Namuhla ISterman Masser, Inc. ithumela amaloli angama-8,000 nabasebenzi abangama-400 namapulazi amahektare angama-6,000 - cishe amahektare ayi-1,000 XNUMX amazambane
UKeith noHelen Masser bobabili bakhulela emapulazini amazambane asePennsylvania ngaphambi kokuhlangana nokushada ngenkathi befunda ePenn State University. Kepha uma ubabuza ukuthi bazizwa kanjani ngenkathi beshada mayelana nokubuyela epulazini ngokugcwele, bazophendula ngokushesha nangokuzimisela kokubi.
“Angikaze,” kusho uKeith.
“Cha,” kusho uHelen, ehleka. “Ngimshade ngamanga!”
Kepha ukuba ngabazali kunendlela yokushintsha umbono wabantu. Ngenkathi abakwaMassers bemukela indodana yabo uDavid emhlabeni, baqonda ukuthi ekugcineni kuzosiza ekwakheni izimpilo hhayi zabo kuphela nomndeni wabo, kepha namakhulu abantu embonini yamazambane.
"Saqala ukwenza ukuhlola komphefumulo," kukhumbula uKeith. “Sabuzana, 'Sifuna ukukhulisa kanjani izingane zethu?' Futhi sanquma ukuthi indlela engcono yokukhulisa umndeni kwakuyipulazi. ”
Ngakho-ke umndeni omncane wabuyela epulazini iMasser eduze kwaseSacramento, ePa., Ngo-1976, wajoyina ubaba kaKeith, uSterman Masser. Umndeni wawusuvele umile kahle, unamazambane asekhulile maphakathi nePennsylvania kusukela ngo-1800, kepha emashumini eminyaka alandelayo, uKeith noHelen bazokwandisa ipulazi, indawo yokupakisha neyokuthumela izinto ngale kwalokho ababekulindele.
"Sasikuphinda kabili ukukukhula kwethu njalo eminyakeni emihlanu kuma-70s naku-80s," kukhumbula uKeith. “Ngo-1976 sakhulisa cishe amahektare ayi-100 amazambane futhi sasithumele amaloli angama-300 egcwele abasebenzi abangu-10. Namuhla iSterman Masser, Inc. ithumela amaloli angama-8,000 nabasebenzi abangama-400 namapulazi amahektare angama-6,000 - cishe amahektare ayi-1,000 XNUMX amazambane. ”
IMassers ibibambe iqhaza elikhulu embonini yamazambane ngale kwebhizinisi labo eliphumelelayo. UKeith noHelen basebenza iminyaka eminingana e-US Potato Board (manje eyiPatates USA), futhi ngamunye wakhonza unyaka wonke engusihlalo waleyo nhlangano. Babambe iqhaza kuMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wamazambane, uKeith esebenza njengoMongameli ngonyaka we-2004. Bahlala bematasa ePennsylvania Farm Bureau nasePenn State, lapho uKeith ayengusihlalo webhodi labaphatheli futhi engusihlalo wamanje wePenn State Health. Ibhodi.
IMassers iphinde inikeze izifundi zabafundi basePenn State ag nabafundi bezokwelapha. Ku-2018, abakwaMassers bazibophezele ekwakheni i- USihlalo Wobuhlakani Bomndeni WaseMasser Ekucwaningweni Ngamazambane, ezosekela ilungu lobungcweti e-Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences ucwaningo nokufundisa kwalo kugxile ekuthuthukiseni imboni yamazambane kahulumeni.
"UKeith noHelen bangabangani abahle futhi bangamalungu azinikele omndeni wakwaPenn State," kusho uBarron. “Ukusebenza kwabo amashumi eminyaka esikhungweni sethu, ukuxhasa umsebenzi wethu wokunikezwa umhlaba, kanye nokupha ngomusa kube yinguquko. Lesi sipho sikhombisa ukuthi futhi bazimisele ukukhuphuka ukuze banikele 'e-Greater Penn State."
Ngenkathi izingane zabo, UDavid noJulie, manje baqala ukusebenza kukaSterman Masser, Inc., uKeith noHelen Masser bayaqhubeka nokwethenjelwa ekusizeni ukuhola inkampani yomndeni, nokunikeza izeluleko nobuchwepheshe obutholwe ngesikhathi sokuzinikela emndenini wabo kanye nasembonini yamazambane.