Kamfanin da ke tsakiyar California yana nuna haske game da yadda ake sarrafa gonaki
Bayan 'yan shekaru da suka wuce a lokacin ziyarar zuwa Afrika ta Kudu, na ga wani abu mai ban mamaki. Na kasance a cikin garin Kawa Bay, wanda ake kira "Wild Coast" na Gabashin Cape, lokacin da daya daga cikin mazajen da ke aiki a ɗakin gidan na tambaye ni idan ina son wasu abubuwa.
Ba na musamman a cikin yanayin ba, to amma kuma, a yaushe ne zamuyi mummunan ra'ayin? "Tabbatar," na yi shuru, tare da murmushi.
Ka yi la'akari da mamaki, da minti kadan bayan haka, lokacin da ya dawo tare da gilashin karfe da aka cika da tsirrai - da ruwan da yake kwance daga jikinsa da tufafi.
"Ina kuka samu waɗannan?" Na tambayi.
Ya yi dariya. "Tekun."
A yanzu, ban taba zama cikin ruɗar cewa wannan hanya ce ta hanyar girbi ba: Na iya ɗauka a hannun ɗaya yawan mutanen da na san wanda zai iya yardar rai, ba tare da neman bivalves ba. Har ila yau, ban san komai ba game da kysters, sai dai suna zaune a cikin ruwan gishiri kuma, a wani lokaci, suna samar da lu'u-lu'u.
Wannan duk ya canza ranar Lahadi na karshe, a lokacin ziyara a Morro Bay, CA.
Labarin Morro Bay Oyster Company
"Kai ne farkon tashin hankali," Neal Maloney, mai zaman kamfanin Morro Bay Oyster Company, ya yi dariya lokacin da yake kusa da ni a kusa da babban jirgin ruwa na garin bayan 6:00 na safe.
Na kunna. "Rayuwa ta takaitacciyar barci, musamman ma lokacin da ake ciki."
Lokacin da nake koyo game da hanyata ta hanyar Highway 1 Discovery Route, Neal ya kasance mai matukar alheri don shirya wani yawon shakatawa na kamfanonin kamfanin da nake yi. Ya taba saduwa da ni kafin fitowar rana - sai ya fada mini cewa shi ba cikakken mutum bane - domin in kama wannan gona a cikin haske.
"Na kasance shugaban ne tun lokacin da na fara wannan kamfani, a 2008," in ji shi, "saboda haka yana da dogon lokaci tun lokacin da na fara aiki da wuri."
Abin da ke cewa Neal ya dade tun lokacin ya yi. Bayan samun BS a Marine Biology daga Jami'ar Oregon a shekara ta 2004, Neal ya fara aiki a kamfanin Tomales Bay Oyster, dake arewacin San Francisco.
A cikin shekaru hudu a nan, ba wai kawai ya sami cikakken ilimin aikin noma ba, har ma da kasuwanci a baya. Rashin ritaya daga mai mallakar TBOC ya kammala cikakkiyar hadarin Neal da ake bukata don fara Kamfanin Oyster Morro Bay.
Aikin gona kanta yana zaune a cikin zurfin ruwa na bakin teku ta Morro Bay, a cikin inuwar 'yan Sanda bakwai da ke kudancin garin, babban filin jirgin saman da ke kan gaba da nuna alama ta MBOC, wanda ya fi dacewa da kyawawan hanyoyi masu haske na haske na orange. a baya.
"Kuna shirye don karin kumallo?" Neal ya tambaye shi kamar yadda ya kaddamar da jirgin ruwan a filin jirgin ruwa.
Ku sadu da Oyster na Gold Gold
Ban amsa masa ba da kalmomi - kawai gulp. "Shin 'Pacific Gold' ya koma wannan jinsin kawa, ko kuwa wannan shine sunan da kuke ba wannan nau'in?"
"Shi ne sunanmu," in ji shi, yana maida kayan ado na kansa. "Abincin da kuma irin wadannan nau'o'in na musamman ne ga wannan ɓangare na California, saboda yawan salinity da zafin jiki na ruwa, har ma magunguna. Saboda haka, muna so muyi tunani akan wadannan abubuwa kamar yadda mutum zaiyi tunanin karfe mai daraja . "
Amma Pacific Gold oysters suna da yawa sakamakon haɓaka kamar yadda suke yanayi.
"Bayan farawa a cikin gandun daji mu, an motsa tsirrai a can," ya ci gaba, yana nunawa da yawan layuka na kwanduna da ke fitowa daga filin jirgin ruwa a cikin ragami mai zurfi.
"Suna tasowa a sama da kasa na bay kuma suna cinye plankton, wanda ya ba su abincin da kuka ji dadin."
Bayan watanni 12-18 a yankin da ake kira "girma", ma'aikatan Neal suna girbi oysters, wadanda suka raba su (don girman) kuma suna duba su (don inganci) da hannu. Da zarar sun fita daga cikin ruwa, zasu iya zama kan kankara da kuma hanyar zuwa gidajen cin abinci, na gida da na nisa kamar Santa Barbara, a cikin sa'o'i.
Ta yaya Za ku iya cin Morro Bay Oysters?
Neal yana ƙaunar aikinsa - aikin noma da kuma, a fili, ƙungiyar sabis na abokin ciniki. Ya yi farin ciki ya sauka a kan ruwa kuma ya shiga cikin ruwa don in iya samun hotuna masu kyau, duk da yanayin sanyi na iska, iska kuma, babu shakka, ruwan.
Yayin da kamfanin sayar da kayan cin abinci mai suna Morro Bay zai iya zama a cikin katunan nan gaba - Neal ya nuna wasu gine-gine da aka dauka yana sayarwa a lokacin jirgin ruwa na komawa garin - bai sa ran yin tafiya a cikin jirgin ba.
"Za ka iya saya kullunmu kai tsaye daga barge idan kana so," in ji shi. "Kuma a cikin kasuwanni na yankunan gida, idan ba ku ci su a gidajen abinci a garin ba, wato."
Na chuckled. "Kamar 'ya'yan itatuwa da kayan marmari."
"Amma mafi kyau," sai ya yi murmushi ya rufe jirgin.
Lalle ne, batun "abu mai ban mamaki" game da aikin noma yana da kyau kamar yadda aikin noma ba shi ne ba - ku kawai ku maye gurbin ruwa don ƙasa, plankton don taki da hannayen 'yan Adam don girbi kayan girbi.
(Sa'an nan kuma, lu'ulu'u ba su da wata ƙasa kamar.)