Ekugcineni, sengilapha, eQuebec City, enkabeni yeFrance Canada. Manje, uma ngingadlula ngamagama ayisithupha esiFulentshi engifunde kuwo Ubuhle nobubi, konke kuzolunga.
Ngamukelwa ngokufudumele futhi ngangeniswa emahhovisi e I-Quebec Parmentier, omaketha kakhulu amazambane esifundazweni. Ngihlala phansi nomphathi omkhulu u-Pierre Chouinard, umphathi jikelele u-Audrey Boulianne, kanye nomphathi wezokuthengisa imbewu uLaurence Côté ukuthola umbono omfushane wenkampani futhi ngichaze isonto lethu lokuvakasha embonini yamazambane eQuebec.
IQuebec Parmentier inkampani ephethwe ngabalimi eyasungulwa ngonyaka we-2012 ngomzamo wokukhiqiza kangcono futhi uthengise amazambane asezingeni eliphakeme esifundazweni sonke naseToronto enkulu nasezimakethe ezinkulu ezise-East Coast yase-US Njengoba uChouinard engikhombisa ibalazwe lapho amapulazi amazambane atholakala khona esifundazweni esivundile kodwa esikhulu, akunzima ukucabanga ukuthi kungani abalimi bengafuna ukwakha inhlangano ebumbene ukuze bathengise isivuno sabo.
"Bonke laba balimi bakude impela nemakethe," kusho uChouinard. “Silahlekelwe kakhulu ngabalimi abaningi kule minyaka engu-15 kuya kwengu-20 edlule ngoba izindleko zokuthwala impahla zisuke seziphezulu kakhulu. Ngakho-ke kwakulula kimi ukuchazela abalimi umbono esasifanele ukudala le nkampani. Ndawonye, banqume ukujoyina babumba iQuebec Parmentier. ”
Ngo-2012, uParmentier wathengisa cishe amahektare angama-3,500 8,000 amazambane. Lelo nani selikhule lacishe laba ngu-2019 ngo-XNUMX — cishe ingxenye yesigamu samazambane esifundazweni.
“Isizukulwane esisha samakhasimende sifuna okuthile okumnandi, okumnandi, okulula,” kusho uChouinard. “Amazambane kukhona zinomdlandla, futhi sifuna ukuzenza umkhiqizo okhangayo. ”
Cishe ngemizuzu engama-45 ngemoto uhamba usuka ehhovisi likaParmentier yindlu ka-André Gagnon, ongumnikazi futhi osebenzayo I-Progest 2001, ipulazi lokucwaninga elizinikele ekwenzeni ngcono imboni yamazambane eQuebec nakulo lonke elaseCanada. IGagnon incane, inamandla futhi, kubonakala sengathi ijabule kakhulu ngamazambane. Ngokumamatheka okuthathelwanayo, unginikeza uhambo olukhulu. Amamitha angamakhulu ambalwa ukusuka osebeni loMfula iSt. Lawrence, afihliwe ngenxa yabashayeli emgwaqweni omkhulu oseduze ehlathini elicinene, kuhlala indlu yokushisa yaseGagnon, lapho, athi, izingqimba zezizukulwane zokuqala zezinhlobo zamazambane ezingaphezu kwekhulu zihlala. Izindlu zamasimu eziseduze zihlaba umxhwele njengama-spuds ahlukahlukene, konke kuqashelwa ngamandla nobuthakathaka babo esimweni sezulu saseQuebec nenhlabathi.
UGagnon ungumakadebona embonini yamazambane futhi uthinte amahlombe ngamagama ambalwa avelele esifundweni samazambane saseNyakatho Melika. Unamaphrojekthi emisebenzini yezinhlangano eziningana, futhi ukholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi iQuebec ingaqhubeka nokwenza ngcono isikhundla sayo esivele siqinile njengesifunda esinikezela amazambane kubathengisi nabathengi baseNyakatho Melika.
Ngiphuma emotweni ngixhawule uKevin Rivard. UCôté usevele wamkhulumisa: "UKevin akakakabi neminyaka engama-30, usanda kuthola i-MBA yakhe, unonkosikazi nezingane ezintathu, ibhizinisi elichumayo…" Ngemuva kokuxolisa ngokungasazi kahle isiNgisi, uRivard uyaqhubeka nokuxoxa ngesiNgisi ongcono kunami — okusolakala ukuthi udokotela osebenzayo walolu limi — angalindela.
Ungitshela ngepulazi lomndeni wakhe: ukuthi ubaba wakhe nomkhulu wakhe babephakathi kwabantu bokuqala ukulima eSaint-Ambroise; ukuthi iningi lomhlaba olimekayo manje lisuswe kanjani ehlathini futhi lilungiselelwe ngokucophelela amazambane akhulayo; kanjani eminyakeni engama-20 edlule bakhuphule ukukhiqizwa kwamazambane kusuka ngaphansi kwamahektare ayi-100 kuya ngaphezu kwama-600.
Njengoba singena emotweni yakhe, uyaxolisa ngokungcola kwakhe, futhi ngiyamqinisekisa ukuthi akuyona inkinga leyo; angithi phela iloli lasemapulazini leli.
