I-Station Food Company ithenga imikhiqizo evela emapulazini endawo ebingachithwa ngaphandle kwalokho
Wenzani ngamakhilogremu angaphezu kuka-2,700 amazambane endawo angenakudayiswa ngokwezentengiselwano?
Ngokusho kwebhizinisi elithile eWest Hants, uwaguqula abe amazambane acutshunguliwe — bese uwasabalalisa kabusha ezibhedlela kulo lonke elaseNova Scotia.
I-Station Food Company, eduze kwaseWindsor, yenza lokho kanye futhi konke lokhu kusemzamweni wokuqinisa uhlelo lokudla lwendawo nokunciphisa imfucuza yokudla okusepulazini.
“Kuyinkinga enkulu … ngakho-ke sibheke ekususeni imfucuza yokudla ochungechungeni lokudla,” kusho uRebecca Tran, omunye wabanikazi be-The Station Food Company, etshela i-CBC Radio's. Ulwazi Ekuseni Halifax ngoLwesine.
UTran uthe amanye amapulazi ashiya amaphesenti afinyelela kwangu-40 esivuno sawo ensimini ngoba awahlangabezani nezindinganiso zezentengiselwano futhi awakwazi ukuthengiswa.
Yilapho i-Station Food Company ingena khona. Le nkampani, okuyisigaba se- Isikhungo Sokudla Sesiteshi, isebenzisana namapulazi kanye nabasabalalisi ukuqoqa umkhiqizo obekuyobe uchithekile futhi iwusebenzise kabusha ukuze uthengiswe ezikhungweni zesifundazwe.
UTran uthe ithimba selisebenzele lo msebenzi omusha iminyaka emibili, kodwa kwaba ngonyaka odlule lapho iGordon Food Services, ehlinzeka ngokudla ezikhungweni zezempilo kulo lonke isifundazwe, iba umlingani wabo.
“Sasixoxile nabo ngalokho abakudingayo ezikhungweni zabo nokuthi yiziphi ezinye zezithiyo, futhi ukuthola umkhiqizo ohlala njalo unyaka wonke kubaluleke kakhulu kubo,” kusho yena.
"Ngakho saqala ukucabanga ukuthi amazambane azoba yindawo enhle kakhulu yokuqala."
Inkampani Yokudla yabe isithola ipulazi eNova Scotia elinokudla kwamazambane unyaka wonke, amanye awo ngokuvamile ayengachitheka ngoba mancane kakhulu, aguqukile noma anamaqhubu nemivimbo.
“Amazambane esikhetha ukuwasebenzisa yilawo abawabiza ngokuthi ‘amancane’ ngakho yiwo angawela ohlelweni lwabo lokulinganisa,” kusho uHeather Lunan, umnikazi weFood Company, etshela i-Food Company. Ulwazi Ekuseni.
"Futhi empeleni basinika isivuno esingcono ngemva kokuhlutshwa ngakho kusebenza kuzo zombili izinhlangothi. Basebenzisa into ababengeke bayisebenzise ngaphandle kwalokho futhi sikhiqiza umkhiqizo ozosinika amazambane amaningi acutshunguliwe ekugcineni."
Ngakho-ke esikhundleni sokuchitha isikhathi, la mazambane athola ithuba lokuphila okungcono — njengamazambane athosiwe amnandi angasetshenziswa ezikhungweni zezempilo.
“Esikwenzayo ukwenza ubhatata olucoliwe oluhle kakhulu olwenziwe ekhaya. Luhamba yonke inqubo bese luqandisiwe bese siluthumela [ezikhungweni] eziqandisiwe ezifakwe kuma-pallet,” kusho uLunan.
Iqembu lokuqala lamazambane atshalwe endaweni — aqunyiwe — lizoya eGordon Food Services ngesonto elizayo ukuze lizosakazwa ezibhedlela ezingu-43 zeNova Scotia Health.
“Besilokhu sinesifiso sokudla kwasendaweni nokwandisa inani lokudla kwasendaweni kwaseNova Scotia esikuphakela iziguli zethu,” kusho uBrenda MacDonald, umqondisi omkhulu wezinsizakalo zokudla okunempilo nokudla kwaseNova Scotia Health.
UMacDonald uthe iNova Scotia Health inomgomo wokudla wendawo ongu-20%, athe usuvele uthintekile, kodwa la mazambane acutshunguliwe azokwengeza kulokho.
Uthe lo msebenzi uyindlela enhle yokunikeza iziguli ukudla okujwayelekile, kuyilapho futhi kunciphisa imfucuza yokudla yendawo.
“[I-Food Company] inamathuba amahle kakhulu lapha okusebenzisa ukudla ngendlela ehlukile ukuze sinakekele iplanethi yethu … futhi siyajabula ukuba yingxenye yayo,” kusho yena.
UTran uthe le phrojekthi nayo ingabizi kakhulu kubalimi kanye nezikhungo.
“Siyakwazi ukukhokhela umlimi intengo efanele ngala mazambane amancane, futhi lokho kugcina izindleko zethu ziphansi, okungenye yezithiyo ezivimbela iziphathimandla zezempilo ukuthenga ukudla kwendawo,” kusho yena.
UTran uthe lokhu kumane nje kuyisiqalo sephrojekthi yabo yokulahlwa kokudla kanye nokuthengwa kwezikhungo. Sebevele basebenza ekwandiseni iphrojekthi ukuze ifake phakathi i-cauliflower kanye nobhatata.
“Sivulelekile ukusebenza nanoma yimaphi amapulazi anemizuzwana yokuthi singabheka imikhiqizo ehlukene engatholakala ezimakethe ezintsha zawo, ngoba imakethe yezikhungo eNova Scotia naseCanada inkulu kakhulu,” kusho yena.
