An san gundumar Monterey ta California don gudummawar da take bayarwa ga wadatar abinci ta Amurka. Tare da yawancin gonakin gonar da aka keɓe ga alayyafo, ƙanƙara da sauran ganye masu ganye, kwarin Salinas da kewaye suna ba da kaso mai yawa na ganyen ganyen da abokan cinikin Amurka ke ci.
Kuma a cikin waɗancan filayen ganyen ganye da duk sauran kayan amfanin gona suna sarrafa tsire-tsire waɗanda suka taimaka wajen haɓaka sabbin masana'antar zuwa yadda take a yau - kusan dala biliyan 20 na masana'antar noma.
Kuma ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan na'urori yana zaune a kan wata ƙasa tsakanin Tekun Pasifik da Babban Titin California 1, wanda ke cikin filayen strawberry kawai jifa daga rairayin bakin teku masu dutsen teku. Wannan shuka mallakar Watsonville Produce Co. na Moss Landing, Calif. Kaya ce ta zamani da aka gina a shekara ta 2000 tare da layi huɗu - uku waɗanda ke sarrafa alayyafo da sauran ganyen ganye da gauraya salatin bazara, da layin da aka keɓe. zuwa Brussels sprouts.
Watsonville Produce ya kasance a cikin sabbin masana'antar da aka yanke tun 1993, amma tushen kamfanin ya koma baya. Wanda ya kafa kuma shugaban Dominic Muzzi Sr. ya fara noma a gundumar Monterey a cikin 1960s, kuma ya fara samar da Watsonville a cikin 1984 don rarraba kayan amfanin gona daga aikin noma ga sauran manoma na gida. Shekaru biyu bayan buɗewar Watsonville, Muzzis sun fita daga noma don mai da hankali kan kasuwancin rarraba. Kasa da shekaru 10 bayan haka, kamfanin ya fadada ya hada da bunkasar kasuwannin alayyahu da aka yanka, wanda a yanzu shi ne kasuwanci na farko.
Kamfanin yana aiwatar da ƴan manyan abokan ciniki masu girma, tare da ƙaramin yanki na jimlar samarwa da aka sayar a ƙarƙashin alamar cikin gida - Dominic's. Har yanzu aikin iyali ne, tare da Dominic Muzzi Sr. yana aiki tare da dansa, Dominic Muzzi Jr., wanda shine mataimakin shugaban kasa kuma shugaban ayyuka, da 'yar Lisa, wanda shine manajan lissafin kudi.
Aikin Watsonville na farko da aka yanke ya kasance a cikin kwarin Coachella, kuma a cikin 2000 samarwa ya koma sabon shuka a Moss Landing. A ƙarshen 2002, Watsonville Produce ya fara wani shuka a Yuma, Ariz., Wanda ke aiki lokacin da samarwa ke motsawa daga California. A cikin 2003, kamfanin ya gina sabon shuka a Yuma a matsayin haɗin gwiwa tare da Metz Fresh, ɗaya daga cikin manyan abokan cinikinsa.
Haɓaka a Moss Landing shuka yana gudana har zuwa ƙarshen Nuwamba, sannan ya ƙaura zuwa shukar Yuma a ƙarshen mako na godiya. Mahimman ma'aikata daga dukkan matakan gudanarwa suna yin tafiya, kuma ana maraba da mutane masu layi don yin sauye-sauye kuma, amma ba mutane da yawa za su zaɓa ba, in ji Dominic Muzzi Jr. Wasu kayan aiki suna yin motsi kuma, wanda ya sa a karshen mako mai tsanani yana shirye. na farkon motsi na safiyar Litinin a wata shuka daban, in ji shi.
Kamfanin yana daukar ma'aikata kusan 120 tsakanin tsire-tsire biyu, tare da dakin sarrafa kayan aiki sau biyu sannan kuma na uku don tsabtace wurin cikin dare. Har ila yau, kamfanin yana da ma'aikatan tabbatar da inganci na cikakken lokaci wanda ke tabbatar da horar da ma'aikatan layi akan ka'idojin amincin abinci. Har ila yau, ma'aikatan QA suna ɗaukar samfurori don gwada hanyoyin tsaftacewa a ƙarƙashin kulawar mai kula da lafiyar abinci, matsayin da kamfanin ya samu fiye da shekaru 10.
