Itafula elincane lihlezi eceleni komgwaqo e-Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, eduze nomgwaqo wase-York udlula amahhovisi elokishini. Phezu kwayo kuhlezi inqwaba yezithelo nemifino esanda kukhiwa. Uma udlula ngokushesha okukhulu, noma mhlawumbe uyacwayiza, ungase uphuthelwe.
Lokho kungenxa yokuthi, i-Kenhte:ke Kanyen'keha:ka Food Sovereignty Project, efana neminikelo yayo eseceleni komgwaqo, ikulokho ongakubiza ngokuthi yisigaba sokukhula.
Iphrojekthi, ukwakhiwa kwama-Mohawks welungu lebhendi ye-Bay of Quinte u-Andrew Brant nomkakhe, uRenee, ihlose ukunikeza le ndawo ngemikhiqizo emisha unyaka wonke, kanye nokuvuselela inhlabathi ukuze kuthuthukiswe izinga lempilo yezizukulwane ezizayo.
"E-Tyendinaga, sikude cishe isigamu sehora kunoma yimuphi umkhiqizo omusha," kusho u-Brant eduze kwengadi yakhe ebhilidiyo ntambama libalele njengoba kudlula isiminyaminya. Intengo nokufinyeleleka kokudla okusha akuyona inkinga yendawo kuphela, kodwa yi-Brant eyodwa futhi inkampani enethemba lokuyiqeda. “Uma kukhulunywa ngabadala bethu, angeke bahambe bayolanda (ukudla okusha okungagciniwe). Kunabantu lapha abangakwazi noma abangawashiyi amakhaya abo. Ngakho sikhona isidingo sayo,” kusho uBrant.
Uhlelo lwe-Lush Cosmetics' Charity Pot grant lunikeze iphrojekthi amandla edingekayo ukuze isuse imbewu iye yisithombo.
"Basinikeze u-$17,000 ukuze sithenge indawo yokushisa ukushisa futhi sisuse lo mhlaba lapha phansi," kusho uBrant, ekhomba umzila endaweni evulekile lapho kuhlala khona indawo yokushisa elinde ukwakhiwa.
Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba lokho kwenzeke, kudingeka imali ethe xaxa ukuze iphrojekthi ikhule ibe yisinyathelo sonyaka wonke esilindelwe ngu-Brant. Eqinisweni, iphrojekthi idinga enye i-$ 8,000 yokwakha isisekelo lapho kuzobekwa khona indawo yokushisa, kanye nokuthola izinto eziphilayo ezidingekayo ukuqala izingadi. Lokho kungavumela ukudla okusha ukuthi kutshalwe unyaka wonke, kusukela kulobu busika.
"Khona-ke singaqhubeka sikhiqiza cishe ngaphezu kwamakhilogremu angu-65 kuya kwangu-70 ngesonto lomkhiqizo omusha," kusho u-Brant.
Ukudla okukhiqizwa kuze kube manje - londoloza lokho okwalahleka onogwaja ngaphambi kokuba kubiyelwe ngocingo ukuze kuvikelwe izimpahla ezintsha - kutholakala mahhala kunoma ubani ohlala endaweni noma ngaphandle kwaso. UBrant ulungisa itafula njalo ngoLwesithathu (uma isimo sezulu sivuma) ukuze anikeze ukudla okusha, futhi akuhambise kulabo abaswele emphakathini wangakubo.
“Sinezinye eziya endlini yokulala yabadala, siya emalungwini ahlukene emphakathini futhi sinikele nasesikhungweni esihlinzeka umphakathi ngokudla,” usho kanje. “Siphinde siyenze itholakale kubantu abangekho endaweni ngoba akubona bonke abantu abanendawo endaweni okwamanje.”
UBrant uphinde wakhuluma nomkhandlu we-MBQ mayelana nokwenziwa komhlaba ukuze iphrojekthi iqhubeke nokwandisa imizamo yakhe.
