O le fausiaina o le USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) fou a Agricultural Research Technology Center i Salinas, Kalefonia, na amata i le aso 26 o Aukuso i se sauniga o le suatiaina o le eleele.
O le fale su'esu'e fa'apitoa, lea o le a aofia ai fale su'esu'e fou, greenhouses ma le gafatia mo saienitisi fa'aopoopo, e fausia i luga o le ARS Crop Improvement and Protection Research Laboratory i Salinas.
“A mae’a loa lenei fale fou, o le a mafai ona matua fa’alautele a matou su’esu’ega i le gaosiga gafataulimaina o fuala’au ‘aina ma fuala’au ‘aina—su’esu’ega e taua tele i le manuia o le vaega tele o fa’atoaga a Kalefonia. Ma o le a mafai ona matou faʻalauteleina le galulue faʻatasi ma a matou paaga ua leva i le Iunivesite o Kalefonia, Davis, o loʻo galulue faʻatasi ma i matou mo le toeitiiti atoa le 100 tausaga i luga o le tele o faʻalapotopotoga o galuega faatino e aofia uma ai meaʻai ma faʻatoʻaga fale gaosi oloa, "o le tala lea a le Pule o le ARS. Chavonda Jacobs-Young.
Sui o Jimmy Panetta (D-CA, 20th), faatasi ai ma le sui litaea Sam Farr ma le sui Sanford Bishop (D-GA, 2).nd), na taʻitaʻia le totogi mo fale suʻesuʻe fou. "E ala i le faʻalauteleina oa tatou fale, o le a fesoasoani e faʻamautinoa ai suʻesuʻega fou i fualaau aina ma fualaau faisua e sili ona lelei le tautua a tatou tagata faʻatau, paaga, ma le sosaiete faʻasaienisi," o le tala lea a James D. McCreight, Taʻitaʻi Suesue o le ARS Crop, Improvement and Protection Research Unit.
O isi na saunoa i le suatiaina o le eleele e aofia ai:
- Chris Valadez, Peresetene, Grower-Shipper Association o Kalefonia Tutotonu
- Rick Tomlinson, Peresetene, Kalefonia Strawberry Commission
- Jennifer Clarke, Pule Sili, California Leafy Greens Research Program
- Jessy Beckett Parr, Fa'atonu Fa'atonu, California Certified Organic Farmers Foundation
- Brise Tencer, Faatonu Sili, Organic Farming Research Foundation
le Auaunaga Suesuega Faatoaga o le US Department of Agriculture's fa'asaienisi sili i totonu o fale su'esu'e lala sooupu. O aso uma, e taulaʻi le ARS i fofo i faʻafitauli faʻatoʻaga e aʻafia ai Amerika. O tala ta'itasi na fa'aagaga i su'esu'ega fa'ato'aga e maua ai le $20 o a'afiaga tau tamaoaiga.
- Kim Kaplan, ARS