Wannan shine yadda Karlene Hardy ke bayyana mutane daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar ita da mijinta Randy sun sami sani da aiki tare a cikin shekaru 50 na ma'auratan a masana'antar dankalin turawa.
Da kyau, idan dangi ne, Randy da Karlene Hardy za a iya kiran su magabatansu da mahaifinsu. Sun sadaukar da yawancin ransu ga masana'antar dankalin Amurka kamar kowa. Yayin da asalinsu suke kuma koyaushe za a dasa su a cikin masasshiyar ƙasa ta ƙasarsu ta Oakley, Idaho - inda za su girbe 50th amfanin gona wannan faduwar - isar su ya wuce nesa da ƙaramar kwarin da suke kira gida.
Amma bari mu fara da gidansu. Masoyan makarantar sakandaren sun yi aure a 1972 yana da shekara 19 kuma sun bi iyayen Randy a gonar. Watanni biyu bayan haka, mahaifinsa ya rasu ba zato ba tsammani, ya jefa sabbin angwaye cikin zurfin kusan kusan daga samun nasarar. Amma suna son iyo, don haka sun yi iyo. Fiye da yanayi na girma 50, gonar ta girma daga kadada 300 zuwa kimanin 2,800 a yau. Dubu dari shida daga wadancan kadada an sadaukar dasu ga dankali, dukkansu wadanda aka hada-hada a Sun Valley Dankali, wani mai mallakar hadadden kamfanin Hardys wanda ya hade a shekarar 1997. Randy ya kasance shugaban hukumar a can tun daga 2010. Sun Valley Dankali a yanzu yana da 19 masu mallakar shukar suna fadada kusan dukkan fadin kudancin Idaho.
"Kasancewa shugaba a Sun Valley shine, a tunanina, daya daga cikin manyan nasarorin da na samu a masana'antar," in ji shi. “Ya tafi daga wahalar ratayewa zuwa kasancewa daya daga cikin manyan kofuna biyar ko shida a jihar. Mu ne kawai co-op na gaskiya da aka zubar a Idaho, kuma wannan tsarin ya taimaka mana da sauran masu shuka baki daya tsawon shekaru. ”
A cikin 1994, an zabi Randy a matsayin memba na Hukumar Dankalin Amurka (yanzu dankalin Amurka), kuma ba a dauki lokaci ba mutane suka kula da shi. Bayan 'yan shekaru bayan gabatarwarsa ga hukumar - kuma da yawa fiye da yadda ya yi tsammani - an nada shi shugaban. Wani aiki a kan Majalisar Dankali ta Kasa (gami da shekara ɗaya a matsayin shugaban ƙasa) ya biyo baya jim kaɗan bayan haka. Sannan shekara shida a Hukumar Idaho dankalin Turawa.
"Gaskiya ba nufina ba ne," in ji shi. “Amma a cikin‘ yan shekaru kadan, na kasance jagora ga dukkan su. Gaskiya abin ya ban mamaki. ”
Karlene ta kwashe duk waɗannan shekarun tana halartar ganawa da Randy, amma, ta ce, "Ni kawai abokiyar aure ce, kuma ina jin daɗin tsohuwar rayuwa." Har yanzu, duk da haka, sha'awar masana'antar ta haskaka, kuma an zaɓe ta a Hukumar Dankalin Amurka yayin da Randy ke barin. Ba da daɗewa ba, ta tsinci kanta a kwamitin zartarwa, ta tabbata cewa an ji Oakley, Idaho, daga matakin ƙasa.
"Kasancewa cikin wannan dangin dankalin na kasar nan ya kasance abin haskaka kasancewar mai noman dankalin turawa," in ji ta. “Babban abin da ya hada wannan kungiyar hadin kai shi ne dogaro ga Allah tare da aikin rayuwar ku. Kasancewa cikin wannan rukunin ya kasance babban alheri. ”
Ni dan ƙarni na biyu ne na manomin Hardy. Mahaifina ya fara ne a tsakiyar shekarun 60 kuma na sayi gonar kadada 200 daga mahaifiyata a farkon shekarun 70 lokacin da mahaifina ya rasu. Zan fara shekara ta 48 na noman dankali. Ouranmu Ben, da danginsa, suna aiki a gonar. Ina alfahari da zama manomi saboda… akwai matukar gamsuwa game da noman albarkatun gona da ke taimakawa ciyar da duniya, kuma babu abin da ke koyar da ƙima da ladan 'aiki tuƙuru' kamar girma da aiki a gona.
- Hanyar da na fi so in ci dankalin turawa: Ina son dankali a kowane fanni, amma na fi so an ɗora shi, fatar dankalin-fata.
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