Todd Koons, wanda ya kafa Epic Roots, ya fara aikinsa a masana'antar samarwa a cikin 1978, yana da shekaru 19, a matsayin manajan kantin kayan abinci na babban gidan cin abinci na Faransa a San Francisco Berkeley. Kwanaki ya yi a hanya yana siyan kayan abinci da kayan abinci, har da sabbin latas na salati. A wancan lokacin, leaf leaf na jarirai ba a yin ciniki ba, don haka masu dafa abinci sun shafe sa'o'i suna cire ganyen leaf manya don isa ga ƙananan ganye masu laushi a ciki.
Hakan ya canza lokacin da daya daga cikin masu gidan abincin kuma mai dafa abinci ya yi tafiya zuwa Turai ya gano mesclun. Ta dawo da ita ta fara wani dan karamin lambu kusa da gidan cin abinci, Koons da shugaban masu dafa abinci ke kula da shi.
Ya bar wannan aikin a farkon 1980s kuma ya yi balaguro zuwa ƙasashen waje, amma ya koma California yana aiki a lambun birni a Berkeley wanda salatin latas ɗin jariri mai wanke sau uku don siyarwa ga manyan gidajen abinci. Wannan aikin ya sa ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga mai shuka ganye a kwarin Salinas, kuma a nan ne ya yanke shawarar fara kasuwancin nasa.
Ya kafa Todd Koons Organics - TKO Farms - a cikin ƙarshen 1980s, tare da burin samar da ingantaccen inganci, daidaito, gaurayawan salatin kayan lambu a duk shekara. Koons ya fara da gaurayawan salatin guda shida, kuma hankalinsa ya kasance kan bambancin. Hatta ma'aunin bazara na asali yana da aƙalla ganye 16 daban-daban a ciki, in ji shi.
Koon ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin masu noman farko da suka fara sayar da ganyen halitta, don haka dole ne a haɓaka hanyoyin da kayan aiki kamar yadda ake buƙata. Ya gina na'urar wanke hannu da na'urar filler a tsaye wanda ya cika da rufe buhunan salatin da aka riga aka wanke. Ƙoƙarinsa, tare da mayar da hankali kan samfur mai inganci, ya haifar da saurin bunƙasa na TKO Farms. A cikin 1989, TKO ya sayar da 'yan dala dubu ɗari na samfurin, amma ta 1993 wanda ya girma zuwa dala miliyan 15. A cikin 1996, Earthbound Farms ya sami sha'awar kamfanin, sannan Todd ya ƙaddamar da layukan salati na Misionero Vegetables, saboda kawai ya kasa nisanta daga masana'antar salatin sabo.
A cikin 1998, bayan ganin ƙarancin ƙima a cikin gauraye salads latas, Koons ya fara Epic Tushen don farfado da kasuwar salati na musamman tare da gauraye na gonaki Mâche da gauraye na tushen salatin Mâche. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ƙwararrun sabon-yanke kasuwa ya ci gaba da girma, haka ma layin Epic Tushen na gauraya salatin.
Kamfanin yana ba da heirloom Mâche Rosettes, Loose Leaf Mâche, da haɗuwa guda huɗu a cikin sabis na abinci da fakitin dillali waɗanda ke haɗa sauran ganyen ganye a cikin mahaɗin Mâche: Salade Aux Herbes (tare da ganye mai daɗi da ganye), Salade Européen (tare da radicchio da zukata masu rawaya na frisée), Salade Verte (tare da arugula da mai zaki melange na ganye.), Red Romance (tare da Lolla Rosa, Red Leaf, Red Oak da Red Romaine). Tushen Epic kuma yana ba da shirye-shiryen Chard Mix (tare da zinariya, orange, ruwan hoda, ja ko fari chard). Kamfanin yana ƙaddamar da wani sabon samfuri a Nunin Sabis na Abinci na Ƙungiyar Samar da Talla, Yuli 24-26 a Monterey, Calif. Sabon gauraye mai dadi shine cakuda Mâche rosettes da ja da koren man shanu.
