USDA nguva pfupi yadarika yakapa $40.2 miriyoni mukati kukosha-akawedzera mugadziri rubatsiro kune 298 vanogamuchira mumatunhu makumi mana nemana nePuerto Rico.
Sekureva kweUSDA, chirongwa cherubatsiro chishandiso chevagadziri vemichero nemiriwo vakazvimiririra, pakati pevamwe muindasitiri yekurima, kusimudzira kugona kwavo kuzadzisa zvinodiwa nevatengi uye kuendesa zvigadzirwa zvavo kumusika.
"Zvirongwa izvi zvichapa madzoro emari uye zvichabatsira kugadzira mabasa kune varimi vekurima, mabhizinesi nemhuri munyika yose," akadaro Kathleen Merrigan, mutevedzeri wemunyori weUSDA. “Mari iyi ichasimudzira kuwedzera mabhizimisi madiki nemikana yemabhizimusi nekupa mabhizinesi emuno kuwana mari, rubatsiro rwehunyanzvi uye misika mitsva yezvigadzirwa nemasevhisi.
Nhungamiro yehurongwa inobata kuti ma grants anogona kuitwa mumari inosvika mazana matatu emadhora ekushandisa mari uye $300,000 yekuronga. Vanyoreri vanofanirwa kufananidza iyo USDA yekupihwa dhora nedhora.
"Ichi hachisi chekupihwa chete," akadaro Mike Daniels, nyanzvi yechikwereti nechikamu chebhizinesi nemubatanidzwa zvirongwa zveUSDA Rural Development muWisconsin. “Vane ganda mumutambo. Idhora pamutambo wedhora.
“Zvinoda pfungwa yavo uye vari kuisa mukushanda kwavo, nguva yavo, mari yavo uye hurumende yakavapa mukana wekutora nguruve yaangadai akatengesa kumusika voishandura kuita bhekoni nehutsi nezvimwe zvinhu vozvitengesa. nemutengo wepamusoro."
Nepo mari yacho isinga shandiswe kutenga michina kana zvimwe zvinhu, vanogona kubhadharira zvidzidzo zvinogoneka, zvirongwa zvebhizinesi, kushambadzira uye mapurojekiti emagetsi emagetsi, maererano neUSDA.
“Taive nemumwe muchinda akataura nezvekuti asvika sei pabasa nekuda kwerubatsiro rwaakapihwa gore rapfuura,” akadaro Daniels. “Akakwanisa kuisa vashandi vaviri kana vatatu vatsva. Bhizinesi rake rakura.
"Anofara zvikuru nemabatirwo aakaitwa nerubatsiro urwu, kumisa tsoka dzake pasi uye kuti zvinhu zvienderere mberi."
Bindu reChef
Huron, Ohio-based Bindu reChef yakashandisa rubatsiro rwayakagamuchira makore akati wandei apfuura kudzidza kugona kwekuwedzera chikamu chekugadzirisa kumabasa ayo emhuri. Iyo kambani inopa zvinopfuura mazana matanhatu emhando dzeheirloom uye yakakosha miriwo, madiki magidhi, maruva uye maruva anodyiwa kuvabiki pasirese, kutumira nezve 600 muzana yechigadzirwa chayo husiku. Chimwe chikamu chekushanda kwayo chinosanganisira mashizha ane mashizha akagezwa.
"Mashizha ane mashizha ese anoenda kuburikidza nekutonhora uye pflume unit," akadaro Bobby Jones, director wezvekugadzira.
Nekuti Bindu reChef rinokura zvakanyanya, uye kuodha pazvido zvevabiki, kuwandisa uye zvekuita nekuwanda kunogona kuve nyaya. Pfungwa yaive yekutora mafashama uye, vachishandisa mabikirwo kubva kune avo vatengi-vabiki, kugadzira zvigadzirwa zvakagadziriswa.
"Takashandisa ruzivo, takaedza mapaneru, takaita kuti vanhu vauye kupurazi uye kuravira chigadzirwa chakagadzirwa," akadaro Jones. “Mugumo waive wekuti raive zano rakanaka, asi isu takasarudza kusatevedzera zano nekuti takaona kuti zvaizokanganisa kutarisa kwedu kurima chigadzirwa chitsva uye kutarisira vabiki zuva nezuva.
“Chidzidzo chefeasibility study chakabudirira. Hauiti nguva dzose zvaunodzidza. Dzimwe nguva mhinduro yakanakisisa yaungawana ndeyokuti ‘Kwete.’”
USDA's value-added producer grant program yakatanga muna 2002 Farm Bill uye yakavandudzwa neshanduro ya2008.
Chikamu chitsva chemari chichavepo gare gare gore rino.
"Tichava nechimwe chiziviso mugore rehurumende regore ra2012," akadaro Jeff Hudson, mutungamiri wezvirongwa zvebhizimisi nekubatana kwe USDA Rural Development muStevens Point, Wis., Achiona kuti chikamu chekupedzisira chemari chinomiririra makore maviri emari - 2010 uye 2011.
Inosvika $14 miriyoni yerubatsiro ichavepo gore rino. Nhungamiro dzakaburitswa murejista yemubatanidzwa muna Chivabvu, uye vanyoreri vachange vaine mazuva makumi matanhatu kusvika makumi mapfumbamwe ekuendesa zvikumbiro, mutauriri weUSDA akadaro.
"Uye rino ndiro gore rekupedzisira rebhiri repurazi," Hudson akawedzera, "saka tichaona kana chirongwa ichi chichavandudzwa mubhiri idzva repurazi."