Todd Koons, muvambi weEpic Roots, akatanga basa rake muindasitiri yezvigadzirwa muna 1978, aine makore gumi nemapfumbamwe, ari maneja wepantry yeresitorendi yepamusoro yeFrance muSan Francisco Berkeley. Akapedza mazuva iwayo ari munzira, achitenga zvinhu zvitsva zvemenyu, kusanganisira lettuce itsva yemasalad. Panguva iyoyo, lettuce yemashizha emwana yakanga isingawaniki, saka vabiki vakapedza maawa akawanda vachibvisa mashizha ekunze emashizha makuru kuti asvike kune mashizha maduku, manyoro mukati.
Izvozvo zvakashanduka apo mumwe wevaridzi veresitorendi uye chef vakaenda kuEurope ndokuwana mesclun. Akadzoka nayo ndokutanga gadheni diki padivi peresitorendi, raichengetwa naKoons nemukuru weshefu.
Akasiya basa iri mukutanga kwema1980 ndokuenda kunze kwenyika, asi akazodzokera kuCalifornia achishandira gadheni remudhorobha muBerkeley iro rakagezwa nekatatu retisi saladi yemwana kuti atengese kumaresitorendi epamusoro. Basa iroro rakaita kuti ashande sechipangamazano wemurimi wemiriwo muSalinas Valley, uye ndipo paakafunga kutanga bhizinesi rake.
Akagadzira Todd Koons Organics - TKO Farms - mukupera kwema1980, aine chinangwa chekupa misanganiswa yemhando yepamusoro, inowirirana, yeorganic salad gore rese. Koons akatanga nemisanganiswa mitanhatu yemasalad, uye pfungwa dzake dzaive pakusiyana-siyana. Kunyangwe musanganiswa wekutanga wechirimo waive neinosvika gumi nematanhatu girinhi mukati mawo, akadaro.
Koons aive mumwe wevarimi vekutanga kushambadzira miriwo, saka maitirwo nemidziyo yaifanira kugadzirwa sezvinodiwa. Akavaka nhare yekuwachisa sisitimu uye yakamira fomu yekuzadza iyo yakazadza nekunamwa masaga esaladhi yakashambidzwa. Kuedza kwake, pamwe nekutarisisa kwechigadzirwa chemhando yepamusoro, zvakakonzera kukurumidza kukura kweTKO Farms. Muna 1989, TKO yakatengesa mazana mashoma ezviuru zvemadhora echigadzirwa, asi pakazosvika 1993 iyo yakanga yakura kusvika kumadhora mamiriyoni gumi nemashanu. Muna 15, Earthbound Farms yakawana zvinofarirwa nekambani iyi, uye Todd akabva atanga mitsetse yesaladhi yainge yakavharwa yeMisionero Vegetables, nekuti aisakwanisa kugara kure neindasitiri yesalad.
Muna 1998, mushure mekuona kushomeka kwehunyanzvi mumasaladhi akasanganiswa eretisi, Koons akatanga Epic Roots kumutsiridza musika wesalad wakasarudzika nemisanganiswa yenhaka yemunda Mâche neMâche-based salad. Kubva ipapo, musika mutsva-wakachekwa wakaramba uchikura, uye ndizvo zvakaitawo Epic Roots mutsara wemasadhi anosanganiswa.
Iyo kambani inopa heirloom Mâche Rosettes, Loose Leaf Mâche, uye mana akasanganiswa mune chikafu uye ezvitoro mapaketi anosanganisira mamwe mashizha mashizha mumusanganiswa weMâche: Salade Aux Herbes (nemuriwo unotapira nemishonga mitsva), Salade Européen (ine radicchio uye yero mwoyo ye frisée), Salade Verte (ine arugula uye inonaka uye inonhuhwirira mélange yegreens.), Red Romance (pamwe naLolla Rosa, Red Leaf, Red Oak uye Red Romaine). Epic Roots inopawo yakagadzirira-kugadzirira-kugadzirira Chard Mix (ine goridhe, orenji, pink, tsvuku kana chena chard). Kambani iyi iri kuparura chigadzirwa chitsva paProduce Marketing Association's Foodservice Show, Chikunguru 24-26 muMonterey, Calif. Musanganiswa mutsva unonaka musanganiswa weMâche rosettes uye red and green butter lettuce.
