U-Andrew Cummings ubelokhu etshala amazambane impilo yakhe yonke, kodwa akalimi endaweni efanayo nabazali bakhe.
Sekungamashumi eminyaka, umndeni womlimi wesizukulwane sesihlanu u-Andrew Cummings usebenze umhlaba kuwo ipulazi lomndeni eduze kwase-Johnville, u-NB Andrew waqala ukulima yena esemncane futhi eminyakeni edlule wayenephupho lokukhulisa ipulazi, kodwa umhlaba wawungatholakali endaweni - ngo-2016, lokho kwashintsha. “Ngithole ithuba lokuthenga elinye ipulazi. Kuqhele ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-40 ukusuka lapho ngakhulela khona. Ngagcina sengidayisa ipulazi lami ngahamba,” kusho u-Andrew engxoxweni yocingo.
Ubephuzile ukuya emhlanganweni wabalimi beMcCain Foods ngesikhathi ekhuluma nomunye umlimi naye owayesephuzile. Indoda yathi ifuna ukuthatha umhlalaphansi, enye into yaholela kwenye, futhi ngobusuku obumbalwa kamuva bobabili bahlangana. Kwenziwa isu ngokushesha lokuthi u-Andrew athenge ipulazi labalimi asebethatha umhlalaphansi e-Bloomfield, NB
Kwakungelona kuphela ipulazi elathengwa ngu-Andrew. Waphinde wathenga ipulazi elingumakhelwane, futhi ekugcineni, wakwazi ukuphinda kabili indawo yakhe yamazambane nokuphinda kathathu umthamo wenkontileka yakhe noMcCain Foods. Ezinye izinguquko kwadingeka zenziwe. Epulazini lakhe elidala wayefuye izinkomo, kodwa amapulazi amasha ayengenayo ingqalasizinda yemfuyo, ngakho izinkomo zathengiswa.
“Ngithuthele endaweni enenhlabathi engaphezulu esezingeni eliphezulu kunalapho ngakhulela khona. Umhlabathi ungcono, futhi nginomakhelwane lapha ongumlimi omkhulu wobisi. Ngishintshana nabo,” kuchaza yena. Manje u-Andrew utshala amahektha angama-450 kuya kwangu-500 amazambane asendaweni eyomile minyaka yonke ngokushintshanisa izitshalo zikabhontshisi wesoya, ukolweni notshani. Utshala kakhulu amazambane agaya iMcCain Foods, kodwa futhi utshala eyakhe imbewu yakwaRusset Burbank.
“Sitshala phakathi kwezinhlobo ezimbili kuya kwezintathu ezihlukene kuye ngonyaka - iRusset Burbank ifana namaphesenti angama-85 esitshalayo. Ngakho, siyayitshala leyo mbewu kodwa uma sitshala iShepody’s noma i-Innovators noma enye into (uMcCain) afuna siyizame, ngokuvamile siyayithenga kubo,” engeza. Uyise uJames nguyena owaqala ukutshala imbewu epulazini. Ngaleso sikhathi, u-Andrew wayesanda kungena epulazini ngokugcwele futhi uJames wabona likhona ithuba lokuba bakhulise umkhiqizo wabo ube ukukhulisa imbewu.
“Abanye abantu babekwenza ngaleso sikhathi futhi wayethanda ukukucosha, futhi wazizwa ngimagange ngokwanele ukutshala amazambane ukuze aqale,” kusho u-Andrew.
Ubaba ka-Andrew usethathe umhlalaphansi, kodwa usasiza epulazini ngezinye izikhathi. Indodana yakhe u-Evan ufunda eNyuvesi yaseNew Brunswick esebenza ehlobo epulazini, kanti umkakhe uDale unomsebenzi ongekho epulazini kodwa wenza nezincwadi zasepulazini. Indodakazi yakhe uClaire, ofunda esikoleni esiphakeme, uyasiza ngesikhathi sokutshala nokuvuna epulazini. Baqasha abasebenzi abane kuya kwabahlanu ngesikhathi sokukhula, nabangu-15 abaqashelwe ukuvuna.
Ebusika lapho umsebenzi wasensimini uncipha, bagawula izinkuni zomshini wokugaya ukhuni oluthambile. “Sinazo futhi izinkuni eziningi, akulona ibhizinisi elikhulu kithina kodwa besihlale sigawula izinkuni kancane njalo ebusika,” kwengeza u-Andrew. “Asibona abadidiyeli noma yini, kusinika okuthile esingakwenza ukuze sigcine abambalwa bethu bematasa.”
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