Lokacin da yake girma a gonar dankalin mahaifinsa a Cyr Plantation, Dominic LaJoie ya ce ba zai taɓa tunanin girman kamfanin kamfaninsa ba, LaJoie Growers LLC, zai kai. Hakanan bai taba shirya shiga siyasa ba.
Duk da haka, Majalisar Dankali ta Kasa ta zabi LaJoie, dan ƙarni na huɗu mai noman dankalin St. John Valley, shugaban ƙungiyar masu sha'awar tushen Washington, DC a ranar 22 ga Fabrairu.
LaJoie zai yi aiki na shekara ɗaya, a lokacin da zai jagoranci majalisar ta hanyar canzawa zuwa aiki tare da gwamnatin Shugaba Joe Biden, zai taimaka wajen daidaita martanin da take ci gaba ga masana'antar dankalin turawa da ta canza kuma gabaɗaya fifikon masana'antar a matakin ƙasa. Zai kuma karbi bakuncin taron bazara na Majalisar Dattawa na shekara-shekara a Presque Isle a watan Yuli, idan ladabi na kariya ta COVID-19 suka kyale shi. Idan taron ya gudana, zai zama karo na farko da aka gudanar a Yankin Aroostook a tarihin majalisar.
"Wakiltar Maine da manoma dankalin turawa gabaɗaya abu ne mai daɗi a gare ni," in ji LaJoie. "Duk yana komawa ne ga aiki mai wahala da tsararrakin da suka gabace mu suka yi don mu amfana da rayuwa mai kyau kuma mu ba wa tsara mai zuwa." LaJoie ya fara shiga harkokin siyasa na masana'antar kimanin shekaru 15 da suka gabata, lokacin da wani mai shukar daga St John Valley, wanda ke shirin yin ritaya daga mukaminsa a Hukumar Kula da Dankalin Maine, ya ɗauki LaJoie don wakiltar bukatun kwarin a kan wata ƙasa matakin.
A cikin shekaru goma da rabi da suka gabata, LaJoie ya yi aiki a Hukumar Dankalin Maine - ya kwashe shekaru biyu a matsayin shugaban wannan ƙungiyar - da kuma Hukumar Kula da Dankalin Maine. Ba da daɗewa ba, ya koma Majalisar Dankali ta whereasa inda ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban ƙasa na farko da kuma mataimakin shugaban ƙasa kan lamuran muhalli. Daraktan Daraktan Hukumar Maine Dankalin Don Flannery ya ce "Ya kasance mai kyakkyawan tunani kuma yana kula da al'amuran masana'antu." LaJoie ya daidaita aikinsa na siyasa tare da gudanar da gonar tare da wani ɗan'uwansu, dan uwansa da kuma kannen mahaifinsa maza biyu waɗanda ke wakiltar ƙarni na biyar na masu noman LaJoie kasuwancin yana samar da iri iri na dankali, beets, karas, parsnips da hatsi a gonar kadada 1,300.
"Yana daukar kyakkyawar kungiya a gida," in ji LaJoie.
Yayin zaman sa a matsayin shugaban majalisar dankalin turawa na kasa, LaJoie zai ci gaba da dogaro da waccan kungiyar, saboda zai iya fuskantar shekara mai aiki bayan wani abin da ba a taba gani ba a shekarar 2020. LaJoie ya ce da alama masana'antu za su “canza har abada” ta annoba kamar sayarwa kasuwa ya koma nesa da gidajen abinci da kuma masana'antar sayar da kayayyaki. A shekarar da ta gabata ma ya canza fifikon LaJoie a matsayin mai shuka.
"Ba na son ɓata wani ƙarin idan akwai wani a waje da zai iya amfani da shi," in ji LaJoie.
A tsawon wannan annobar da kuma faduwar tattalin arzikin da ta biyo baya, kungiyoyin siyayya sun bullo don alakanta masu shuka da kungiyoyin agaji kamar bankunan abinci, inda zasu iya siyar da kayayyakinsu a cikin ragi mai sauki. "Wannan babba ne," in ji LaJoie. "Akwai mutane da yawa da ba su dogara ga bankunan abinci ba [wadanda] ba su san inda za su samu abincinsu na gaba ba yayin wannan annoba." A halin yanzu, Hukumar Dankali ta Kasa tana daidaitawa da gwamnati mai zuwa, tana shirin maida hankali kan dokar kare muhalli da abinci mai gina jiki da ka iya shafar masu shuka a fadin kasar. LaJoie ya damu musamman da tabbatar da manoma sun sami ruwa.
Abu ne mai mahimmanci a cikin Aroostook County, wanda ya ga dryan lokutan bushewa jere. LaJoie ya ce yayin da kusan kashi 30 cikin 100 na masu noman Maine ke ba da amfanin gonar su a yanzu, yana sa ran ganin adadin ya karu sosai a cikin shekaru masu zuwa - ya kiyasta gonakin Maine za su iya kaiwa ruwa kashi 20 cikin XNUMX a cikin shekaru XNUMX masu zuwa.
“Za mu bi ƙa’idodi…. Amma wa] annan sharu]] an ya kamata su kasance ta yadda masu shuka ke samun [ruwa] kuma masu shuka za su iya kare muhalli amma su yi amfani da albarkatun, ”in ji LaJoie. Don Majalisar Dankali ta Kasa, LaJoie ya ce akwai babu shakka cewa canjin yanayi gaskiya ne, daga fari ga kwari masu tasowa, yana shafar manoman dankalin turawa a fadin kasar kowace rana. A gare shi, batun batun daidaitawa ne - neman hanyoyin da za su kare manoma da mahalli.
"Ina nufin, muna samar da abinci, muna ciyar da mutane," ya ci gaba. "A karshen ranar, akwai batun yin sulhu a can." A ciki akwai babban falsafar LaJoie a matsayin jagora. Mutumin da aka keɓe, har ma da keɓaɓɓe tare da ɗabi'ar taunawa a kan tambaya tsawon daƙiƙa kaɗan kafin ya ba da amsa, kyakkyawan sakamakon LaJoie koyaushe yana yin sulhu. "Ina lura da yawa, kuma ina tsammanin ina son jin ra'ayoyin game da teburin," in ji LaJoie. “Ina neman matsakaiciyar ƙasa koyaushe…. Lokacin da mutane suka dauki lokaci kuma suka girmama ni kuma suka saurari ra'ayina, ina ba su duk lokacin da suke bukatar fadin ra'ayinsu kuma ina jin kamar akwai sasantawa koyaushe. "
Duk da yanayin da ake gani ya sabawa Washington da ke cike da rufin asiri, LaJoie ya kirga yan majalisa daga Maine zuwa Colorado zuwa Florida a matsayin abokan aiki. Yana sa ido ga bangarorin magance matsaloli na aikinsa - warware batun har sai ya zama mafi sauƙin fahimta da magance shi. A shekara mai zuwa, zai kasance akan LaJoie don jagorantar wannan cajin - don ƙirƙirar mafita mai amfani ga dukkan ɓangarorin.
"Ba za ku iya rubuta littafin jagora don tsara ta gaba ba," in ji LaJoie. “Kowace shekara sabuwar shekara ce kuma a shirye muke don fuskantar kalubale. Amma ba za ku iya yin barci a kan motar ba. Akwai abubuwa da yawa da suka shafi noma da dankalin turawa fiye da yadda mutane za su yi tunani. ”
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