Sekunesikhathi nginibhalela kuJottings wami kaJanet. Nokho, bengilokhu ngibhala. Ebusika obude, obumanzi, ngachitha isikhathi esithile ngithokomele futhi ngifudumala ekamelweni lami, ngibuka indawo emnyama nengenalutho yengadi yami yaseJapane ngokumelene nesimo sezulu esingesihle esacishe saphela izinyanga.

Yindawo yokucabanga. Igumbi elinjengaleli liwumcebo. Lapho ngiseyintokazi eneminyaka engamashumi amabili ubudala, ngangilangazelela igumbi elifana naleli lapho engangingathola khona ikhabethe lami lezinto ezimangalisayo, ukukhethwa kwezingcezu engizikhonzile odongeni kanye nezihlalo ezimbili ezithokomele ukuze ngihlale ngicubungule nomngane ngekhofi noma itiye, nge-smackerel encane yokuthile. Iphupho lenjabulo lokuba nenkululeko yesikhathi nendawo yokuhlala nje emhlabeni. Ngidale lesi sikhala ngezinsuku ze-Covid. Bekuyiphrojekthi yami yokuvalwa.

Engilokhu ngibhala ngakho kodwa iphupho lomunye umuntu. Made - noma uDkt Made, njengoba aziwa kanjalo - waqala wangithinta eminyakeni embalwa ohambweni lwe-LittlePod. Ngase ngiqala ukuqonda ukuphuthuma kwamazwi eNdlovukazi yeVanilla kimi. 'Singase silahlekelwe yi-vanilla phakathi nesizukulwane uma singenzi lutho manje,' wayekhala.

Ucingo lwakhe lwaluyala kangangokuthi ngaphakamisa isandla sami ngithi ngizozama ukufundisa abantu baseBrithani mayelana ne-REAL vanilla kanye nenani layo. Ngingasabalalisa umlayezo wakhe ongu-1% - wokuthi ukungena ngephesenti elilodwa emakethe yokwenziwa kungaphinda kabili isidingo se-vanilla emhlabeni wonke futhi kukhuthaze abalimi base-Equatorial Belt ukuthi baqhubeke nokutshala lesi sitshalo esibalulekile ukuze kuzuze abantu neplanethi. U-97% we-vanillin osetshenziswa eNtshonalanga ungowokwenziwa ngakho u-1% uzwakale ungenzeka kimina nakubantu abangazi.

Akuphelanga sikhathi esingakanani ngabona ukuthi kuzoba nzima kangakanani. Ngisho nabapheki abaphezulu babengazi ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi i-vanilla ivela ku-orchid nokuthi iphezu Uhlu lwe-IUCN lwezinhlobo ezisengozini yokushabalala. Abantu abaningi abaliqondi lelo gama vanillin ebhodleleni akusho ukuthi okungaphakathi kungokoqobo. Kuyadida. I-Vanillin iyinhlanganisela eyodwa ye-vanilla futhi ingacutshungulwa ngokwenziwa. Ama-ayisikhilimu amaningi awanayo i-REAL vanilla, kodwa i-vanillin engavela emithonjeni ehlukene, enye ingumkhiqizo we-petrochemical osetshenziswa embonini ye-pulp yezinkuni. Lapho amanani e-vanilla enyuka, wonke amanani ka-ayisikhilimu ayakhuphuka. Kodwa akuzona zonke ezenziwe kusetshenziswa i-REAL vanilla.

Ngolunye usuku, ngathola i-imeyili evela kuDkt Made, owayehlala e-Oxford, eyayizokwandisa ukwazi kwami, ilukuluku kanye nokuzimisela ukuxoxa indaba yale mbali encane.

Ezinyangeni eziyishumi ezedlule ngamenywa umngane wami, u-Judi Burnett, ukuthi nginikeze inkulumo eklabhu yakhe yesidlo sasemini eMid-Devon. Ngazithola ngibhekene negumbi eligcwele abalimi. Kwakuyithuba elihle lokuxoxa indaba kaDkt Made nokuthi wayefuna kanjani ukuvuselela ipulazi likayise levanila eBali lapho akhulela khona.

