Papita nthawi kuchokera pamene ndinalembera kwa inu mu Jottings wanga Janet. Komabe, ndakhala ndikulemba. M'nyengo yozizira yayitali, yonyowa, ndidakhala nthawi yabwino komanso yofunda m'chipinda changa, ndikuyang'ana malo osawoneka bwino a dimba langa la Japan motsutsana ndi nyengo yoipa yomwe sinathe kwa miyezi ingapo.

Ndi malo olingalira. Chipinda chonga ichi ndi chuma. Pamene ndinali mtsikana wazaka za makumi awiri, ndinkalakalaka chipinda chonga ichi momwe ndikanatha kukhala ndi kabati yanga ya curiosities, zosankha zanga zomwe ndimazikonda pakhoma ndi mipando iwiri yabwino kuti ndikhale ndi mnzanga pa khofi kapena tiyi, ndi smackerel pang'ono. Loto la chisangalalo kukhala ndi ufulu wa nthawi ndi malo kuti mukhale padziko lapansi. Ndidapanga malowa masiku a Covid. Inali ntchito yanga yotsekera.

Zomwe ndakhala ndikulemba ndimaloto amunthu wina. Made - kapena Dr Made, monga amadziwika - adandipeza koyamba zaka zingapo paulendo wa LittlePod. Ndidayamba kumvetsetsa kufulumira kwa mawu a Mfumukazi ya Vanilla kwa ine. 'Titha kutaya vanila mkati mwa m'badwo ngati sitichitapo kanthu pano,' analira.

Kuitana kwake kunali kolimbikitsa kwambiri kotero kuti ndidakweza dzanja langa mmwamba kunena kuti ndiyesetsa kuphunzitsa anthu aku Britain za vanila WENIWENI ndi mtengo wake. Ndikanamwaza uthenga wake wa 1% - kuti 1 peresenti yolowa mumsika wochita kupanga idzawirikiza kawiri kufunika kwa vanila padziko lonse lapansi ndikulimbikitsa alimi a Equatorial Belt kuti apitirize kulima mbewu yofunikayi kuti apindule ndi anthu ndi mapulaneti. 97% ya vanillin yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito Kumadzulo ndi yopangidwa kotero 1% idamveka ngati yotheka kwa ine komanso osadziwa.

Sipanapite nthawi yaitali ndinazindikira kuti zikakhala zovuta. Ngakhale ophika pamwamba sankadziwa panthawiyo kuti vanila amachokera ku orchid ndi kuti ali pa Mndandanda wa IUCN wa zamoyo zomwe zatsala pang'ono kutha. Anthu ambiri samamvetsa kuti mawuwo vanillin pabotolo sizikutanthauza kuti zomwe zili mkati ndi zenizeni. Ndi zosokoneza. Vanillin ndi gulu limodzi chabe la vanila ndipo limatha kukonzedwa mwanjira yopangira. Mafuta oundana ambiri alibe vanila YENSE, koma vanillin yomwe imatha kubwera kuchokera kuzinthu zosiyanasiyana, imodzi mwazopangidwa ndi petrochemical yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito pamakampani amitengo yamatabwa. Mitengo ya vanila ikakwera, ayisikilimu onse amakwera. Koma si onse omwe amapangidwa pogwiritsa ntchito vanila YENSE.

Tsiku lina, ndinalandira imelo kuchokera kwa Dr Made, yemwe ankakhala ku Oxford, kuti awonjezere kuzindikira kwanga, chidwi ndi kutsimikiza kuti ndinene nkhani ya duwa laling'ono ili.

Miyezi khumi yapitayo ndinaitanidwa ndi mnzanga, Judi Burnett, kukakamba nkhani ku kalabu yake ya nkhomaliro ku Mid-Devon. Ndinadzipeza ndikuyang’anizana ndi chipinda chodzadza ndi alimi. Unali mwayi wabwino kuti ndifotokoze nkhani ya Dr Made komanso momwe adafunira kutsitsimutsa famu ya bambo ake ya vanila ku Bali komwe adakulira.

