Tafura diki inogara padivi pemugwagwa muTyendinaga Mohawk Territory, pedyo neYork Road kupfuura mahofisi etaundishipi. Pairi panogara mirwi yemichero nemiriwo zvichangobva kutangwa. Kana ukatyaira nekuchimbidza, kana kungobwaira, unogona kuzvipotsa.
Imhaka yekuti, iyo Kenhte:ke Kanyen'keha:ka Chikafu Changamire Project, senge mipiro yayo yepadivi pemugwagwa, iri mune yaungadaidza nhanho yekukura.
Chirongwa ichi, kugadzirwa kweMohawks yeBay yeQuinte bhendi nhengo Andrew Brant nemukadzi wake, Renee, inotsvaga kupa nharaunda zvirimwa zvitsva gore rose, pamwe nekumutsiridza ivhu kuvandudza hupenyu hwezvizvarwa zvinotevera.
"MuTyendinaga, tave kure nehafu yeawa kubva kune chero zvirimwa zvinyoro," Brant akadaro padivi pebindu rake raive rakabatikana masikati machena sezvo mota dzichipfuura. Mutengo uye kuwanikwa kwechikafu chitsva haisi nyaya yakasarudzika kunharaunda, asi iBrant imwe chete uye kambani inotarisira kupera. “Kana zvasvika kuvakuru vedu, havangokwanisi kuenda kunotora (chikafu chitsva chakachengetwa). Kune vanhu pano vasingagone kana kusiya misha yavo. Saka pave kudiwa,” akadaro Brant.
Chirongwa cheLush Cosmetics' Charity Pot grant chakapa chirongwa ichi simba rachinoda kuti chibviswe kubva kumbeu kuenda pachiringa.
"Ivo (vakatipa) $17,000 kuti titenge greenhouse uye kubvisa ivhu pasi apa," Brant akadaro, achinongedza nzira inoenda kune yakacheneswa panogara greenhouse yakamirira kuvakwa.
Asi izvi zvisati zvaitika, mari yakawanda inodiwa kuti chirongwa ichi chive chirongwa chegore rose chinofungwa naBrant. Muchokwadi, chirongwa ichi chinoda imwe $8,000 yekuvaka hwaro hwekuisa greenhouse, pamwe nekuwana organic zvinhu zvinodiwa kutanga magadheni. Izvi zvaizoita kuti chikafu chitsva chirime gore rose, kutanga munguva yechando ino.
"Ipapo isu tinogona kuramba tichigadzira zvimwe kupfuura zvazvino 65 kusvika 70 mapaundi pasvondo zvezvibereko zvitsva," akadaro Brant.
Chikafu chakagadzirwa kusvika pari zvino - chengetedza izvo zvakarasika kutsuro pasati paiswa fenzi yewaya kuchengetedza zvinhu zvinyowani - zvinowanikwa mahara kune chero ani anogara kunze kana kunze kwenzvimbo inochengeterwa. Brant anogadzika tafura Chitatu chega chega (kubvumidza mamiriro ekunze) kupa chikafu chitsva, uye zvakare kuendesa kune avo vanoshaya munharaunda yake.
“Tine zvimwe zvinoenda kuvakuru, tinoenda kunhengo dzakasiyana munharaunda uye takapa kunharaunda yezvechikafu zvakare,” vakadaro. “Tinozviitawo kuti zviwanikwe kune vanhu vasiri kundima nekuti havasi vese vane nzvimbo mundima yacho.”
Brant ataurawo nekanzuru yeMBQ nezve kuti ivhu riwanikwe kuti chirongwa ichi chienderere mberi nekuwedzera basa rake.
“Kanzuru iri kuita basa rakanaka nekushanda pamwe chete nesu,” vanodaro, vachiwedzera kuti kanzuru iri kutsvaga ivhu rekuti chirongwa ichi chiwedzere. "Tichakwanisa kuisa imwe greenhouse ipapo, ingangoita 100-foot greenhouse, uyezve rimwe gore tichakwanisa kumisa imwe."
Kunze kwekupa chikafu, chirongwa ichi chine chinangwa chekumutsiridza ivhu munharaunda nenzvimbo dzakatenderedza. Ivhu rinoshandiswa mumagadheni rakasanganiswa nezvinhu zvakasimukira zvakaita sehove dzemukati nenzvimbo dzekofi kubva kuTwo Row Coffee Company, iyo inopa mari zvizere chirongwa kunze kwerubatsiro nezvipo.
"Patinotarisa kuBay yeQuinte watershed yese, tine madziva ese aya uye nzizi nenzizi dzinoyerera dzichidzika muBay of Quinte," akadaro Brant, achiwedzera kuti maindasitiri uye kuwedzera kwevanhu kwakachinja nzvimbo yemvura, iyo inoyerera nepakati. Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.
"Hazvisi kutikanganisa pandima chete, zviri kukanganisawo vagari vemo," akadaro. Kushandiswa kwefungal uye organic matter, kana ikashandiswa munzvimbo dzakakwana uye nevanhu vakakwana, inogona kugadzira mvura yakachena uye inoshandura mvura zvachose, akadaro Brant.
“Tiri (kukumbira) rubatsiro rwekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze kuitira kuti chirongwa chese chiite green, kushandisa turbine, zvinhu zvakadaro. Tinoda kuchengetedza carbon footprint yakaderera sezvinobvira, "Brant akadaro.
Kunyange zvazvo Brant ari iye simba rekufambisa uye chiono kuseri kweprojekiti, anorota kuita chirongwa ichi kuedza kwenharaunda.
"Yakagadzirirwa kuve chinhu chenharaunda kuti munhu wese auye pamwe chete," Brant akadaro, achiwedzera kuti kurima gadheni uye kurarama kwakasimba kwagara kuri chikamu chehupenyu hwake.
“Ndakakurira mugadheni,” akadaro. “Ndakadzidza kubva kuna sekuru, avo vakadzidza kubva kuna sekuru vavo. Zvinongovewo chikamu chezvandiri.
Kana chirongwa ichi chikawana $8,000 inodiwa kuti iwedzere chando chisati chabhururuka, icharamba ichipa zvakawanda zvezvinhu zviripo parizvino: sitirobheri, fodya yechinyakare, matomatisi, makarotsi, magaka, bhiti, lettuce musanganiswa, turnip, radishes, leeks, green hanyanisi. , ndimu, basil nezvimwe.
Uye kana zvisingaite gore rino, Brant akadaro, anongonakidzwa nenguva yaasara nayo mumwaka wekukura.
“Pandinenge ndiri imomo, inzvimbo yakasiyana zvachose,” akadaro, achiwedzera kuti hapana kunzwa kuri nani kupfuura kupa zvokudya zvinyoro kune mumwe munhu anokuda kana kuti asina imwe nzira yokuzviwana nayo. “Chingori chikamu chezvatiri sevanhu. Hazvisi zvechimwe chinhu. Imhaka yekuti zvinoda kuitwa. Ibasa (romunhu wose) kuchengetana, kusimudzirana, kubata mumwe nomumwe. Kana isu tisingakwanisi kuita izvozvo, saka tiri chii?
Bindu iri riri pa1407 York Rd., muTyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo, shanya thecrediblemohawk.com.
Jan Murphy mutori wenhau weNharaunda Yezvenhau Initiative anoshanda kunze kweBelleville Intelligencer. Iyo Local Journalism Initiative inotsigirwa neHurumende yeCanada.
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