Ngatshela izethameli zami ukuthi umhlangano wami noDkt Made uholele kuphrojekthi ethile yepulazi likayise - uhlelo oluhamba phambili lwe-polyculture ukukhombisa ukuthi umhlaba ongenalutho ungalinywa kanjani ukuze kwakhiwe futhi kulingise ihlathi lemvula lemvelo. Ukutshala ihlathi nge-vanilla kuzobonisa ukubaluleka kwe-vanilla ezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo futhi kusize ekukhuleni kabusha kwamahlathi. Kwakuzoba umsebenzi omude nozinikele. UDkt Made kwadingeka asebenzise amakhono akhe okukholisa ukukhuthaza abalimi ukuthi basebenze. Wayeqiniseka ukuthi iphrojekthi izobaluleka nokuthi i-LittlePod izoqopha uhambo futhi ibe uzakwethu othembekile nothembekile.

Lapho ngiphuma kuleyo ndawo ngemva kwenkulumo yami engangiyamukele, ngafikelwa yindoda okuthiwa uSimon Perks. Wanginika ikhadi lakhe wathi ungumqondisi wenkampani yokushicilela ebizwa Unicorn. Wayeyilalele indaba yami futhi enomuzwa wokuthi ifanele abantu abaningi.

Ngashaqeka kancane ngethemba lokuthatha isikhathi sokusebenzisa i-LittlePod ukuze ngibhale uhambo lwethu lweminyaka eyi-15, kodwa ngangifuna ithuba lokuveza impumelelo yale phrojekthi kanye nokubandakanyeka kuka-LittlePod, ngakho ngalandela isiphakamiso sakhe ngase ngithinta umhleli wokuthuma we-Unicorn. Ngenxa yobusika obumanzi nobunomoya obalandelayo, indaba izotholakala emhlabeni wonke kusukela ngoJuni! Kubizwa I-Vanilla Yangempela: Iqhawe Lemvelo Elingasuliwe - Indaba Enkulu Ye-LittlePod.

Yonke indaba ixoxwa esikhaleni sosuku olulodwa, ehlanganiswe nezingxoxo nezinkumbulo. Isigcawu sokuvula senzeka engadini yezithelo yehlathi i-LittlePod, ecwebezelayo nge-vanilla. Ngiyaqala ngqa ukubona imiphumela yokusebenza kanzima kwabalimi ohlelweni lwethu lweminyaka engu-14. Endleleni umfundi wethulwa kubantu ababalulekile abanamaphimbo abalulekile kanye nezindaba zabo abangabelana ngazo.

Kule ncwadi ngibheka okwedlule futhi ngiqopha amathonya asekuqaleni ahambisana noDkt Made, okwenza le ndaba ibe yindaba engunaphakade futhi engithemba ukuthi uzofisa ukuyifunda. Ngizama ukuphendula imibuzo emithathu engibuzwa njalo uma ngihambele imibukiso yezohwebo, amadina kanye nemicimbi. Kunjalo: I-vanilla - kuyini? Ngiyisebenzisa kanjani? Futhi umbuzo oyindida kunayo yonke, Kanjani futhi kungani ungene ebhizinisini le-vanilla?

Ngethemba ukuthi uzocabangela ukuthenga leli bhuku ukuze uthole itafula lakho lekhofi ukuze wabelane ngalo nezivakashi nabangane. UHarriet Beesley/Ferguson umklami. Kuyangijabulisa ukusho ukuthi kule minyaka engu-15 edlule, naphezu kokukhula kwakhe emsebenzini, u-Harriet ubelokhu engumklami wethu oyinhloko. Kube kuhle kakhulu ukumbona ethuthukisa owakhe umsebenzi futhi asikhumbuze ngomfundi osemusha owangisiza ukwethula i-LittlePod.

U-Harriet uklame incwadi ngemizwa yemagazini ukuze umfundi akwazi ukungena futhi aphume ezindabeni. Ngethemba ukuthi uzoyithola ifundisa, ichaza futhi yakha. Njengama-LittlePodders ngokwenu ngethemba ukuthi nizoziqhenya ngeqhaza lenu kule ndaba yempumelelo. Ngemuva kwakho konke, ngaphandle kwabezwayo nabahlinzeki benhliziyo bohambo lwe-LittlePod, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, abathengi be-REAL vanilla yethu, ngeke kube nendaba ephumelelayo esingayixoxa!

Sithumela i-vanilla hugs futhi ngiyabonga kini nonke,

UJanethi x