He kī nui nā ʻano anoano kūloko i ka pale ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa o nā mea kanu, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka poʻe kanu hua ʻāina. Ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe a mālama nei ʻo Metchosin Farm ma kahi o 120 mau ʻano anoano like ʻole i kēia kau, nā ʻano heirloom open-pollinated a pau.
"Ke hana nei mākou i nā ʻanoʻano he nui, no laila, loaʻa iā mākou kāu mau mea kanu maʻamau e like me kā kāloti, beets, kukama, pepa, letus," wahi a Fiona Hamersley Chambers o Metchosin Farm. "A laila hana mākou i nā mea kanu, a hana mākou i kekahi mau mea kanu maoli, ʻoi aku ka hua." No ke kōkua ʻana i ka mahiʻai i kāna hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe a mālama i nā hua, ke kū nei ʻo FarmFolk CityFolk me kā lākou mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe hua paʻa.
"Hoʻokumu ʻia ia e kōkua i nā mea kanu hua e hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi i kā lākou mau hua," wahi a Siri van Gruen, ka mea hoʻoponopono no ka papahana palekana BC o ka hui. "ʻO kahi pale nui no ka nui o nā mea kanu hua ma ka ʻāina ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā lako e hoʻoponopono pono i kā lākou mau hua." ʻO ka mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe hua kelepona - me kāna huakaʻi 2021 i kākoʻo ʻia e ka ʻoihana mahiʻai - hele mai me kahi thresher, wizard wizard, a me nā pale ʻokoʻa a me nā ʻoki.
Ke ulu nei ʻo Metchosin Farm ma kahi o 260 mau ʻano hua like ʻole a he maʻalahi ke kumu o ia mea, wahi a Hamersley Chambers. "ʻAʻohe palekana meaʻai me ka mālama ʻole i nā hua."
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