“Yebo,” kuphendula uRivard emamatheka, “kodwa futhi leli iloli lami ledolobha.”
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi cishe uhhafu wamazambane kaRivard atshalelwa imbewu nohhafu wesitoko setafula. Ipulazi lisabalele futhi nesimo sezulu sisebenzisana ngokwanele ukuthi sikwazi ukugcina isivuno sembewu sisodwa futhi sinempilo.
"Inhloso yethu enkulu ukukhiqiza inani elifanayo lamazambane lapha kuma-acre angu-10%," kusho uRivard. "Ngokuthuthuka kwezinhlobonhlobo, ukuchelela nokuphathwa, ngicabanga ukuthi singakwenza lokho eminyakeni emine noma emihlanu."
UGaston Bouchard akasona isikhulumi sesiNgisi kakhulu, futhi, njengoba sekushiwo, ulwazimagama lwami lwaseFrance lususelwa ikakhulu kumafilimu wezingane. Kodwa njengoba uCôté esebenza njengomhumushi, uGaston, indodana yakhe uMatieu, kanye nendodakazi kaMatieu eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala banendima yabo endimeni yabo embonini yamazambane esifundeni. Ubaba kaGaston wahlala kule ndawo eminyakeni engaphezu kwengama-80 eyedlule, kanti ipulazi belilokhu lisemndenini kusukela lapho. Namuhla, amaBouchards akhula cishe amahektare angama-400 amazambane embewu asezingeni eliphakeme anezinhlobo ezibalelwa ku-15.
Ishedi esiseduze yePropur fresh pack yayiyi-brainchild kaGaston ekuqaleni kwawo-1960. Wathengisa abanye abatshali abathathu ekutshaleni imali kulo, futhi noma ipulazi ngokwalo likhulisa imbewu, umndeni usenendawo yobunikazi esitshalweni sokupakisha. Eqinisweni, uMatieu ungumongameli wamanje wesitshalo.
“Indawo yokupakisha ilungile egcekeni lethu,” kusho uMatieu. “Kusekhaya. Siwumndeni owasungula lo msebenzi, futhi kuseyinhliziyo nomphefumulo wami. ”
Ngenkathi sinqamula emasimini abo, uMatieu noGaston bakhomba iwindi, bethikameza izinhlobonhlobo eziqhakaza ezindaweni ezicebile, ezinesihlabathi: “Lowo owokuqala ophuzi, onesikhumba esibushelelezi obizwa ngo-Obama. Ngapha yiChieftain, iGoldRush, iSuperior, iKateri, iDark Redtain, iFrontier Russet, i-Envol, ne-Andover… ”
AbakwaBouchards benze igama labo ezintweni ezimbili: ukuqamba nobuqotho. Ngawo-1970, babengabalimi bokuqala eQuebec ukuqasha izisetshenziswa zokunisela ngenkasa kanye nezinkomishi. “Sifuna ukuphelela,” kusho uMatieu. "Singabantu okuthi uma senza izwi lakho, ukuxhawula kube yisivumelwano."
Futhi bahlose ukuqhubeka nalelo siko. Kubonakala ngokusobala ukuthi u-Ophelie uzimisele ngokufunda nokusebenza, nokuthi uzizwa ekhululekile futhi ehlonishwa ngubaba nomkhulu wakhe epulazini.
UPierre-Luc Chouinard ungumfana osemncane onomsindo omkhulu nezwi elichumayo. Futhi ipulazi lakhe elisogwini olusempumalanga yoMfula iSt. Lawrence — elingamakhilomitha angaba ngu-10 ububanzi ngalesi sikhathi — lisendaweni enhle kunazo zonke ongazicabanga. Ngaphandle nje kwedolobhana laseSaint-Arsène, umhlaba ugoqeka kancane emfuleni; azikho izindawo eziningi kakhulu endaweni yeChouinard ongeke uwabone amanzi.
Yize kunjalo, nokho, uChouinard uye wazabalaza eminyakeni embalwa edlule ukugcina amahektare akhe angama-800 — ama-250 kumazambane embewu — eniselwa. Cishe amaphesenti angama-40 epulazi lakhe afakwa ngenkasa. Imvamisa indawo emanzi, iQuebec ibone iminyaka emibili ilandelana yomile njengoba noma ngubani angakhumbula.
"Isizini ayilula lapha," esho. “Sinesizini emfushane impela, futhi uma singayitholi imvula, kungaba nzima impela.
"Kodwa ngiyathanda ukutshala amazambane," kuqhuba uChouinard ngalobo bushi obukhulu. “Ngiyathanda ukusebenza ensimini. Ngithanda ukusebenzisana nethimba lethu. Ngiyathanda ukuba yimi owenza izinqumo. Ngikuthokozela kakhulu ukuphatha amasimu, izilimo, abantu ndawonye. ”
Kube uhambo oluhle impela. Futhi uyazi, ngiyabathanda labo bantu eQuebec. Bayazi ukuphatha kahle umfana, bahlala endaweni enhle, futhi banesiqiniseko sokuthi njengoba bekwazi ukuthola ukuthi bangamila kanjani amazambane. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngizobuya ngelinye ilanga.