Eugene Antworth yana aiki tare da 'ya'yansa maza biyu don tura gonar dankalin dangin zuwa na gaba.
Eugene Antworth yana noma gaba dayan rayuwarsa, kodayake a hukumance shekaru 42 ne kawai. Ya girma ne a gonar dankalin danginsa a Upper Knoxford, NB kuma yanzu shine tsara ta huɗu da ta noma ƙasar - 'ya'yansa maza, Ethan da Greyson, sun kasance na biyar.
"Mun yi tunani mai yawa game da maye gurbin kuma mun samu kyakkyawar fahimtar inda za mu tafi da shi," in ji Antworth a wata hira ta wayar tarho, yana mai cewa yana so ya yi ritaya nan da shekaru 10.
Filin gonar bai wuce kadada 3,000 ba kuma yaci dankali mai sarrafawa Abincin McCain, tare da alkama, sha'ir da ciyawa. Antworth ya fara aiki a gonar kai tsaye daga makaranta yayin da 'ya'yansa maza suka halarci jami'a don nazarin ilimin kimiyyar tsirrai da kasuwanci kafin su dawo gonar.
“Lokacin da na fara, kun fita kun hau kan tarakta kun tafi aiki. Yau idan suka fara, yakamata su zo ofis su fara sanin karshen ofishin, ”in ji Antworth. “Lokacin da na fara, muna yin takardun a duk lokacin da. Ba a yau ba, dole ne wani ya kasance yana aiki a mafi yawan lokuta. ”
Matar Antworth, Sandy, ita ma tana aiki a gonar, tana taimaka wa aikin ofis. Sandy ta yi aiki a bakin gona a matsayin malami na tsawon shekaru 30, kafin ta yi ritaya shekaru biyar da suka gabata.
Gidan ya yi girma a tsawon shekaru. Lokacin da Antworth ya fara karɓe shi daga hannun mahaifinsa suna aiki sama da kadada 100. Kamar yadda aka sami wadatar ƙasa tare da maƙwabta suke sayarwa, Antworth ta sayi kuma ta faɗaɗa gonar.
Noma ba koyaushe yake da sauƙi ba kuma 2020 ba banda. Lokacin da cutar ta addabi Arewacin Amurka a watan Maris, Antworth ya ga an rage girman kwangilar sarrafa shi.
“Mun gano cewa kowa zai ci abinci. Ya sanya shi wahala sosai saboda COVID a kokarin yin taka tsan-tsan da rashin kasancewa tare da (wasu), ”in ji shi.
Yayin shukawa da girbi, suna ɗaukar ƙarin taimako akan gonar. A lokacin bazara, Antworth sun yi hayar mutane 12, kuma a cikin faɗuwar shekara ta 24. hiaukar aiki a lokacin ba shi da wahala a wannan shekara saboda yawancin waɗanda ba su da aiki saboda annobar cutar ba sa son haɗarin karɓar CERB ko kuma rashin aikin yi ta hanyar yin aiki da yawa da yawa. , wanda aikin gona na yanayi zai haifar.
“Muna da wasu‘ yan yankin da za su zo. Amma da yawa daga cikinsu, tara daga cikinsu sun zo daga wancan lardin. Wadannan mutane ne da suke aiki a ma'adinai ko kuma suke tuka manyan motoci irin wannan, amma babu wani aiki a wancan yankin na lardin, ”in ji Antworth.
Cutar da ake fama da ita ba ita ce kawai gwagwarmayar da Antworth suka fuskanta ba a kakar da ta gabata. Fari a duk lokacin Maritimes ya kuma sauko da noman dankalin da kashi 15 cikin 23.6 - gaba daya yawan dankalin da ake samu a New Brunswick ya ragu da kashi XNUMX cikin XNUMX daga shekarar bara a cewar Statistics Canada.
“Ya banbanta daga yanki zuwa yanki. Yana kawai wanda ya kama ruwan sama, kuma wataƙila yanki na gaba mil mil biyu a kan hanyar bai sami ruwan sama ba. Ya wuce ko'ina, ”in ji Antworth game da lokacin noman.
McCain yana aiki tare da gonakin dangin Kanada 153 (a duniya, wannan adadin abin ban mamaki ne 3,850). Daga cikin shuke-shuke sarrafa 53 da yake aiki a duniya, takwas suna cikin Kanada, waɗanda ke cikin ƙananan ƙauyuka.