Kampani ya oyisitara ku Central California ikuonetsa mmene oyster amachitira
Zaka zingapo zapitazo paulendo wopita ku South Africa, ndinawona chinthu chodabwitsa. Ndinali m'dera la Coffee Bay, pamtunda wotchedwa "Wild Coast" wa kum'mawa kwa Eastern Cape, pamene mmodzi wa anyamata omwe anali kugwira ntchito panyumba yanga ya alendo anabwera kundifunsa ngati ndingakonde oyster.
Sindinkakondwera kwambiri, komabe kachiwiri, kodi oyster ali ndi lingaliro loipa liti? "Zedi," Ndinagwedeza, ndikumwetulira.
Tangoganizani kudabwa kwanga, maminiti angapo pambuyo pake, pamene adabwerera ndi mbale yachitsulo yodzala ndi oyster - ndi madzi akudumpha kuchokera mthupi lake ndi zovala.
"Kodi mwawapeza kuti?" Ndidafunsa.
Iye anaseka. "Nyanja."
Tsopano, ine sindinayambe ndakhalapo pansi pa chinyengo chakuti iyi ndiyo njira yowamba yokolola ya oyisitara: Ine ndikhoza kuwerengera dzanja limodzi chiwerengero cha anthu omwe ine ndikudziwa omwe angakhoze kumasula kuthamanga, osayang'ana pofufuza bivalves. Kenanso, sindinadziwe zambiri za oysters, kupatula kuti amakhala mumchere amchere ndipo nthawi zina amapanga ngale.
Zonsezi zinasintha Lamlungu lapitali, panthawi yochezera ku Morro Bay, CA.
Nkhani ya Company ya Oyster Morro Bay
"Ndiwe wofulumira kwambiri," Neal Maloney, mwini wake wa Company Company ya Morro Bay, adaseka pamene adandiyandikira pafupi ndi sitimayo yaikulu yamtunda wodutsa 6 koloko m'mawa.
Ndinagwedeza. "Moyo ndi waufupi kwambiri moti sungagone, makamaka ngati oyimba akugwira nawo ntchito."
Ataphunzira za galimoto yanga pamsewu waukulu wa 1 Discovery Route, Neal anali wokoma mtima kukonzekera ulendo wapadera wa famu ya oyisitara ya kampani. Anandipeza ngakhale dzuwa lisanatuluke - kenako adandiwuza kuti sanali munthu wam'mawa - kuti ndikalandire munda wotere.
"Ndinakhala bwana kuyambira pomwe ndinayamba kampaniyi, mu 2008," adatero motero, "motero nthawi yayitali ndakhala ndikupita kukagwira ntchito mwamsanga."
Chimene chiyenera kunena kuti Neal wakhala atatha nthawi yake. Atalandira BS ku Marine Biology kuchokera ku yunivesite ya Oregon mu 2004, Neal anayamba kugwira ntchito ku Company ya Tomales Bay Oyster, kumpoto kwa San Francisco.
Pazaka zake zinayi kumeneko, sanangodziwa zambiri za ulimi wa oyster, komanso bizinesi yomwe imachokera. Kuchotsa pantchito kwa mwini wake wa TBOC kunamaliza mphepo yamkuntho yotchedwa Neal yomwe inkafunikira kuyamba kampani ya Morro Bay Oyster.
Famulo yokhayo imakhala m'madzi osaya a Morro Bay kumbuyo, kumthunzi wa nsanja zisanu ndi ziwiri zaphalaphala pamwamba pa tawuniyi, chipika chake chachikulu chimatulutsa chizindikiro cha MBOC, chomwe chinkawoneka bwino kwambiri ndi zida za kuwombera kwa lalanje kuchokera kumbuyo kwake.
"Kodi mwakonzeka kadzutsa?" Neal adamufunsa pamene adakwera bwato pamsasa.
Kambiranani ndi Oyster Gold Gold
Ine sindinayankhe iye ndi mawu - chabe gulp. "Kodi 'Gold Gold' ikuimira mitundu iyi ya oyster, kapena kodi ndi dzina limene mumapereka kwa zosiyanasiyana?"
"Ndilo dzina lathu," adatero, akubwezeranso oyisitara yekha. "Kukongola ndi maonekedwe a oyster amenewa ndi apadera ku gawo lino la California, chifukwa cha salinity yosiyanasiyana ndi kutentha kwa madzi, ngakhale mafunde.There, timakonda kuganiza za oyster awa mofananamo omwe angaganize za mtengo wamtengo wapatali . "
Koma ma oyster a Pacific Gold amakhala ochuluka chifukwa cholera monga momwe alili.
"Pambuyo poyambira ana athu, oysters amasunthira kumeneko," akupitiriza, akulozera madengu ambirimbiri a madengu omwe akutuluka kuchokera kumalo osungirako.
"Iwo amayandama pamwamba penipeni pa gombe ndikudya plankton, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti muzisangalala nazo."
Pambuyo pa miyezi 12-18 mu malo otchedwa "kukula", oyster amakololedwa ndi antchito a Neal, omwe amawasankha (chifukwa cha kukula) ndikuwunika (mwachangu) ndi dzanja. Akangotuluka mumadzi, amatha kukhala pa ayezi komanso akupita ku malo odyera, onse am'deralo komanso akutali monga Santa Barbara, panthawi yochepa chabe.
Kodi Mungadye Bwanji Oyster Morro Bay?
Neal akukonda bwino ntchito yake - mbali ya ulimi wa oyster ndipo, mwachiwonekere, mbali yothandizira makasitomala. Iye mosangalala anagwera pamtunda ndipo analowa mumadzi kuti ndipeze zithunzi zabwino, ngakhale kuti kutentha kwa mphepo, mphepo ndi, mosakayikira, madzi.
Ngakhale malo odyera a kampani ya Oyster Morro Bay akhoza kukhala makadi m'tsogolomu - Neal adalongosola nyumba zingapo zomwe akuganiza kuti akugula pakapita bwato lathu kubwerera ku tawuni - sakuyembekeza kuyenda maulendo nthawi zonse.
"Mutha kugula oysters athu molunjika kuchokera ku khola ngati mukufuna," adafotokoza momveka bwino. "Komanso pamsika wamalonda, ngati simudya nawo m'malesitilanti mumzindawu, ndiko."
Ndinkangogwedeza. "Monga zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba."
"Koma bwino," adamwetulira ndipo adakoka ngalawayo.
Zoonadi, chinthu "chovuta kwambiri" pa ulimi wa oyster ndi momwe kuliri ulimi wosakhala wa oyster - mumangowonjezerapo madzi, nthaka ya plankton ya feteleza ndi manja osamalira anthu kuti azikolola.
(Ndiye kachiwiri, ngale sizikhala zofanana padziko lapansi.)