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ʻO Microgreens, nā ʻano ʻōpio a me nā ʻano mea kanu like ʻole, ua lawe iā Spokane ma ka ʻino i ka wā e piʻi mau ana ka noi no nā meaʻai momona a maikaʻi hoʻi. ʻO kēia mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo liʻiliʻi, i ʻohi ʻia inā loaʻa iā lākou kahi ʻōpala a ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua mau lau ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua lilo i mea hoʻohui i makemake ʻia i nā meaʻai a nā kānaka, e ʻimi ana i ko lākou ala i loko o nā pizzas, tacos, soup, a me nā salakeke no kēlā ʻano ʻono. ʻAʻole wale nā microgreens e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻono o nā kīʻaha, akā hāʻawi pū lākou i kahi waiwai waiwai nui ma luna o kā lākou mau hoa ulu piha, e kaena ana a hiki i ka 40 mau manawa hou aku e like me ka noiʻi. ʻO ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka microgreens ua hopena i kahi mākeke ulu a ua hoʻoikaika i nā mea kanu kūloko e hālāwai me ka megademand.
Aia nā Microgreens ma ka radar no kekahi manawa, akā ua piʻi nui ko lākou kaulana i nā makahiki i hala. Ua ʻike nā mahiʻai kūloko ma Spokane i ka piʻi ʻana o ka noi no kēia mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo i hoʻopiha ʻia i ka meaʻai, e alakaʻi ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o nā mea kanu e hānai ana i kēia mākeke waiwai. ʻAʻole maikaʻi wale kēia mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōpio akā ua lilo i mea punahele ma waena o nā mea kūʻai olakino e ʻimi nei i nā ala e hoʻonui ai i kā lākou meaʻai me nā meaʻai momona.
Ua hōʻike nā haʻawina i alakaʻi ʻia e ke Kulanui o Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources a me ka US Department of Agriculture i ka waiwai waiwai o nā microgreens. Ma muli o ke ʻano o ka mea kanu, hiki i kēia mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke loaʻa i ka 40 mau manawa ʻoi aku ka nui o nā meaʻai ma mua o ko lākou mau hoa makua. ʻO ka nui o nā huaora, nā minerala, a me nā antioxidants e lilo lākou i mea hoʻohui waiwai i kēlā me kēia meaʻai, a ʻo kā lākou ʻano ʻono kūʻokoʻa i kaulana ai lākou i waena o nā mea kuke a me nā mea kuke home.
ʻO nā moʻolelo kūleʻa o nā poʻe i ʻike i ka hoʻololi olakino ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā microgreens i kā lākou meaʻai ua hoʻonui hou i ka noi. No ka laʻana, ua hoʻohuli ka mea nona ka We Do Moore LLC, kahi mahiʻai microgreen kūlanakauhale ma Spokane Valley, i kona olakino ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i kahi meaʻai i hoʻonui ʻia me kēia mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo. ʻO ia mau moʻolelo i hoʻoikaika i ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻē aʻe e komo i ka mahiʻai microgreens, e kōkua ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka lako.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka kaulana o nā microgreens, ua ʻoi aku ka hoʻokūkū o ka mākeke, e alakaʻi ana i nā pono a me nā pilikia no nā mea ulu. Ma ka ʻaoʻao maikaʻi, ua wehe ka nui o ka noi i nā manawa hou no ka poʻe mahiʻai e hoʻokumu iā lākou iho i ka mākeke microgreens a loaʻa ka loaʻa kālā. ʻO Microgreens, ʻo ia nā mea kanu kiʻekiʻe, hiki ke loaʻa i nā waiwai nui no ka poʻe mahiʻai hiki ke hana a kūʻai aku i nā puke kiʻekiʻe e hoʻohana pono i nā palena o ka paona.
Eia naʻe, ua hele mai ka piʻi ʻana o ka noi me kekahi mau pilikia. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o ka hoʻokūkū a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka noi ua alakaʻi i kahi piʻi nui o nā kumukūʻai hua, hiki ke ʻoki i nā palena waiwai no nā mea kanu. No nā mea ulu hou e ʻimi nei e komo i ka mākeke, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wahi he mea paʻakikī paha ma muli o nā mea pāʻani i hoʻokumu ʻia i ke kula.
ʻOiai ʻo kēia mau paʻakikī, paʻa mau ka mākeke microgreens ma Spokane, a ke hoʻomau nei nā mea kanu kūloko e ʻimi i nā ala hou e hoʻokō ai i ka megademand. ʻO nā mahiʻai e like me We Do Moore LLC a me Courage to Grow Farms LLC ua hoʻokomo i ka ʻenehana a me nā ʻenehana mahiʻai kūlanakauhale e hana i nā microgreens a puni ka makahiki, e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻokō mau i nā pono o ka mea kūʻai aku.
Ua ʻike ʻo Microgreens i ka piʻi ʻana o ka meteoric i ka kaulana ma ka wahi o Spokane ma muli o ko lākou ʻano momona momona, nā ʻono ʻokoʻa, a me ka versatility i nā kīʻaha like ʻole. Ke hoʻomau nei ka makemake o kēia mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo i hoʻopiha ʻia i ka meaʻai, ʻike ka poʻe mahiʻai kūloko i ka kūleʻa a hoʻonui i kā lākou hana e hoʻokō i ka megademand, ʻoiai i waena o nā pilikia o kahi mākeke hoʻokūkū.