I te tau 2018, i whakatūria e Te Whare Wānanga o Texas Tech te Kāreti oKarareheHei mahi mā ngā hapori taiwhenua me ngā hapori ā-rohe o Texas me New Mexico, he ratonga rongoā kararehe kāore i te tino whiwhi ratonga.
I tēnei Rātapu, ka whiwhi ngā ākonga tau tuatahi e 61 i te tohu Tākuta Rongoā Kararehe tuatahi i whakawhiwhia e te Whare Wānanga o Texas Tech, ā, 95 ōrau o rātou ka haere tonu ki te puta hei whakakī i taua hiahia. Inaa, tata ki te haurua o ngā ākonga kua puta kua mahi ki te whakakī i te korenga o ngā tākuta kararehe ki te hauauru o Interstate 35.
"He mea tino nui kia mahi ēnei ākonga i tētahi wāhi mahi e hiahiatia ana te rongoā kararehe mō ngā tau maha," te kī a Tākuta Britt Conklin, te tumuaki tuarua mō ngā kaupapa haumanu. "He mea whakamīharo ake tēnā i te whakaputa noa i ngā ākonga i runga i tētahi raina huihuinga. Kei te whakanoho mātou i ēnei tauira kua puta i ngā tūranga e hiahiatia ana rātou."
Nā Conklin i ārahi tētahi tīma ki te whakawhanake i tētahi tau haumanu he rerekē i te hōhipera whakaako tuku iho e whakamahia ana e ētahi atu kura kararehe. Mai i te marama o Mei 2024, ka oti i ngā ākonga ngā mahi tauira e 10 e whā wiki te roa i roto i te neke atu i te 125 hoa mahi tauira puta noa i Texas me New Mexico.
Nā reira, tata ki te 70% o ngā tauira kua puta i te kura ka utua e ō rātou hoa mahi, ā, ka whiriwhiria he utu nui ake i tō rātou rā tuatahi o te mahi.
"Ka tere tonu tā rātou tāpiri uara, nō reira e tino harikoa ana ahau ki te kite kei te tino pai te manaaki i a rātou i roto i te tukanga whakauru me te whakatairanga," te kī a Conklin. "Ko ngā pūkenga whakawhitiwhiti kōrero me ngā pūkenga ngaio o ngā ākonga katoa i hipa atu i ngā tumanakohanga. I rapu ā mātou hoa mahi tauira i ngā momo hua rerekē, ā, koinei tonu tā mātou e whakarato ana - inā koa i ngā hapori taiwhenua me ngā hapori ā-rohe. He tino hihiri tā rātou urupare, ā, e tumanako ana rātou kia kite i ētahi atu hua pēnei i a mātou e ahu whakamua tonu ana."
Ka noho a Elizabeth Peterson ki te Hereford Veterinary Clinic, e ai ki tāna he "wāhi tino pai" mō te hunga e hiahia ana ki te mahi i roto i te rongoā kararehe mō ngā whāngai kararehe.
"Ko taku whāinga hei rata kararehe he whakaatu i ngā rāngai katoa o te umanga me pēhea tātou e mahi tahi ai, nā te mea he kotahi te whāinga o tātou katoa," tana kī. "I te Texas Panhandle, he nui ake te tokomaha o te kahui kau i te taupori tangata, ā, ko taku tumanako ka whakamahia e au aku wheako o mua i roto i te umanga tākai mīti kau hei āwhina i te hono i te rerekētanga i waenga i ngā rata kararehe, ngā kaitiaki kau me ngā rangatira whāngai kararehe i a au e noho roa ana ki konei."
Kei te whakamahere a Peterson ki te whai wāhi atu ki ngā rangahau i ngā wā katoa e taea ana, me te mahi tahi me te Texas Livestock Feeders Association me te Animal Health Commission. Ka noho hoki ia hei kaiārahi mō ngā ākonga kararehe, hei hoa mahi hoki.
Ko ia tētahi o te tini o ngā ākonga tau tuawhā e whai wāhi ana ki te whakamahi i te Pokapū Hiranga Whakaako o te Hōhipera Kararehe o Hereford. I hangaia te pokapū hei whakarato i ngā tauira kararehe tau tuawhā o ngā kararehe kai tūturu, me te tirotiro tonu a ngā kaiako. He wheako whai hua te whai wāhi ki te whakaako i ngā ākonga pērā i a Tākuta Peterson.
"He mea nui te whakaaro nui o Texas Tech ki ngā ākonga e whakahoki ana i ā rātou mahi ki te hapori," tana kī. "I whiriwhiria e rātou ngā ākonga pēnei i ahau e whakapau kaha ana ki ā rātou whāinga me ā rātou herenga."
Ka noho a Dylan Bostic hei kaiawhina kararehe i te Hōhipera Kararehe o Beard Navasota i Navasota, Texas, ā, ka whakahaere ia i tētahi mahi kararehe whakauru. Ko te haurua o āna tūroro he kurī me he ngeru, ko te haurua he kau, he hipi, he koati, me he poaka.
"He iti noa ngā rata kararehe i ngā hapori taiwhenua me ngā hapori ā-rohe ki te raki o Houston e taea ai te tiaki i ngā kararehe pāmu," tana kī. "I Beard Navasota, ka haere tonu mātou ki ngā pāmu e kotahi hāora me te hawhe te tawhiti ki te whakarato tiaki kararehe mō ngā kararehe nā te mea kāore he rata kararehe e tata ana e tohunga ana ki aua momo kararehe. Ko taku tumanako ka haere tonu taku tautoko i ēnei hapori."