Ndinauza omvera anga kuti msonkhano wanga ndi Dr Made unatsogolera ku ntchito yeniyeni ya famu ya abambo ake - njira yochita upainiya ya polyculture kusonyeza momwe nthaka yopanda kanthu ingalimidwe kuti ipange ndi kutsanzira nkhalango zachilengedwe. Kubzala nkhalango ndi vanila kungasonyeze phindu la vanila ku zamoyo zosiyanasiyana komanso kuthandiza kukonzanso nkhalango. Inayenera kukhala ntchito yayitali komanso yodzipereka. Dr Made adayenera kugwiritsa ntchito luso lake lokopa kulimbikitsa alimi kuti apite. Anali wotsimikiza kuti ntchitoyi idzakhala yopindulitsa komanso kuti LittlePod idzalemba ulendowu ndikukhala mnzake wokhulupirika komanso wokhulupirika.

Pamene ndinali kuchoka pa msonkhanowo pambuyo pa nkhani yanga yolandiridwa bwino, mwamuna wina wotchedwa Simon Perks anandifikira. Anandipatsa khadi lake n’kunena kuti anali mkulu wa kampani ina yosindikiza mabuku Unicorn. Anamvetsera nkhani yanga ndipo ankaona kuti imayenera kumvetsera anthu ambiri.

Ndinachita mantha pang'ono ndi chiyembekezo chotenga nthawi kuti ndiyambe kuyendetsa LittlePod kuti tilembe ulendo wathu wa zaka 15, koma ndinkafuna mwayi wosonyeza kupambana kwa polojekitiyi ndi kutengapo gawo kwa LittlePod, kotero ndinatsatira malingaliro ake ndikuyankhulana ndi mkonzi wa Unicorn. Chifukwa cha chisanu ndi mphepo yamkuntho yomwe idatsatira, nkhaniyi ipezeka padziko lonse lapansi kuyambira Juni! Amatchedwa Vanila Weniweni: Ngwazi Yosasunthika Yachilengedwe - Nkhani Yaikulu Ya LittlePod.

Nkhani yonseyo imanenedwa mu danga la tsiku limodzi, lophatikizidwa ndi zoyankhulana ndi kukumbukira. Kutsegulira kumachitika m'munda wa zipatso wa LittlePod, womwe umakhala wowala ndi vanila. Ndikuona zotsatira za ntchito ya alimi kwa nthawi yoyamba mu ntchito yathu ya zaka 14. Ali m'njira owerenga amadziwitsidwa kwa anthu ofunikira omwe ali ndi mawu ofunikira komanso nkhani zawozawo kuti agawane.

M'bukuli ndimaganizira zam'mbuyomu ndikujambulitsa zokopa zakale zomwe zidagwirizana ndi Dr Made, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti nkhaniyi ikhale yosatha komanso yomwe ndikhulupilira kuti mungafune kuiwerenga. Ndimayesetsa kuyankha mafunso atatu omwe ndimafunsidwa nthawi zonse ndikapita kuwonetsero zamalonda, chakudya chamadzulo ndi zochitika. Ali: Vanilla - ndichiyani? Kodi ndimagwiritsa ntchito bwanji? Ndipo funso lovuta kwambiri kuposa onse, Munalowa bwanji mu bizinesi ya vanila ndipo bwanji?

Ndikukhulupirira kuti muganiza zogulira bukuli kuti mugawane ndi alendo komanso anzanu. Harriet Beesley / Ferguson ndiye wopanga. Ndine wokondwa kunena kuti pazaka 15 zapitazi, ngakhale kuti ntchito yake yakwera, Harriet wakhala akukonza zoti tizichita. Zakhala zosangalatsa kumuwona akupanga ntchito yakeyake ndikutikumbutsa za wophunzira wachichepere yemwe adandithandiza kukhazikitsa LittlePod.

Harriet wapanga bukuli ndi kumverera kwa magazini kotero kuti owerenga azitha kulowa mkati ndi kunja kwa nkhanizo. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mupeza kuti ndi yophunzitsa, yofotokozera komanso yolimbikitsa. Monga a LittlePodders nokha ndikukhulupirira kuti mudzanyadira nawo gawo lanu pankhaniyi. Kupatula apo, popanda omvera ndi olimbikitsa paulendo wa LittlePod, ndipo koposa zonse, ogula vanila yathu CHENANI, sipakanakhala nkhani yopambana yoti tinene!

Kutumiza kukumbatira vanila ndikukuthokozani nonse,

Janet x