvania i ko lākou hiki ke hoʻomau i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hana a me nā hana. Ua hōʻike pū ʻo Sellew i ka kūleʻa o ka brand i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kūʻai kūʻai aku ma mua o 50% i ka makahiki i hala, e hana ana ʻo Little Leaf Farms i ka inoa o ka letus i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ulu mau ʻia ma o ka controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) ma ka ʻāina.
ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana o 10 mau ʻeka ma lalo o ke aniani e hōʻike ana i kahi piʻi nui o ka hiki no nā Little Leaf Farms. Me kēia hoʻonui, hiki iā lākou ke hōʻiliʻili ma mua o 20 miliona paona o nā lau lau i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ko lākou mau wahi āpau. E hōʻike ana ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou i ka ʻenehana hou, me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻomehana kiʻekiʻe, hoʻolili a me nā kukui. Eia hou, e hoʻohana ia i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe e like me ka mana o ka lā a me ka wai ua hou. E hoʻomau ka Little Leaf Farms i kāna ʻōnaehana ulu lima lima ʻole, me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka waiho ʻole ʻia o nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo lau mai ka hua a hiki i ka ʻōpala, e hoʻopau ana i ka pono no ka holoi ʻana. Me ka mahiʻai ʻana i ka letus a puni ka makahiki a ʻohi ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā, hiki i ka Little Leaf Farms ke hoʻopuka i kā lākou mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo mai ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka hale kūʻai i loko o 24 mau hola.
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Kiaʻāina Shapiro i ka hoʻoilina hoʻoilina o Pennsylvania a ua hoʻoikaika i ka hana o ka mokuʻāina ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi i ka mahiʻai, hana hana, a me nā mea hou. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i kona hauʻoli no ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻana o Little Leaf Farms ma Pennsylvania, me ka ʻike ʻana e hōʻike ana i ka hiki o ka mokuʻāina ke ulu a me ka ulu ʻana i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai. Ua hōʻoia hou ʻo Kiaʻāina Shapiro i kāna hoʻokō ʻana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka poʻe mahiʻai, nā ʻepekema, a me nā ʻoihana e makemake ana e kōkua i ka ʻāina mahiʻai ulu o Pennsylvania.
Ma waho aʻe o kāna hoʻonui ʻana i ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ua hōʻike ʻo Little Leaf Farms i kona kūpaʻa ʻana i ke kaiāulu kūloko ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi haʻawina $10,000 i Feeding Pennsylvania, kahi hui i hoʻolaʻa ʻole ʻia e hōʻemi i ka pōloli a me ka palekana o ka meaʻai ma ka mokuʻāina. E hāʻawi ʻia ke kālā i nā waihona meaʻai lālā e hāʻawi i ke kōkua i nā poʻe nele.
Ke nānā nei i mua, hoʻomau ʻo Little Leaf Farms i kāna huakaʻi e hoʻololi i ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o ka meaʻai a lawe mai i nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou a me nā lau i nā mea kūʻai. Ua hoʻonohonoho ka brand i kahi pahuhopu nui e ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 100 miliona ma nā kūʻai kūʻai kūʻai ma ka hopena o 2023. Me ka hiki ke hoʻomau i ka hoʻonui ʻana ma Pennsylvania a me Massachusetts, kahi e hana ai lākou i ʻekolu hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ua mākaukau ʻo Little Leaf Farms no ka ulu hou aʻe a manaʻo e hoʻokumu i kahi ʻO ka wāwae ʻōmaʻomaʻo kaulana i kēia mau ʻāpana.
Huakai Lettuce Curved Leaf Farms
Ma kahi hoʻomohala hou nei, ua waiho ʻo Little Leaf Farms i kahi noi me ka United States Patent and Trademark Office e hoʻopaʻa inoa inoa i ka morphology biological, a i ʻole ke ʻano, o kāna lettuce Baby Crispy Green Leaf. ʻO ka palapala noi hōʻailona e kuhikuhi pono ana i ke ʻano hōʻailona o ka letus, e hōʻike ana i kahi ʻāpana poʻe e alakaʻi ana i nā ʻaoʻao o ka lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
ʻIke koke ʻia ʻo Little Leaf Farms' Baby Crispy Green Leaf lettuce no kona ʻano pāʻani, curvaceous a me kona waihoʻoluʻu ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Ma waho aʻe o kona hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa, ʻike ʻia ka ʻano lettuce no kāna crunch hou, ʻokiʻoki, i hiki ke hana ʻia e nā ʻenehana ʻōmaʻomaʻo kiʻekiʻe o ka brand a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka lawe kūloko i loko o 24 mau hola o ka ʻohi ʻana.
Ua haʻi haʻaheo ʻo Lindsay Hardie, Hope Pelekikena o ke Keʻena Kūʻai ma Little Leaf Farms, i ka haʻaheo o ka ʻoihana. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i nā manaʻo maikaʻi i loaʻa mai nā mea kūʻai aku e mahalo i ka ʻike ʻana iā Little.
Nā huahana a Leaf Farms ma nā menus hale ʻaina a me nā aisles ma muli o ke ʻano maopopo ʻole o kā lākou Baby Crispy Green Leaf lettuce. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Hardie i ka hoʻololi ʻana o kā lākou lettuce i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe no ka saladi, e alakaʻi ana i kahi ʻike ʻaina maikaʻi aʻe. ʻO kēia ʻike ʻana i ko lākou ʻano lettuce kū hoʻokahi a me ka nānā ʻana i ka lettuce e hui pū me ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka National Salad Month.
Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Little Leaf Farms i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā huahana hoʻomau, kiʻekiʻe a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā haʻawina nui i nā kaiāulu kūloko. Me ko lākou hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka hoʻomau mau ʻana i ka hana hou, ua hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi ʻia ka brand no ka kūleʻa mau i ka mākeke lettuce greenhouse.