I a ia e mahi ana i te Hōhipera o Beard Navasota, i kitea e Bostic ko tana mahi tino pai ko te haere ki ngā pāmu kararehe hei āwhina i ngā kau. Ehara i te mea ko te hanga hononga anake i roto i te hapori, engari ka āwhina anō hoki ia i ngā kaipāmu kararehe kia kaha ake te whai hua me te whai whakaaro rautaki.
"Ko te whakatipu kau, ahakoa he whāngai kararehe, he tirotiro papamuri, he mahi whakatipu kau-kuao rānei, ehara i te mahi tino ataahua," tana kata. "Heoi, he mahi tino whai hua tēnei e hoatu ana ki a koe te whai wāhi ki tētahi umanga ka taea e koe te hanga whanaungatanga me ngā whakahoahoa ka mau tonu mō te wa katoa."
Hei whakatutuki i tana moemoeā o tōna tamarikitanga, i mahi a Val Trevino i te Borgfield Animal Hospital, he whare hauora kararehe iti i te tāone iti o San Antonio. I roto i tana tau mahi haumanu, i whiwhi ia i te nui o ngā wheako i whakatakoto i te turanga mō tana tiaki i ngā mōkai me ngā kararehe onge ā muri ake nei.
"I Gonzales, Texas, ka āwhina ahau ki te whakahaere i te taupori ngeru ngaro mā te whakawhānau me te whakamoe i a rātou, me te tuku i a rātou ki ō rātou hapori taketake," tana kī. "Nō reira, he wheako tino pai tēnei."
I a ia i Gonzales, i kaha a Trevino ki te mahi i roto i te hapori, i tae atu ki ngā hui a te Lions Club me ētahi atu huihuinga. Nā tēnei i whai wāhi ai ia ki te kite i te pānga i tumanakohia e ia i muri i tana whakawhiwhinga tohu.
"I ngā wāhi katoa e haere ana mātou me ngā rata kararehe, ka haere mai tetahi ki a mātou ka kōrero i ngā kōrero mō ngā kararehe i āwhinahia e rātou me te tūranga nui e takarohia ana e rātou i roto i te hapori - ehara i te mea i roto i te rongoā kararehe anake, engari i roto i te maha atu o ngā wāhanga," tana kī. "Nō reira, ko taku tino tumanako kia whai wāhi atu ahau ki tēnā i tētahi rā."
Ka whakawhānui ake a Patrick Guerrero i ōna mōhiotanga me ōna pūkenga hōiho mā te mahi tauira hurihanga mō te tau kotahi ki Signature Equine i Stephenville, Texas. Kātahi ka whakamahere ia ki te kawe i te wheako ki tōna kāinga tupu o Canutillo, Texas, me te whakatuwhera i tētahi whare hauora nekeneke.
"I a au i te kura kararehe, i tino hiahia ahau ki te rongoā hōiho, inā koa te rongoā hākinakina/te whakahaere i te kopa," tana whakamārama. "I noho ahau hei kaiwhakangungu hōiho i te rohe o Amarillo, ā, i haere tonu taku whakawhanake i aku pūkenga mā te mahi i ētahi mahi tauira kararehe i taku wā waatea i ngā raumati i waenga i ngā wāhanga ako."
E maumahara ana a Guerrero i tōna tamarikitanga, ko te rata kararehe nui tata rawa atu i Las Cruces, New Mexico, e 40 meneti te tawhiti. Kei roto ia i te kaupapa puru arumoni a Future Farmers of America (FFA) ā, i mea ia he uaua ki ngā kararehe nunui te haere ki te rata kararehe, ā, kāore he wāhi kawe waka kua tohua hei tango i ngā kau, i ngā hōiho rānei.
"I taku kitenga i tēnā, ka whakaaro ahau, 'Me āwhina taku hapori mō tēnei, nō reira, ki te taea e au te haere ki te kura kararehe, ka taea e au te tango i aku mea kua akohia, ka whakahoki atu ki taku hapori me te iwi o reira,'" tana mahara. "Koinā te whāinga matua mōku, ā, kua tata atu ahau ki te whakatutuki i tēnā."
Pāwhiri ki konei kia mōhio atu ai koe mō ngā ākonga 61 ka whiwhi i ā rātou tohu DVM mai i Te Whare Wānanga o Texas Tech, ko te tuatoru o rātou he ākonga o te reanga tuatahi.
Ka tuhia e rātou te hītori hei tuatahi i puta i te kura kararehe tuarua o Texas, i whakatūria i neke atu i te rautau ki muri, ā, ko tētahi o ngā kaupapa hauora kararehe e 35 i te United States.
Ka tū te hui whakawhiwhinga tohu i te Rātapu, te 18 o Mei, i te 11:30 i te ata i te Rūma Hui o te Amarillo Civic Center. Ka tae mai ngā hoa me te whānau ki te whakarongo ki ngā kaikōrero manuhiri, tae atu ki te Tumuaki o te Kāreti Rongoā Kararehe a Guy Loneragan, te Perehitini o te Whare Wānanga o Texas Tech a Lawrence Schovanec, te Tumuaki Pūnaha o te Whare Wānanga o Texas Tech a Tedd L. Mitchell, te Perehitini Emeritus o te Pūnaha o te Whare Wānanga o Texas Tech a Robert Duncan, me te Kāwana o Texas a Greg Abbott. Ka tae mai hoki ētahi atu kaihanga ture ā-rohe.
"Kei te tino hiahia mātou katoa ki te hui whakawhiwhinga tohu tuatahi," te kī a Conklin. "Ko te mutunga tēnei o te mahi anō i ngā mea katoa, kātahi ka taea e tātou te ngana anō."
Wā tuku: Mei-26-2025