ʻO ka Cornucopia, kokoke i Sioux Center, Iowa, ua ulu maoli mai ka mea i hōʻike hope ʻia ma "Proud to be a Hometown Farmer" i ka makahiki 2014. Ua ʻōlelo ka mea nona ʻo John Wesselius i ka nui o nā mea kanu e ulu ai ka mahiʻai i ʻekolu mau manawa mai ia manawa.
“Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka ulu ʻana. Leʻaleʻa mākou i ka ulu ʻana i ka meaʻai, hauʻoli mākou i ka ulu ʻana i nā pilina a hauʻoli mākou i ka ulu ʻana i ka ʻoihana," wahi a John.
ʻOiai i kēia manawa o ka makahiki, ʻike ʻoe i nā māla liʻiliʻi o ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā mea kanu e like me nā ululāʻau liʻiliʻi. E ʻike ʻoe i nā mahana āu e moeʻuhane wale ai i kēia manawa o ka makahiki. "ʻO kēia ka manawa hauʻoli loa o ka makahiki ma nā ʻano he nui," wahi a ka mea nona ka hui ʻo Janna Wesselius, ka wahine a John.
ʻOiai i loko o kahi anuanu ʻo Pepeluali, e hele ana nā mea kanu i ka lepo. Ke hoʻoili nei nā limahana manawa piha ma The Cornucopia i nā hua liʻiliʻi celery. Akā, ua hoʻomaka ke kanu ʻana i Ianuali. ʻO ia ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai ʻo John lāua ʻo Janna e hoʻoulu i kā lāua ʻolika ponoʻī mai nā hua - kahi mua i kēia makahiki.
Hoʻolālā ka hui e ulu i 56,000 mau aniani, mai ka 26,000 i ulu i ka makahiki i hala. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā aniani e noho ana i loko o kahi hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou, i kūkulu ʻia no ka wā ulu '21. "Hāʻawi kēia iā mākou i ʻelua manawa i ka makahiki i hala," wahi a John.
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