Kusan kowane nau'in 'ya'yan itace da kayan marmari an sarrafa su zuwa wani samfur mai ƙima a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, yayin da masu noma da masu sarrafawa ke gaggawar saduwa da buƙatun haɓaka cikin sauri don dacewa da masu amfani. Har zuwa yanzu, daya daga cikin kayan lambu da alama an bar shi: artichokes.
Ocean Mist Farms, Babban mai noman artichoke na ƙasar, ya cika ɓata da masana'antar artichoke na farko da za a iya amfani da ita, samfurin da zai taimaka wajen ƙara shaharar kayan lambu yayin da yake ba da sabon sauƙi a dafa abinci.
Ya zo a kan dugadugan buƙatun daga masu siyarwa da masu siye suna neman artichoke wanda ya fi sauƙin shiryawa.
Kori Tuggle, darektan tallace-tallace da ci gaban kasuwanci na gonakin Ocean Mist ya ce "Mun sami tambayoyi tsawon shekaru daga abokan cinikinmu da masu siyar da mu don samar da artichoke na microwave. "Binciken mabukaci ya gaya mana cewa yawancin masu siyayya suna kallon prepping na artichokes a matsayin babban shingen siye."
Ko da tare da mabukaci da buƙatun dillalai don sabon artichoke, har yanzu akwai tambayar ko akwai babban isassun buƙatun samfurin kuma ko zai sayar. Kamfanin ya ƙaddamar da ƙayyadaddun shirin tallace-tallace a arewacin California kantin sayar da kayayyaki a lokacin bazara na 2011 artichoke kakar don gwada samfurin kuma ya gano cewa akwai sha'awa sosai. Hakanan akwai liyafar masana'antu mai kyau lokacin da suka fito da sabon samfurin a cikin Samar da Marketing Association's (PMA) Babban taron koli a Atlanta a watan Oktoban da ya gabata.
"Mun sami cikakkiyar ra'ayi mai kyau daga masana'antu a Babban taron koli, shi ne farkon nau'in samfurinsa na nau'in artichoke," in ji Tuggle.
Samfurin kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta ƙasa don PMA's Packaging Innovative a taron. Maɓalli mai mahimmanci a cikin sauƙi na sabon samfurin, kunshin ya ƙunshi artichokes guda biyu waɗanda aka tsaftace da kuma gyara su. Fiye da rabin lokacin shirye-shiryen an kawar da su, wanda ke da mahimmanci musamman ga masu amfani da su a kan m jadawalin ko waɗanda ba su taɓa jin daɗin artichoke a rayuwarsu ba kuma ba su san inda za su fara ba.
"Tun daga farko, mun san cewa dole ne mu yi sabon fakitin ba tare da wani shiri ba, da ɗan gajeren lokacin dafa abinci da ƙwarewar cin abinci mai kyau," in ji Tuggle. "(Yana) wata dama ce ta jawo hankalin abokan ciniki waɗanda ba su da lokaci kuma suna son hanya mafi sauri don dafa sabon artichoke, ko kuma suna tsoratar da su saboda ba su san yadda ake tsaftacewa ko shirya sabon artichoke ba."
Wani fasali a cikin marufi shine hatimin kulle-kulle wanda ke bawa masu amfani damar kakarin abubuwan da ke ciki kafin microwaving.
"Mun san iya ba mabukaci ikon yadda da abin da ake amfani da su don dandana artichoke zai zama mahimmin sifa don sake siye," in ji ta.
An shirya kayan artichokes don sake siyarwa a wannan shekara, ba tare da wani shiri na yanzu don hidimar abinci ba.
Ocean Mist Farms yana girma artichokes a tsakiyar California tun 1924, lokacin da Daniel Pieri, Alfred Tottino, James Bellone da Amerigo da Angelo Del Chiaro suka kirkiro California Artichoke & Vegetable Growers Corp. a Castroville, mai suna Ocean Mist Farms a 1995.
Ayyukan har yanzu suna sadaukar da kai ga artichokes, amma kamfanin ya faɗaɗa cikin sababbin kayayyaki a cikin 'yan shekarun nan ciki har da broccoli, bishiyar asparagus, Brussels sprouts, cardone, farin kabeji, seleri, fava wake, Fennel, koren albasa, alayyafo da dama lettuces. Yawancin ana sayar da su da yawa; artichokes na microwaveable suna nuna alamar kamfani cikin fakitin, samfuran ƙima.
Ocean Mist yana aiwatar da kasuwancinsa. An ƙware kamfanin ta hanyar Yarjejeniyar Talla ta Leafy Greens Handler Marketing, kuma tana da jerin kyawawan ayyukan noma don tabbatar da kiyaye amincin abinci.
Tsarin da kamfani ya bayyana kansa na “cikakkiyar tsarin” ga amincin abinci yana farawa a fagen, tare da cikakken kimanta haɗarin kowane filin kafin shuka. Har ila yau, ma'aikata suna bin daidaitattun ayyukan tsafta da kuma tabbatar da tsafta da kula da duk kayan aiki yayin noma.
Hadaddiyar tsarin kula da kwari yana lura da ciyawa, cututtuka da kwari don rage sinadarai yayin samarwa. Ana gwada ruwan ban ruwa da yawa kafin a yi amfani da shi, kuma kamfanin yana ci gaba da ilmantar da ma'aikata kan matakan tsabtace girbi waɗanda ke magance gurɓacewar abinci, amincin abinci da tsafta.
Ma'aikata a cikin wuraren sarrafawa suna bin kyawawan hanyoyin masana'antu da nazarin haɗari masu mahimmancin wuraren sarrafawa, wanda ya haɗa da tsabtace kayan aiki na yau da kullum.
Kamfanin ya ƙaddamar da shirin sa ido kan muhalli wanda ke amfani da dubawa a matsayin hanya ɗaya don tabbatar da tsafta kafin sarrafawa.
Sarkar sanyi wata hanya ce da kamfanin ke inganta amincin abinci da ingancin abinci, kuma Ocean Mist Farms yana yin taka tsantsan don tabbatar da cewa sarkar ba ta karye ba. Ana sanyaya samfurin a cikin sa'o'i huɗu na girbi kuma a adana shi a 34˚ F, sannan a hanzarta matsawa zuwa wuraren sufuri a cikin manyan motoci masu sanyi. Na'urorin sanyaya suna da tsauraran ka'idojin tsaftar muhalli da suka tilasta yin amfani da safar hannu da za a iya zubar da su don sarrafa kayayyaki, injinan lantarki don hana hayakin mai a cikin na'urorin sanyaya da ruwan sha don sanyaya, a cewar kamfanin.
"Muna ci gaba da neman sabbin hanyoyin da za mu iya fadadawa da kara darajar abin da muke bayarwa ga abokan cinikinmu da masu amfani da mu," in ji Tuggle.