Shekaru 20, da Leeds Farm a gundumar Delaware (Ohio) ta bude kofofinta ga dubban maziyarta a karshen mako na kaka don hayrides, layin zip, tseren alade, da sauran ayyukan da suka hada da gidan dabbobi tare da awaki da uwa-da diya guda biyu na jakai.
"A zahiri mun samo asali ne zuwa harkar noma," in ji Rob Leeds, wanda kuma malami ne mai koyar da aikin gona da albarkatun kasa. Fadada Jami'ar Jihar Ohio. "Yayin da ci gaba ya fara faruwa kuma abubuwa sun canza a kusa da mu, mun daidaita."
Idan ba komai, sabuwar dokar Ohio ta ba Leeds kwanciyar hankali, in ji shi.
A ranar 17 ga Mayu, Gwamna John Kasich ya sanya hannu Majalisar Dattijai Bill 75, wanda ke bayyana aikin noma, yana ba da kariya ga masu gudanar da aikin noma, kuma yana magance batutuwan da suka haɗa da kasada na alhaki, harajin kadarorin da hukumomin yanki.
Dokar ta fara aiki a ranar 16 ga watan Agusta, da kyau a lokacin ayyukan noma da suka shahara a Ohio a cikin kaka, in ji Peggy Kirk Hall, mataimakin farfesa a fannin aikin gona da albarkatun kasa Kwalejin Abinci, Noma, da Kimiyyar Muhalli a Jami'ar Jihar Ohio da ƙwararren fannin shari'a na OSU Extension. OSU Extension shine sashin wayar da kai na kwalejin.
"Ina ganin abu na farko da mutane ke bukata su fahimta shi ne cewa idan doka ta rufe ku, dole ne ku cika ma'anar 'gona'," in ji Hall. “Dole ne ku sami aƙalla kadada 10 da aka sadaukar don aikin noma ko kuma ku sami matsakaicin matsakaicin kuɗin shiga na akalla dala 2,500 daga irin wannan samarwa. Dole ne ku riga kun sami wannan samarwa. Idan haka ne, to, aikin noma da ke da alaƙa da aikin gona, na ilimi, tarihi, al'adu, nishaɗi ko nishaɗi, sabuwar doka ta rufe shi."
Doka ta kare masu aiki daga alhakin raunin da ya shafi haɗarin da ke tattare da ayyukan noma.
"Haɗarin 'haɗari' su ne abubuwan da mai hankali zai san cewa za su iya fuskantar haɗari ta hanyar yin wannan aikin," in ji Hall. “Zama kusa da doki yana ɗauke da wasu haxari na asali saboda girman dabbar da rashin tabbas. Amma idan ma’aikacin bai yi amfani da dokin daidai ba kuma matsala ta taso, za a dauki hakan a matsayin sakaci, wanda wannan doka ba ta kare shi ba.”
Ayyukan da suka shafi dabbobi koyaushe suna ɗaukar ɗan haɗari, in ji Leeds.
“Kashi 95 cikin XNUMX na awakinmu masu kyau ne, amma idan riga ko rigar wani ta kusa kusa, za su iya fara lallashinsa cikin sauƙi. Ba sa ƙoƙarin zama mummuna. Akuya ne kawai.”
Leeds ya ce mummunan yanayi na iya zama matsala ga maziyartan gonaki.
"Ba komai ba ne a gonaki," in ji shi. “A aikinmu, kuna yin fakin a wani filin ciyawa. Yana daga cikin kwarewa. Ga mafi yawancin, yana da kyau, amma dole ne ku gane cewa har yanzu filin gona ne. Don haka, waɗannan kariyar suna ba mu ɗan kwanciyar hankali.”
A karkashin sabuwar doka, masu aiki dole ne su sanya alamun gargadi kusa da kowace mashiga ko kuma a kowane aiki suna sanar da baƙi cewa ma'aikacin ba shi da alhakin duk wani rauni da ke da alaƙa da waɗannan haɗarin.
"Harshen alamar gargaɗin daidai ne, kuma doka ta ce haruffa dole ne su kasance a cikin baki, aƙalla 1 inch a tsayi kuma dole ne su kasance a bayyane a ƙofar ko kuma a wurin aikin," in ji Hall. "Ina ba da shawarar cewa masu aiki su yi kuskure a gefen buga alamun da yawa maimakon rashin isa. Kuna sanar da mutane cewa suna buƙatar fahimtar cewa akwai wasu haɗarin zama a wurin. "
Jami’an shiyyar yankin na bukatar su ma su fahimci sabuwar dokar, domin ta takaita yadda yankin zai iya shafar ayyukan noma, in ji ta. Yankin gundumomi da na gari ba za su iya hana aikin noma ba amma na iya yin wasu buƙatu don magance damar mallakar dukiya, filin ajiye motoci da koma bayan gini a wasu yanayi.
"A nan ne za mu iya ganin wasu bambance-bambancen ra'ayi game da ko aikin da gaske ne 'agritourism' bisa ga doka," in ji ta. "Na riga na ji daga ƙananan hukumomi suna ƙoƙarin gano wanda wannan ya shafi."
Har ila yau, dokar ta fayyace cewa ƙasar da ake gudanar da ayyukan noma ya kamata a sanya haraji a ƙarƙashin shirin Ƙimar Amfanin Aikin Noma na Ohio na Yanzu maimakon a mafi girman ƙimar harajin dukiya.
Leeds ya ce "Wannan bai taba zama babban abu a gare mu ba - mai bincikenmu a gundumar Delaware yana aiki tare da al'ummar ag - amma na ji ya zama batu ga wasu masu aiki a wasu gundumomi," in ji Leeds. "Yana da kyau koyaushe a bayyana."
Hall yana ba da wani Siffar na dokar tare da ƙarin cikakkun bayanai a cikin wani post akan OSU Extension's Ag Law Blog, aglaw.osu.edu/blog.
Leeds ya ce dokar za ta taimaka wa ayyuka irin nasa, wanda yake gudanar da shi tare da matarsa, Christy Leeds.
"Amma ko da wace dokar da muka zartar, koyaushe tana komawa ga alaƙa," in ji Leeds. “A matsayinmu na masu aikin noma, muna buƙatar haɓaka dangantaka da makwabta, amintattu na gari da zaɓaɓɓun jami’ai. Ina jin daɗin yin aiki tare da jami'an kashe gobara na yankinmu da sheriff, muna magana game da batutuwan da za su iya gani game da aikinmu da abin da za mu buƙaci mu yi don samun tsira. Wadancan dangantakar suna da kima ko da menene.”
- Marta Filipic, Jami'ar Jihar Ohio
Tushen: Kwalejin Abinci, Noma, da Kimiyyar Muhalli na Jami'ar Jihar Ohio