Watsonville Produce an sadaukar da shi ga amincin abinci a kowane matakan, kuma yana nunawa. An tsara shuka tare da sababbin matakan tsaro - duk abin da ke da bakin karfe kuma duk bangarori za a iya wanke su, ciki har da rufi - har ma da hydrocoolers sune bakin karfe. Sabbin layukan da aka yanke suna da sabbin na'urori masu amfani da lasers da hasken ultraviolet don gano ba kawai kayan waje ba har ma da ganyayen ganye waɗanda ba su dace da ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun da kamfani ya tsara ba. Amma fasaha za ta kai ku zuwa yanzu, in ji Muzzi Jr. Kowane ma'aikaci yana buƙatar samun damar yin aiki ta hanyar da ba ta da lafiya, kuma yakamata yayi magana da matsalolin da suka lura ko ra'ayoyin inganta amincin abinci. Muzzi ya ce ya kamata a samu daidaito tsakanin fasaha da bangaren dan Adam.
“Na raba tsakiya. Fasaha tana da kyau, amma idan ka yi nisa da sauri za ka iya shiga shingaye. Dole ne mu mai da hankali kan lafiyar abinci da tsaftar muhalli, da kuma ilimin ma’aikata,” inji shi.
An horar da ma’aikata dabarun wanke hannaye, sannan kuma an horas da su yadda za su goge wuraren da suke da shi ta yadda ba za a samu damar samun ruwa a masana’antar ba. Kula da ma'aikata kamar iyali ya taimaka tare da horarwa, Muzzi Sr. ya ce. Kowa ya fi son ya kara himma wajen wanke hannayensa daidai ko kuma a yi wa yankinsa aiki idan ya fahimci cewa idan wani abu ya faru da kasuwancin, hakan ya shafe su kai tsaye, in ji shi.
Ma'aikatan QA suna gudanar da binciken cikin gida na wata-wata wanda manajoji daban-daban ke kallo, don haka koyaushe akwai nau'ikan idanu daban-daban da ke ganin binciken, Muzzi Jr. ya ce. Dukansu tsire-tsire kuma ana duba su kowace shekara ta wasu masu duba Primus Labs da Cibiyar Baking ta Amurka, da kuma binciken lokaci-lokaci ko tafiya ta abokan ciniki. Ana iya ganin horarwar Watsonville da matakan kiyaye abinci a cikin sakamakon binciken: A cikin shekaru bakwai na ƙarshe na binciken daga Primus Labs, kamfanin ya sami matsakaicin kashi 98 cikin 28 - wannan ya wuce XNUMX dubawa, in ji Muzzi Jr.
"Yana nuna matakin amincin abinci da muke ƙoƙarin kiyayewa," in ji shi.
Muzzi Jr. ba ya so ya rasa haɗin kai, yanayin iyali wanda ya yi aiki sosai ga Watsonville Produce, amma yana fatan ganin kamfanin ya ci gaba da girma. Ba ya neman shiga kowane sabon samfuri, amma yana son ci gaba da haɓaka ƙarar tare da abokan cinikinsa na yanzu - kuma wataƙila ya ƙara ƙarin kwastomomi a nan gaba.
"Ina ganin muna yin kayayyaki iri ɗaya tare da ci gaba iri ɗaya," in ji shi.
Ko da yake sau da yawa manyan na'urori na ƙasa a tsakiyar California ne ke samun kulawa mai yawa, kamfanoni kamar Watsonville Produce suna zana nasu alkuki ta hanyar mai da hankali kan sabis na abokin ciniki da amincin abinci. Tare da dillalai da masu siyan abinci suna buƙatar ƙarin matakan amincin abinci, samfuran Watsonville ne na masana'antar waɗanda ke cikin babban wuri don haɓaka ɓangaren da aka yanke.