Ma hope o nā pilikia āpau i hoʻopau ʻia e ka ʻoihana meaʻai i ka wā o ka maʻi ahulau coronavirus, ka mākeke ʻuala ma Aroostook County, ke ʻike nei ʻo Maine i ka piʻi ʻana o nā kūʻai aku i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka US e hoʻāla hou i ka hoʻokele waiwai. Hōʻike ʻia e ka Bangor Daily News. .
I ʻelua mau mahina i hala aku nei, ua koi ʻia nā mahiʻai he nui e ʻimi i nā ala hou e kūʻai aku ai i ka hua o kaʻuala 2019 i ka wā i paʻa ai nā hale ʻaina a me nā ʻaha mele, nā hoʻolauleʻa a me nā ʻahamele a puni ka ʻāina. Ua hoʻoliʻiliʻi hoʻi nā ʻoihana ʻona i nā kauoha no nā mea maka i ka liʻiliʻi. Ua kūʻai ʻia kahi ʻāpana o ka waihona ma o nā hale kūʻai a me nā mākeke: makemake ʻia nā huahana, ʻoiai ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe e kuke i ka home. Akā ke hāpai nei ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ʻoihana i nā hopohopo, e pili ana i ka pae pekelala. Iune 1, ua kākau ʻo US Senator Susan Collins (Maine) i kahi leka Ke kāhea nei ke kākau ʻōlelo ʻo Sonny Purdue i ke kōkua pololei i nā mahiʻai ʻuala ʻAmelika.
Manaʻo pū ʻo Pelekikena ʻo Maine Potato Council ʻo Don Flannery he kakahiaka nui e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻihoʻi piha.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Flannery ke helu nei ʻo ia i ka akahele o nā mea komo i ka mākeke. Kuhi ʻo ia ua kanu nā mahiʻai o ka mokuʻāina i 4-000 eka i emi iho no ka ʻuala i kēia kau ma mua o ke kau i hala, kahi e ʻoki ai i nā mea kanu ma kahi o 5 pākēneka. He neʻe akamai kēia, no ka mea ʻaʻole mākaukau ka ʻāina e hoʻi i nā puke i hoʻohana mua ʻia: ʻoiai i kēlā mau mokuʻāina kahi e wikiwiki loa ai ka hoʻōla, ua hoʻolauna nā kiaʻāina i nā lula e pāpā ana i nā hale ʻaina mai ka hana piha.
E heluhelu i ka ʻatikala piha ma Bangor Daily News maanei