USDA nyere $40.2 nde na nso nso a onyinye ndị na-emepụta ihe bara uru na ndị nnata 298 na steeti 44 na Puerto Rico.
According to USDA, the grant program is a tool for independent fruit and vegetable producers, among others in the farming industry, to enhance their ability to meet consumer demand and move their products into the marketplace.
Kathleen Merrigan, onye osote odeakwụkwọ USDA kwuru, "Oru ngo ndị a ga-enye nloghachi ego ma nyere aka ịmepụta ọrụ maka ndị na-emepụta ugbo, azụmahịa na ezinụlọ n'ofe mba ahụ. "Ego a ga-akwalite obere mgbasawanye azụmahịa na ohere ịzụ ahịa site n'inye ụlọ ọrụ azụmahịa obodo ohere ịnweta isi obodo, enyemaka ọrụ aka na ahịa ọhụrụ maka ngwaahịa na ọrụ."
Ntuziaka mmemme na-ejide n'aka na enwere ike inye onyinye ruru $300,000 maka isi ego na-arụ ọrụ yana $100,000 maka nhazi. Ndị na-achọ ọrụ ga-enwe ike ịkwado dollar onyinye USDA maka dollar.
Mike Daniels, onye ọkachamara n'ịgbazinye ego na ngalaba azụmahịa na mmemme nkwado nke USDA Rural Development na Wisconsin kwuru, "Nke a abụghị naanị akwụkwọ aka. "Ha nwere akpụkpọ ahụ na egwuregwu ahụ. Ọ bụ dollar maka egwuregwu dollar.
"Ọ na-ewe echiche ha na ha na-etinye n'ọrụ ha, oge ha, ego ha na gọọmentị enyela ha ohere iburu hog ọ gaara ere n'ahịa ma gbanwee ya ka ọ bụrụ anụ ezi na-ese anwụrụ na ham na ihe ma ree ha. n'ọnụ ahịa dị oke ọnụ."
Ọ bụ ezie na enweghị ike iji ego ahụ zụta akụrụngwa ma ọ bụ ihe anụ ahụ ndị ọzọ, ha nwere ike ịkwụ ụgwọ maka ọmụmụ ihe enwere ike ime, atụmatụ azụmahịa, ịzụ ahịa na ọrụ ume ọhụrụ sitere n'ugbo, dịka USDA si kwuo.
Daniels kwuru, "Anyị nwere otu nwa amadị kwuru etu o siri gbaruo n'ọkwa n'ihi onyinye e nyere n'afọ gara aga." “O nwewo ike itinye di na nwunye ma ọ bụ atọ ndị ọrụ ọhụrụ. Azụmahịa ya etoola.
"Obi dị ya ụtọ otú onyinye a si nyere ya aka, na-etinye ụkwụ ya n'ala na ime ka ihe na-aga n'ihu."
Ogige Chef
Huron, Ohio dabeere Ogige Chef jiri onyinye ọ nwetara ọtụtụ afọ gara aga mụọ na ọ ga-ekwe omume ịtinye akụrụngwa nhazi n'ọrụ ezinụlọ ya nwere. Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-enye ihe karịrị 600 ụdị heirloom na akwụkwọ nri pụrụ iche, obere elu, herbs na okooko osisi oriri nye ndị isi nri gburugburu ụwa, na-ebuga ihe dị ka pasent 95 nke ngwaahịa ya n'otu abalị. Otu akụkụ nke ọrụ ya gụnyere akwụkwọ ndụ akwụkwọ ndụ na-asachapụ.
Bobby Jones, onye isi mmepụta ihe kwuru, "Ahịhịa akwụkwọ ndụ niile na-aga site na precooling na otu pflume."
N'ihi na Ogige Chef na-eto nke ukwuu, na ịtụ maka ọchịchọ nke ndị isi nri, mmepụtabiga ihe ókè na ihe a ga-eme na ngafe nwere ike ịbụ nsogbu. Echiche ahụ bụ iweghara oke oke na, na-eji ntụziaka sitere n'aka ndị ahịa ha-isi nri, mepụta ngwaahịa edoziri.
Jones kwuru, "Anyị ji ozi ahụ mee ihe, anyị nyochara panel, anyị nwere ndị mmadụ na-abata n'ugbo ahụ ma detụ ngwaahịa a haziri ahazi," Jones kwuru. "Nsonaazụ ikpeazụ bụ na ọ bụ echiche dị mma, ma anyị họọrọ ịghara ime ihe n'echiche ahụ n'ihi na anyị chere na ọ ga-adọpụ uche anyị na-elekwasị anya n'ịzụlite ngwaahịa ọhụrụ na ilekọta ndị isi nri kwa ụbọchị.
“Ọmụmụ ihe gbasara ike ime bụ ihe ịga nke ọma. Ọ bụghị mgbe niile ka ị na-eme ihe ị na-amụ. Mgbe ụfọdụ azịza kacha mma ị nwere ike nweta bụ 'Ee e.'”
Mmemme inye ihe mmeputa agbakwunyere uru USDA sitere na ụgwọ ọrụ Ugbo 2002 wee jiri ụdị 2008 megharịa ya.
Usoro ego ọhụrụ ga-adị ma emechaa n'afọ a.
"Anyị ga-enwe ọkwa ọzọ na afọ mmefu ego gọọmenti etiti 2012," ka Jeff Hudson kwuru, onye nduzi azụmahịa na nkwado mmemme maka USDA Rural Development na Stevens Point, Wis., N'ịkọwa na njedebe ikpeazụ nke onyinye na-anọchi anya afọ abụọ nke ego - 2010 na 2011.
Ihe enyemaka ruru nde $14 ga-adị n'afọ a. Ntuziaka ndị e bipụtara na ndekọ gọọmentị etiti na May, ndị na-achọ ọrụ ga-enwe ụbọchị 60 ruo 90 iji nyefee atụmatụ, onye na-ekwuchitere USDA kwuru.
"Nke a bụ afọ ikpeazụ nke ụgwọ ọrụ ugbo," Hudson gbakwụnyere, "ya mere anyị ga-ahụ ma a ga-emegharị mmemme ahụ na ụgwọ ọrụ ugbo ọhụrụ."