Ua hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻuala mua he iwakālua i ulu ʻia ma Iturup (Kuril Islands) i Sakhalin. No Iturup, kaulana no ka iʻa a me ka caviar, ʻaʻole loa no nā mea kanu, he hanana kūikawā kēia.
I loko o ka mahiʻai mahiʻai "Taste of Nature", kahi i ulu ai i ka uala, ua kapa ʻia ka lawe ʻana i ka hoʻokolokolo he mālama no ka wā e hiki mai ana a ke manaʻo nei lākou e lilo ka lawe ʻana i nā mea kanu me ka brand "Made in Iturup" i mea maʻamau.
Hoʻolālā ka mahiʻai e hoʻonohonoho i nā lako i nā hoalauna kokoke loa - iā Kunashir a me Shikotan, ʻaʻole poina e pili ana i nā kamaʻāina.
Inā kūpono ke kumukūʻai / maikaʻi i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua (nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai aku), a laila ʻaʻole ʻo ka ʻuala wale nō, akā ʻo nā kāloti Iturup, kāpeti, beets, kukama a me nā tōmato e ʻike ʻia ma nā papa ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina.
A hiki i kēia manawa, he ʻumi ʻeka ka ʻāina o ka KLF i kapa ʻia. Hāʻawi ʻia ʻehiku o lākou no ka ʻuala. ʻO nā Kurils kahi ʻāina o ka mahiʻai koʻikoʻi, akā ua hōʻeuʻeu ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i kēia makahiki: ua ʻohi lākou i 15 mau ʻuala no ka ʻeka.
Mai 2022, e hoʻomaka ana ka mahiʻai e hoʻomohala i 98 mau ʻeka o nā ʻeka hoʻolimalima. I mea e mālama ai i ka mea kanu i ʻohi ʻia, kokoke mākaukau ka hale kūʻai mea kanu no ka lawe ʻana ma ka mahiʻai. He 3 tausani tona wale no kona mana. ʻO ka wehe nui ʻana o ka hale hana i Nowemapa.