Ana shuka Mâche da sauran ganye a cikin gida a cikin kwarin Salinas kuma ana sarrafa su a cikin shukar San Juan Bautista True Leaf Farms akan layin Epic Roots da aka tsara kuma mallakarsu. Saboda Mâche yana da laushi kuma yana buƙatar sarrafa shi yadda ya kamata, Epic Roots ya shigar da sabon layi tare da taimakon masana'antar kayan aikin Italiya Turatti Srl wanda ke rage hulɗar ɗan adam kuma a hankali yana motsa samfur ta hanyar sarrafawa.
"An gina layin musamman don Mâche Rosettes don kula da kore mai laushi tare da kulawa mafi girma yayin aikin wankewa da bushewa" in ji Catherine Baggott, Daraktan Talla da Tallace-tallace na Epic Roots. "Yawancin lalacewa yana faruwa idan ba a sarrafa shi daidai ba."
Layukan wankin gargajiya sun yi matuƙar wahala a kan Mâche rosettes, don haka Turatti da Epic Roots sun ɓullo da tsarin da ke amfani da fitilun da aka kera na musamman da iska don matsar da samfurin ta cikin wankan. Tsarin injina yana jujjuya kayan aikin zuwa injin busassun, yana rage tasirin ganye. An tsara na'urar bushewa tare da takamaiman zurfin, faɗi da sauri wanda ke kawar da lalacewa yayin bushewar juyi.
Baggott ya ce jarin da aka saka a cikin sabon layin ya biya, ta hanyar haɓaka ingancin gabaɗaya. Ƙirƙirar ƙarancin sharar gida yana da inganci don ayyukan girma da sarrafawa, kuma abokan ciniki suna samun samfur mafi kyau.
Wani mabuɗin don samar da kayan amfanin gona mai inganci shine mai da hankali kan girma. Baya ga kasancewa ƙwararren memba na Yarjejeniyar Talla ta Leafy Greens na California, kamfanin yana da hannu da komai daga zabar iri zuwa ayyukan girbi. Ayyukan ci gaba mai dorewa suna da mahimmanci ga Tushen Epic da abokan cinikin sa, wanda ke nunawa a cikin marufi. An yi clamshells na siyarwa daga NatureWorks PLA - kayan masara mai takin zamani. Baggott ya ce marufin za su canza zuwa kunshin polyethylene terepthalate (PETE) a cikin bazara. PETE abu ne mai sauƙin sake yin fa'ida wanda ke da yawa a cikin kogin sharar gida, kuma ana iya ƙone shi ba tare da fitar da guba mai cutarwa ko iskar gas ba.
"Mun gano wurare da yawa a Arewacin Amirka ba su da sake yin amfani da takin zamani," in ji ta.
Manufar Epic Roots ita ce samar wa abokan ciniki wani samfuri mai ɗanɗano na musamman, mai gina jiki da yawa, samfurin da ya shahara a Turai, in ji Baggott. Don inganta dandano - mai dadi da nama - kamfanin ya yi haɗin gwiwa tare da sauran abubuwan samarwa. A watan Yuli, Tushen Epic zai yi haɓaka tare da cherries na Arewa maso yamma don inganta 'ya'yan itace da salatin, kuma a watan Agusta kamfanin yana aiki tare da pears na California.
"Dandashin Mâche yana ba da kansa ga 'ya'yan itatuwa da goro, kuma haɗawa tare da kayan lambu na ganye "mafi kyau madadin hanyar cin 'ya'yan itace," in ji Baggott.
Don ilmantar da masu amfani waɗanda ƙila ba su saba da Mâche rosette salad kore, Epic Roots yana da zaɓi mai yawa na girke-girke akan rukunin yanar gizon sa, www.epicroots.com. Akwai girke-girke na salads, appetizers, gefen jita-jita da abubuwan shiga daban-daban, da kuma girke-girke daga sanannun chefs. Akwai kuma wani sashe a rukunin yanar gizon da masu amfani za su iya loda nasu girke-girke da duba gabatarwa daga wasu masu amfani.