Ukuvunwa kwesipinashi ePiana del Fucino, esifundeni sase-Abruzzo ngamamitha angu-700 ngaphezu kolwandle, kwaqala ngasekupheleni kuka-April.
“Siqale cishe ngemuva kwezinsuku eziyishumi kunesizini edlule, ngenxa yesithwathwa ngo-Ephreli. Nokho izinga libe lihle kuze kube manje futhi ngeke sikwazi ukukhononda ngakho. Kusukela maphakathi/ngasekupheleni kuka-Ephreli kuya ekuqaleni kukaNovemba sivame ukuvuna kathathu,” kusho uMario Luigi noFabrizio Ripaldi, abangabanikazi beFratelli Ripaldi eLuco dei Marsi, esifundazweni saseL'Aquila.
UFratelli Ripaldi waqala umsebenzi wakhe kwezokulima ekuqaleni kwawo-1980 ngokutshala amazambane. Njengoba uMario noFabrizio bebelokhu beqhuba inkampani, akunakwenzeka ukucabanga izimakethe zikazwelonke nezamazwe ngamazwe ngaphandle kwabo, ikakhulukazi uma kuziwa ngesipinashi. Ngaphezu kwesipinashi, batshala i-cauliflower, i-radicchio, iklabishi ye-savoy, i-broccoli, izinhlobo ezahlukene ze-ulethisi, amazambane kanye neklabishi.
“Inkampani yethu inomhlaba olinganiselwa ku-250 hectares, cishe u-60% usetshenziselwa ukutshala isipinashi. Lesi sitshalo sipakishwa emabhokisini noma sithengiswa njengomkhiqizo oxekethile, kuya ngeshaneli okuyiwa kuyo. Sisebenza ikakhulukazi nabathengisi kanye nezitolo ezinkulu e-Italy nakwamanye amazwe. Amaphesenti angu-60 afinyelela ezimbonini ezilungisa izinto bese kuthi u-XNUMX% afinyelele ezimakethe ezintsha,” kusho imenenja uRiccardo Cigno.
“Ingxenye yezilimo zethu ikhangelelwe ukuthengisela amazwe angaphandle. Sithumela kakhulu isipinashi nokholifulawa eSpain, eJalimane, eNetherlands, e-United Kingdom nase-Baltic States.”
“Isipinashi sidinga ukuvundiswa okucebile kokuqala, okulandelwa ukulungiselelwa kombhede omuhle wembewu, ukuze nasesigabeni sokuvuna ukusika kwespinashi kwenziwa ngendlela efanayo. Ukuvuna kwenzeka phakathi kuka-03:00 no-09:00 futhi lokhu kwenziwa ngomshini. Uma isipinashi sesivuniwe, sidluliselwa emakethe. Isivuno esimiselwe ukupakishwa sigcinwa ezingeni lokushisa elingu-4°C futhi siphila eshalofini izinsuku ezimbalwa.”
“Kuze kube manje, ukuthengiswa kuhamba kancane. Sisesekuqaleni kwesizini, kodwa kusukela ekupheleni kukaMeyi sizobe sigijima ngokugcwele. Izimakethe zisamanqikanqika mayelana nesipinashi, kodwa sesiqala ukubona ukwenyuka kwenani elifunwayo,” kusho uCigno.
Mayelana nokupakishwa “Zonke izitshalo zethu zithuthwa kakhulu ngamabhokisi epulasitiki. Kodwa-ke, ezimakethe ezintsha sibona ukuthambekela kokupakisha ngokhuni. Indawo ngayinye inezidingo zayo ezithile, kodwa siqaphele ukuthi, ikakhulukazi enyakatho ye-Italy, kunesidingo samakesi okhuni,” kuphetha uCigno.
Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe:
UMario Luigi noFabrizio Ripaldi
www.ripaldi.it