MaMâche nemamwe magreen anorimwa munharaunda muSalinas Valley uye anogadziriswa muSan Juan Bautista True Leaf Farms chirimwa pamutsetse wakagadzirwa uye ndeweEpic Roots. Nekuti Mâche yakatetepa uye inoda kubatwa nemazvo, Epic Roots yakaisa mutsara mutsva nerubatsiro rwemugadziri wemidziyo yekuItaly Turatti Srl iyo inoderedza kubata kwevanhu uye zvinyoro nyoro inofamba chigadzirwa kuburikidza nekugadzirisa.
"Mutsetse wakavakirwa zvakanyanya kuti Mâche Rosettes ibate girinhi yakapfava nekungwarira kukuru panguva yekugeza nekuomesa" akadaro Catherine Baggott, Marketing and Sales Director weEpic Roots. "Kukuvadza kwakawanda kunoitika kana ikasagadziriswa nemazvo."
Mitambo yekuwachisa yechinyakare yainge yakanyanya kuoma paMâche rosettes, saka Turatti neEpic Roots vakagadzira masisitimu anoshandisa mapedhi nemhepo zvakagadzirirwa kufambisa chigadzirwa kuburikidza newachisheni. Iyo mechanized system inorasa zvibereko mumaspin dryer, zvichideredza kukanganiswa kwemashizha. Iwo ma dryer akagadzirwa nehudzamu chaihwo, hupamhi uye velocity inobvisa kukuvadzwa panguva yekuwomeswa.
Kudyara mumutsara mutsva kwabhadhara, Baggott akadaro, nekuwedzera zvakanyanya kunaka kwese. Kugadzira marara mashoma kunoshanda zvakanyanya pakukura nekugadzirisa mashandiro, uye vatengi vanowana chigadzirwa chiri nani.
Imwe kiyi yekupa zvigadzirwa zvemhando yepamusoro inotarisa pakukura. Pamusoro pekuve nhengo yakasimbiswa yeCalifornia Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, kambani ine chekuita nezvese kubva pakusarudza mbeu kusvika pakukohwa maitiro. Maitiro ekukura akasimba akakosha kune ese Epic Roots nevatengi vayo, iyo inoratidzwa mupakeji. Retail clamshells inogadzirwa kubva kuNatureWorks PLA - chibage-based material iyo inosanganiswa. Baggott akati kurongedza kwacho kwaizochinja kuenda kune polyethylene terepthalate (PETE) pasuru mukudonha. PETE chinhu chiri nyore kudzokororwa icho chakazara musuva yemarara, uye inogona kupiswa pasina kuburitsa chepfu inokuvadza kana magasi egreenhouse.
"Takawana nzvimbo zhinji muNorth America yose dzisina compostable recycling," akadaro.
Chinangwa cheEpic Roots ndechekupa vatengi chigadzirwa chakasarudzika, chinovaka muviri uye chinogoneka, chigadzirwa chine mukurumbira zvakanyanya muEurope, akadaro Baggott. Kukurudzira kunhuhwirira - kutapira uye nutty - kambani yaita co-kukurudzira nezvimwe zvinhu zvigadzirwa. Muna Chikunguru, Epic Roots ichaita kusimudzira neNorthwest cherries kusimudzira michero nesaladhi, uye muna Nyamavhuvhu kambani iri kushanda neCalifornia pears.
"Kunhuhwirira kweMâche kunokweretesa kune michero nenzungu, uye kusanganisa nemuriwo wemashizha" imwe nzira yakanaka yekudya muchero," akadaro Baggott.
Kudzidzisa vatengi vanogona kunge vasingazive nezveMâche rosette saladhi yegirini, Epic Roots ine yakasarudzika sarudzo yekubika pawebhusaiti yayo, www.epicroots.com. Kune mabikirwo emasaladi, appetizers, madhishi epadivi uye akasiyana ekupinda, pamwe nekubika kubva kune vanozivikanwa mabiki. Kune zvakare chikamu pane saiti apo vatengi vanogona kurodha yavo yekubika uye kuona zvinotumirwa kubva kune vamwe vashandisi.