Umlimi wamazambane wase-Ireland kanye ne-packer Meade Potato Company ungene emakethe yezitashi ngokukhipha isitashi kusuka kumazambane asalele nakumikhiqizo yamazambane. Iyunithi lokukhipha eMeade Farm eLobinstown, Co Meath limele okuwukuphela kwesitashi sebanga lokudla lendabuko esikhiqizwa ngokwendabuko kubakhiqizi bokudla e-Ireland nase-UK.
Ukukhula konyaka emakethe yesitashi kungu-9% kule minyaka eyisithupha edlule ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kwayo okwandisiwe ekupakisheni okusimeme, ukudla okungenanyama noshukela.
IMeade Potato Company ikholelwa ekutheni isitashi sabo sizonxenxa abakhiqizi bokudla njengoba singenayo i-gluten futhi sinoshukela ophakeme kunesitashi sommbila. Banethemba lokuthi kuzosiza ekwehliseni udoti wokudla, kungeze inani eliphakeme esitshalweni sikazambane kuzwelonke, kukhuphule ukufakwa kwamanye amazwe kudale namathuba amasha okuthumela ngaphandle.
Ngo-1996, iMeade Potato Company kwaba yinkampani yokuqala yase-Ireland ukuthekelisa amazambane ngesikebhe esiya eYurophu kubakhiqizi besitashi phesheya. Baqhubekile nokuthumela emazweni angaphandle kule minyaka engama-20 edlule kodwa bagxile ebhizinisini labo eliwumgogodla lokuhlinzeka amazambane, izithelo nemifino emakethe yezitolo.
Umsebenzi wabo wakamuva wokukhiqiza isitashi umele ukuzibophezela ekwahlukaneni, emisha nasekuqhubekeni.
UPhilip Meade Jr. Umqondisi Wezebhizinisi weMeade Potato Company:
“Selokhu ubaba aqala ebhizinisini lamazambane eminyakeni engaphezu kwengama-40 eyedlule, besilokhu sifuna izimakethe ezintsha futhi sizama ukwengeza inani eliphakeme esitshalweni samazambane. Ukungena kwethu ezimakethe zesitashi kungukuvela kwendalo kwebhizinisi lethu - kusuka ekuthumeleni amazambane ukukhiqizwa kwesitashi phesheya kwezilwandle, ukufakwa kwamazambane nokuxhunywa kwezintambo manje sekutshalwa imali kabusha kuyunithi yokukhipha isitashi epulazini lethu. ”
"Siyethemba ukuthi izothuthukisa imakethe yamazambane futhi inikeze abakhiqizi bokudla indawo yasendaweni, esezingeni eliphakeme yokuthenga isitashi."
Sebevele baqala ukuthekelisa e-UK futhi banethemba lokuthi bazokwenabela nakwezinye izimakethe zokuthekelisa eminyakeni emibili ezayo.
UCliona Costello, uPaul Monaghan, uPhilip Meade Jr. noRobert Devlin weMeade Potato Company ekwethulweni kophiko lokukhipha isitashi sale nkampani.
UCliona Costello, Umphathi we-R & D kwa-Meade's:
“Imininingwane yethu njengenkampani yase-Ireland eqinile ekusimameni futhi eyingxenye yohlelo lokugunyazwa kwe-Origin Green isivele isisiza ukuvula iminyango phesheya. Okuqinisekisa ukuthi lesi sivumelwano siwukuthi umkhiqizo omuhle kakhulu. ”
Ibhizinisi lingeze imisebenzi eqondile eyishumi kanye nemisebenzi engaqondile engama-50 endaweni yasemaphandleni eBoyne Valley. Lesi sitshalo ekuqaleni sizoxhaswa amandla ngumoya ophephela emoyeni, ngokuhlelela u-300kw wamapaneli elanga okufanele anikeze ukusebenza kwesitshalo amandla kagesi kungathathi hlangothi.
Kulinganiselwa ukuthi eminyakeni emibili ezayo, ukuthuthwa kwekhabhoni yesitashi e-Ireland kuzokwehliswa ngamathani angama-90 ngokususelwa ekulinganisweni kokuthengisa kukaMeade.
Eleanor Meade, Umphathi Wokusebenza Kwebhizinisi:
“Izinhlelo ezinjengalezi ezixhumanisa ukwenziwa kwezinto ezintsha nokusimama zingumongo webhizinisi lomndeni wethu wasepulazini; bamaka wonke amabhokisi okugcwalisa igebe elikhulu emakethe ngesixazululo esihlakaniphile esiqhutshwa ngumnotho oyindilinga. ”
Kuthatha amazambane ihora elilodwa nohambo nge-approx. Imitha engama-300 yemishini ngaphambi kokuthi iphendulwe isitashi. Kungathatha kusuka kumathani ayisikhombisa kuya kwayisishiyagalombili amazambane ukwenza ithani elilodwa lesitashi ngokuya ngokuqukethwe okomile, okuhlukahlukene nesikhathi sonyaka.
Endleleni, amazambane adlula ezigabeni ezingama-22 ngaphambi kokuthi aphendulwe isitashi sokudla okumsulwa. Isiteji sokuqhekeka sisebenzisa imimese engu-102 ehamba ngezinguquko ezingama-2500 ngomzuzu bese umshisi wegesi ufinyelela ku-180 °.
Njengamanje bahlola ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi kushintshwe isitashi sabo ukuze sisetshenziswe ekwenziweni kwamaphakeji ahlanganayo. Babeyinkampani yokuqala yase-Ireland ukwethula ukupakisha amazambane ayi-100%.
Isikhwama sabo esisha iMeade 2kg White Potatoes sisebenzisa iphepha eligcotshwe nge-cornstarch elenziwe nge-bioplastic kanye nomugqa osuselwa ku-cornstarch. Bazokhipha uhla olungamaphakethe asekhaya ayi-100% lomkhiqizo wabo onyakeni omusha.
Onyakeni omusha inkampani izobe iguqula ukubekwa uphawu kwabathengi bayo eMeade Farm kanti ibhizinisi labo libe uphawu lwebhizinisi kuzoba yiMeade Farm Group ukumela ngokunembile ukunikela kwabo okuhlukahlukene kwezolimo.