ʻO kahi mahiʻai kūloko ma Galloway Township, New Jersey ke loaʻa kālā nei i ka mākaʻikaʻi mahiʻai a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole e uku nui iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i kā lākou mea e hāʻawi ai. Ke hana nei ʻo Jeremy Sahl i ka mahiʻai ʻohana mai kona wā he 8 makahiki a ʻo ia ke alakaʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sahl, "Leʻaleʻa wau i ka mahiʻai no ka mea he ola maikaʻi ia… aia ka mahiʻai i loko o ko mākou ʻohana mai ka makahiki 1867, ʻo wau ke ono o ka hanauna."
I kona wā e ulu ana, ua ulu ʻo Joseph Sahl Father and Son Farm no ka hana nui aʻe akā haʻi ʻo ia iā mākou, e like me ka loli ʻana o nā kau, pēlā nō nā manawa. "I kēia manawa, aia mākou i ka hapa nui o nā mea kanu ʻōmaʻomaʻo, kulina, palaoa, piʻi soy."
Akā, ʻoiai ke hana nei ʻo ia i kāna mea i aloha ai, ʻo ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻāina, ʻaʻole maʻalahi nā mea i nā manawa a pau. "Ua piʻi ke kumukūʻai o ka hana ʻana, ua emi ke kumu kūʻai o ka huahana." ʻOiai ke manaʻo nei ʻo ia e mālama i ka mahiʻai a puni kāna mau keiki e ulu pū ai, e like me kāna i hana ai. "No laila ke noʻonoʻo nei au pehea e hiki ai iaʻu ke huki i nā poʻe i kaʻu mahiʻai?"
I ka mahina o Nowemapa i hala, ua paʻi ʻo ia iā ia e like me ka nui o nā pōhaku lepo… e kōkua ʻo agri-tourism iā ia e hoʻohana i kāna mea e ulu ai e huki ai i ka lehulehu. "No laila ua hoʻomaka wau e nānā i kahi maze kulina a hoʻomaka wau e noiʻi ma ka Pūnaewele." Ua loaʻa ʻo Jeremy i kahi hui nāna i kōkua iā ia e hoʻolālā i kēia 8 a me ka hapa ʻeka kānana maze me ka ʻoi aku o hoʻokahi mile o ka wili, huli a me nā hopena make e hana ai, mai ka ʻike maka manu, ka logo Philadelphia Eagles. "ʻO koʻu makahiki mua kēia akā ʻaʻole wau e hana hou i ka huila."
Ua piʻi aʻe kekahi mau ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo e kōkua i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ke kumukūʻai o ka hana ʻana i hiki iā ia ke lawe mai i kekahi kālā hou no kona ʻohana i ka wā lohi. "No laila, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka loaʻa kālā hou e kōkua iā mākou e hoʻopau i ka hump no ka hopena o ka makahiki."
Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana o ka poʻe malihini i ko lākou ala i ka hopena o ka maze, a lohe mākou he hoʻokahi hola paha, manaʻolana lākou e hauʻoli nā kānaka i ka hayrides, kā lākou paukena a me nā leʻaleʻa ʻohana āpau a lākou e hāʻawi ai. "Makemake mākou e hauʻoli nā kānaka iā lākou iho, ʻo ia ka pahuhopu helu ʻekahi e leʻaleʻa iā lākou iho me ka ʻole o ka haki ʻana i ka waihona."
A ʻo ka pahuhopu ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka mālama ʻana i kāna mahiʻai ʻohana no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana. "ʻEkolu mau makahiki o kaʻu keiki a makemake wau iā ia."
Wehe ʻia ka maze kulina o Joseph Sahl lāua ʻo Son Farm a hiki i ka lā 31 ʻOkakopa.
