Ngesonto eledlule, i-Organic Produce Summit ibibanjwe mathupha eHyatt Regency Hotel eMonterey, California. Udaba olumayelana nalo mcimbi lushicilelwe ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule. Ngokwesiko, umcimbi uvalwa ngombukiso wezohwebo owenzeka ntambama yokugcina yomcimbi wezinsuku ezimbili. Njengeminyaka edlule, umbukiso wezohwebo wathengiswa. Kubukiswe izinkampani ezingaphezu kuka-150, futhi inani lababekhona lafinyelela ku-1,200 XNUMX, kodwa abaningi abengeziwe bebengathanda ukuba khona.
Kwabanye, bekungokokuqala ngqa ukuhambela umbukiso esikhathini esingangezinyanga eziyi-18. Abanye base bevele behambele imibukiso yesifunda eminingana kulo lonke elase-United States kulo nyaka. Into eyodwa bonke ababefana ngayo ukuthi babejabulela ukuphinde babonane mathupha. "Ngumbukiso wethu wokuqala selokhu kwaqala lolu bhubhane," kusho uPatrick Cortes neMission Produce. “Ngiyethemba ukuthi sekuyisiqalo sokuthi umphakathi okhiqizayo uhlangane kaningi.” UMichael Dupuis no-Divine Flavour naye wayejabule ngokubuya. "Singabakhulumeli bezinto eziphilayo, besilokhu sixhasa i-OPS kusukela ekuqaleni, futhi nakanjani umcimbi esifuna ukuba ingxenye yawo," esho.
U-Ray Wowryk no-Nature Fresh Farms uhamba embukisweni.
U-Jamie Sells no-Ben Vallejo abane-Oppy banomkhiqizo ohlukahlukene oboniswa kubathengi. Ukusuka kuma-apula anomona, kuya kupelepele wensimbi we-Divemex kuya ku-Zespri kiwifruit.
Chofoza lapha ukuze uthole umbiko wesithombe ophelele ovela embukisweni
Abathengi abangaba
Ababonisi bamangele ngenani labantu abebehambele umbukiso. Inani labathengi (abangase babe khona) abakhona cishe belingaphansi kancane kuneminyaka edlule njengoba abanye abathengisi bengabavumeli abasebenzi babo ukuthi bahambele imicimbi okwamanje. Noma kunjalo, abakhangisi bajabule kakhulu ngokufika kwabathengi futhi bathi kuphezulu kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelwe. UChristina Ward noSunkist uncome inhlangano. “Kuyisethi enhle nesixuku esimangalisayo,” kusho yena. "Kuhle kakhulu ukubuyela endaweni yombukiso wezohwebo." Ngokuhamba kahle komoya nendawo evulekile phakathi kwamadokodo, ababekhona babehlanganyela ngokuthi babekhululekile ukuba khona.
Yize kuboniswe imikhiqizo emisha nokupakishwa kwayo, kwabonakala ukuthi bekugxilwe ekuboneni mathupha nokutholana phezulu. Ngemuva kwezigcawu, izinkampani eziningi bezisebenza kanzima ekukhiqizeni kabusha imikhiqizo kanye nemikhiqizo emisha ezokwethulwa ku-PMA Fresh Summit. Njengoba i-PMA imemezele ukwesulwa kombukiso wezohwebo wango-Okthoba, kulindeleke ukuthi imboni yezokukhiqiza ithole ezinye izindlela zokudala zokwenza izimemezelo zemikhiqizo emisha emasontweni ezayo. Ukuhoxiswa kweFresh Summit kuphinde kusho ukuthi akuqiniseki ukuthi imboni yezokukhiqiza yaseNyakatho Melika izokwazi nini ukuhlangana mathupha futhi.
U-Branden Hontalas no-Paul Mastronardi abavela e-Sunset/Mastronardi babonisa izinhlobo ezahlukene zikatamatisi wemvelo kanye nezinhlobo zokupakisha. Ngaphambi kokuqala kombukiso wezohwebo, u-Paul Mastronardi ubambe iqhaza engxoxweni yephaneli ngokukhula kwe-Controlled Environment Agriculture: Real noma Hype?
URob Jackson ukhombisa utamatisi wamagilebhisi avela eRed Sun Farms.
Iqembu le-Pure Flavour. Ukusuka kwesobunxele kuya kwesokudla uChris Veillon, uTiffany Sabelli noJamie Moracci.
Maphakathi noJulayi
I-Organic Produce Summit ngokwesiko ibanjwa ngoJulayi, kodwa yathuthelwa kuSepthemba ngenxa ye-COVID. Ngo-2022, umcimbi uzobuyela emuva esikhathini esijwayelekile samaphakathi noJulayi.