Hoʻopukaʻia - He kahua kūʻaiʻo Massachusetts Bison kahi wahi e kūʻai ai aʻike i ka Herd
Ua pani paʻaʻiaʻo Alta Vista Bison Farm. Inā makemakeʻoe e kipa aku i kahi mahi bison ma New England a kūʻai i nā iʻa bison hou, e noʻonoʻo e hele i Mohawk Bison ma Goshen, Connecticut.
ʻO kēia kaʻu moʻolelo e pili ana i ka Alta Vista Bison Farm, i kākauʻia ma hope o kaʻu huakaʻi 2001, a mālamaʻia maanei no ka poʻe e makemake e hoʻomanaʻo i ka mahiʻai, i kēia manawa he hale noho. E nānā ma lalo no kahi mau wahiʻo Rutland-ma waena o Massachusetts.
ʻO ia kahi mea'alaʻulaʻokoʻa ... ma lalo o ka momona a me ka cholesterol aʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka pipi, ka puaʻa a me ka moa. A ma ka Alta Vista Farm i Rutland, Massachusetts,ʻaʻole e hiki iāʻoe ke kūʻai wale i nā'āpana o ka haffalo, nāʻaoʻao, nā mokuahi, nā mea hana, a me ka manaʻoʻole paha, nā hotoku, hiki iāʻoe ke nānā i kēia mau mea e hoʻopau loa i nā holoholona i kahi kokoke.
ʻO ka buffalo i kapaʻia i ka wā i kapaʻiaʻo ka buffalo akāʻo ka mea i kapaʻiaʻo American Bison,ʻo kēia mau mea i heluʻia i nā milioni, akā ua make i ka nui o nā mea i ka manawa o ke komohana oʻAmelika. Ma ka makahiki 1890, ua emi iho i lalo o 1,000 mau pahu.
ʻO ka heluna bison ma ka US he mea kupaianaha kupaianaha, akā naʻe, ma muli o nā hana a nā kahu hānai a me nā mahiʻai - me kekahi ma New England.
Ua hoʻomakaʻo Alta Vista Farm i kona hoʻololiʻana mai kahi mahi mahi lawaiʻa i kahi mahi lāʻau bison i ka hopena o nā makahiki 1960. ʻO ka hopena,ʻo kaʻohana Mann, nona kaʻoihana kaulana 1724 mai ka makahiki 1951, kūʻai aku i kāna kau puaʻa e kau wale ma luna o ka bison.
Ua hoʻomaka ko lākou kālepa kūʻai e hana i nāʻanoʻona bison a me nā makana pīpīʻAmelika a me nā bison i ka lehulehu i ka makahiki 1994. E kāhea i mua, 508-886-4365, e nīnau e pili ana i ka loaʻaʻana o nā hayrides eʻike i nā puaʻa no kouʻohana a iʻole pūʻulu . Hiki ke nānā pūʻia nā meaʻai nunui ma ke ala.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi, e kipa i ka mahiʻai i ka wā o kaʻahaʻaina Bison Days i ka makahikiʻo Sepatemapa. ʻAʻole wale ka hāʻina o kaʻahaʻaina he mau hayrides i laweʻia i nā tractor e lawe iāʻoe i waenakonu o ka pua (bison) (e manaʻo aneiʻoe he'ekeʻo keʻokeʻoʻo ka "bait" e hōʻiliʻili ai i kaʻelima?), Ke hāʻawi nei hoʻiʻo ia hiki ke loaʻa i nā meaʻelima buffalo a me nā hotdogs, e aʻo e pili ana i ka moʻomeheuʻAmelika a me ka kūʻaiʻana i nā hana kuʻuna.
Mai makaʻuʻoe e ho'āʻo i kaʻiʻo bison. Eʻimi i nā papa hana kīʻahaʻaiʻole a me nā puka lauʻai i ka pāʻai, a no ka hoʻouluulu e pono aiʻoe e hōʻailona i kēiaʻano olakino maikaʻi.
Ināʻoe e hele ana ... Aia ka'āinaʻo Alta Vista ma Rutland, Massachusetts, ke kūlanakauhale aia ma ka moku'āina o ka moku'āina. ʻO kahi paha o hoʻokahi hora ma ke komohana o Boston. Mai ka Rutland Center, e hele i ke alanui 56 South a hiki i Paxton no hoʻokahi mile. E huli hema ma ke alanui Prescott, e lilo i Hillside Road. Eʻikeʻoe iā Alta Vista Farm e pili ana iʻelua mau mile ma ka'ākau.
ʻO Alta Vista Farm Address: 80 Hillside Road, Rutland, Massachusetts 01543
Ināʻoe e hoʻolālā ana i kahi mākaʻikaʻi ma ka Alta Vista Farm ma Rutland, Massachusetts, eʻike i ka pipi bison a me ka mea kūʻai no ka meaʻono, eia nā wahi noho i kahi kokoke:
Hale Hoʻokena Rufus Nui
344 Main Street, Rutland, 508-886-0200
Hartman's Herb Farm Farm & Breakfast
1026 Old Dana Road, Barre, 978-355-2015
ʻO Jenkins Inn & Restaurant
7 West Street, Barre, 978-355-6444
ʻO ke kīʻaha maikaʻi
100 Pleasant Street, Barre, 978-355-6543
Nā Wahi'ē aʻe e pili ana ... Quabbin Reservoir, Rutland State Park, Hardwick Vineyard & Winery, Hartman's Herb Farm.