California's Monterey County inozivikanwa nekupa kwayo kune yekuAmerica chikafu. Iine yakawanda yepurazi rayo yakatsaurirwa sipinachi, iceberg nemamwe mashizha ane mashizha, Salinas Valley nenzvimbo yakatenderedza inopa chikamu chikuru chemashizha ane mashizha anodyiwa nevatengi veUS.
Uye yakamisikidzwa pakati peminda yemashizha ane mashizha uye zvimwe zvirimwa zvese zviri kugadzira zvidyarwa zvakabatsira kusimudzira indasitiri yakachekwa kusvika sezvairi nhasi - chikamu chinoda kusvika mabhiriyoni makumi maviri emadhora eindasitiri yezvigadzirwa.
Uye mumwe weaya mapurosesa anogara pachidimbu chenyika pakati pePacific Ocean neCalifornia Highway 1, yakamisikidzwa pakati peminda yemastrawberry chinhambwe chinhambwe kubva kumahombekombe ane matombo enyanza. Chirimwa ichi ndecheWatsonville Produce Co. yekuMoss Landing, Calif. Inzvimbo yemazuva ano yakavakwa muna 2000 ine mitsetse mina - mitatu inobata sipinachi nemamwe mashizha ane mashizha nemisanganiswa yemuchirimo musanganiswa wesalad, uye mutsara mumwe wakatsaurirwa. kuBrussels inomera.
Watsonville Produce yanga iri muindasitiri nyowani-yakachekwa kubva 1993, asi midzi yekambani inodzokera kumashure zvakanyanya. Muvambi nemutungamiri wenyika Dominic Muzzi Sr. akatanga kurima muMonterey County kuma1960, akatanga Watsonville Produce muna 1984 kugovera zvirimwa kubva mukurima kwake kune vamwe varimi veko. Makore maviri mushure mekuvhurwa kweWatsonville Produce, veMuzzis vakasiya kurima kuti vatarise bhizinesi rekugovera. Pasati papera makore gumi gare gare, kambani yakanga yawedzera kusanganisa musika uri kukura wespinachi yakachekwa, inova bhizinesi rekutanga.
Iyo kambani inoitira vatengi vashoma-hombe-vhoriyamu, iine chikamu chidiki chete chezvese zvigadzirwa zvinotengeswa pasi peiyo-mumba brand - Dominic's. Kuchiri kuvhiyiwa kwemhuri, naDominic Muzzi Sr. achishanda pamwe chete nemwanakomana wake, Dominic Muzzi Jr., anova mutevedzeri wemutungamiri uye mukuru wekuvhiya, uye mwanasikana Lisa, anove maneja weakaunzi.
Yekutanga Watsonville fresh-cut operation yaive muCoachella Valley, uye muna 2000 kugadzirwa kwakatamira kune chitsva chirimwa muMoss Landing. Mukupera kwa2002, Watsonville Produce yakatanga chirimwa muYuma, Ariz., Chinoshanda kana chigadzirwa chichibva kuCalifornia. Muna 2003, kambani yakavaka chirimwa chitsva muYuma semubatanidzwa neMetz Fresh, mumwe wevatengi vayo vakakosha.
Kugadzirwa paMoss Landing chirimwa chinomhanya kusvika pakupera kwaMbudzi, chozoenda kuchirimwa cheYuma pakupera kwevhiki yekutenda. Vashandi vanokosha kubva kumativi ose ehutungamiri vanoita kufamba, uye vanhu vemutsara vanogamuchirwa kune shanduko zvakare, asi havasi vazhinji vanosarudza, akadaro Dominic Muzzi Jr. Zvimwe zvidimbu zvemichina zvinofambisawo, izvo zvinoita kuti kupera kwevhiki kunoshungurudza kugadzirira kugadzirira. kwekutanga kushandura Muvhuro mangwanani mune imwe chirimwa chakasiyana, akadaro.
Kambani iyi inoshandisa vanhu vangangosvika zana nemakumi maviri pakati pezvidyarwa zviviri izvi, nekamuri yekugadziridza ichiita mashifiti maviri uyezve chetatu chekuchenesa nzvimbo iyi husiku. Iyo kambani zvakare ine yenguva yakazara yemhando yevashandi vanovimbisa kuti vese vashandi vemutsara vakadzidziswa pamapuroteni ekuchengetedza chikafu. Vashandi veQA vanotorawo masampuli kuti vaedze maitirwo ehutsanana vari pasi pekutariswa namaneja wekuchengetedza chikafu, chinzvimbo icho kambani yave nacho kwemakore anopfuura gumi.