“UMkhandlu wenza umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu ngokusebenzisana nathi,” udalule, wengeza ngokuthi umkhandlu ubheka umhlaba ongasetshenziselwa ukunwetshwa. “Sizokwazi ukufaka enye indawo yokushisa lapho, cishe engamamitha angu-100, bese kuthi ngomunye unyaka sikwazi ukufaka enye.”
Ngaphandle kokunikela ngokudla, iphrojekthi ihlose ukuvuselela umhlabathi emphakathini kanye nezindawo ezizungezile. Umhlabathi osetshenziswa ezingadini uxubene nezinto eziphilayo ezifana nezindawo zezinhlanzi nezindawo zekhofi ezivela ku-Twowo Row Coffee Company, exhasa ngokugcwele lo msebenzi ngaphandle kwezibonelelo neminikelo.
"Uma sibheka yonke iBay of Quinte watershed, sinawo wonke la machibi kanye nale mifula nemifudlana egelezela eBay of Quinte," kusho uBrant, wengeza ngokuthi ukuthuthukiswa kwezimboni kanye nokwanda kwabantu kuyishintshile indawo yamanzi, edlula phakathi. I-Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.
“Akusithinti nje thina endaweni, kodwa kuthinta nezifiki eziseduze,” esho. Ukusetshenziswa kwe-fungal and organic matter, uma kusetshenziswa ezindaweni ezanele kanye nabantu abanele, kungadala ukugeleza okuhlanzekile futhi kushintshe indawo yamanzi unomphela, kusho uBrant.
“Sifaka (isicelo) sesibonelelo sikahulumeni sokushintsha kwesimo sezulu ukuze sikwazi ukwenza yonke iphrojekthi ibe luhlaza, sisebenzise i-turbine, izinto ezinjalo. Sifuna ukugcina i-carbon footprint iphansi ngangokunokwenzeka,” kusho uBrant.
Nakuba u-Brant ngokuqinisekile engamandla kanye nombono ngemuva kwephrojekthi, unephupho lokwenza iphrojekthi ibe umzamo womphakathi.
“Kuklanyelwe ukuba kube yinto yomphakathi ukuze wonke umuntu ahlangane,” kusho u-Brant, wengeza ngokuthi ukulima nempilo eqhubekayo bekulokhu kuyingxenye yempilo yakhe.
Wathi: “Ngikhule ngenza izingadi. “Ngafunda kumkhulu wami owafunda kuyisemkhulu. Kuyingxenye yalokho engiyikho.”
Uma ngabe iphrojekthi ithola i-$8,000 edingekayo ukuze inwebe ngaphambi kokuthi kundiza iqhwa, izoqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngezinto eziningi ezitholakalayo njengamanje: ama-strawberries, ugwayi wendabuko, utamatisi, izaqathe, ukhukhamba, ama-beet, ama-lettuce blends, itheniphu, ama-radishes, amaliki, u-anyanisi oluhlaza. , ulamula, basil nokunye.
Futhi uma lokho kungenzeki kulo nyaka, kusho uBrant, uzovele ajabulele ukuthi yisiphi isikhathi esisele ngesikhathi sokukhula.
“Uma ngiphakathi lapho, iyindawo ehluke ngokuphelele,” engeza ngokuthi awukho umuzwa ongcono kunokunikeza ukudla okusha kumuntu okudingayo noma ongenayo enye indlela angakuthola ngayo. “Kuyingxenye nje yokuthi singabantu. Akuyona eyalutho. Yingoba idinga ukwenziwa. Kungumthwalo (wabo bonke) ukunakekelana, ukuphakamisana, ukubambana. Uma singakwazi ukwenza lokho, siyini-ke?”
Ingadi itholakala ku-1407 York Rd., eTyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe, vakashela thecrediblemohawk.com.
U-Jan Murphy uyintatheli ye-Local Journalism Initiative esebenza ku-Belleville Intelligencer. I-Local Journalism Initiative ixhaswe nguHulumeni waseCanada.
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