Watsonville Produce yakatsaurirwa kuchengetedza chikafu pamatanho ese, uye inoratidza. Chigadzirwa chacho chakagadzirwa neazvino ekuchengetedza matanho - zvese isimbi isina tsvina uye mapaneru ese anogona kusukwa pasi, kusanganisira sirin'i - uye kunyange mahydrocoolers isimbi isina tsvina. Iyo mitsetse-yakachekwa mitsva ine zvigadziriso zvezvino zvinoshandisa lasers uye ultraviolet mwenje kuona kwete zvekunze zvinhu chete asiwo mashizha mashizha akasvibira asingasangane nepamusoro zvakatemwa nekambani. Asi tekinoroji ichakutora iwe kusvika zvino, Muzzi Jr. Wese mushandi anofanirwa kukwanisa kuita nenzira ine chikafu chakachengeteka, uye anofanira kutaura nezvinetso zvavanenge vaona kana mazano ekuvandudza kuchengetedza kwekudya. Muzzi akati panofanirwa kuve nekuenzana pakati pehunyanzvi nechikamu chevanhu.
“Ndakaita sendichatsemura nepakati. Tekinoroji yakanaka, asi kana ukaenda kure nekukasira unogona kumhanyira mumaroadblocks. Tinofanirwa kutarisa nezvekuchengetedzwa kwechikafu nehutsanana, nedzidzo yevashandi,” vakadaro.
Vashandi vakadzidziswa zvekutanga zvekugeza maoko, uye vakadzidziswawo kupukuta nzvimbo dzavo kuti pashaikwe mukana wekuti mvura iwande muchirimwa. Kubata vashandi semhuri kwakabatsira nekudzidziswa, Muzzi Sr. akadaro. Wese munhu anoda kuyedza kugeza maoko nemazvo kana mapurisa nharaunda yavo kana vakanzwisisa kuti kana chimwe chinhu chikaitika kubhizinesi, chinobata ivo zvakananga, akadaro.
Vashandi veQA vanoita ongororo yemukati yemwedzi nemwedzi inoonekwa nemamaneja akasiyana, saka panogara paine maziso akasiyana anoona kuongororwa, akadaro Muzzi Jr. Zvidyarwa zviri zviviri zvakare zvinoongororwa gore negore nevechitatu-bato maodhita Primus Labs neAmerican Institute for Baking, pamwe neapo neapo kuongororwa kana kufamba-nevatengi. Kudzidziswa kweWatsonville Produce uye matanho ekuchengetedza chikafu anogona kuoneka mune zvakabuda muongororo: Mumakore manomwe apfuura eongororo kubva kuPrimus Labs, kambani yakawana avhareji ye98% - izvo zvinopfuura makumi maviri nemasere edhisheni, akadaro Muzzi Jr.
"Zvinoratidza mwero wekuchengetedza kwekudya kwatiri kuedza kuchengeta," akadaro.
Muzzi Jr. haadi kurasikirwa nehukama hwepedyo, hwemhuri hwakashanda zvakanaka kuWatsonville Produce, asi anotarisira kuona kambani ichiramba ichikura. Haasi kutsvaga kupinda mune chero zvigadzirwa zvitsva, asi anoda kuenderera mberi nekukura huwandu nevatengi vake varipo - uye pamwe nekuwedzera vamwe vatengi mune ramangwana.
"Ndinoona isu tichiita zvinhu zvakafanana nekukura kwakadzikama," akadaro.
Kunyangwe kazhinji ari iwo makuru emunyika processors ari pakati peCalifornia anowana kutariswa kwakawanda, makambani akaita seWatsonville Produce ari kuveza niche yavo nekutarisa basa revatengi uye kuchengetedza chikafu. Nevatengi vezvitoro uye vezvekudya vanoda mamwe matanho ekuchengetedza chikafu, ndeye Watsonville Produce yeindasitiri iri munzvimbo yepamusoro yekukura chikamu chitsva-chakachekwa.