David Brandt (manomi)

**David William Brandt** (16 ga Nuwamba, 1946 - 21 ga Mayu, 2023)  ya kasance manomi ne na Amurka wanda aka sani da aiki a kan dabarun noma masu ɗorewa, musamman aikin gona da kuma rufe amfanin gona.  A waje da aikin gona, an san shi a intanet don kasancewa fuskar meme.

## Rayuwa ta farko
Brandt ya girma a Carroll, Ohio,  a cikin iyalin manoma, kuma ya yi aiki a gonar kakansa tun yana ƙarami.  A makarantar sakandare ya gudanar da aikin alade na "farrow-to-finish".

An rubuta Brandt a cikin Yaƙin Vietnam makonni biyu bayan ya auri matarsa, Kendra . Daga 1968 har zuwa 1969, Brandt ya yi aiki tare da Marines, inda ya ɗora harsashin tanki a matsayin wani ɓangare na rundunar makamai. Ya ji rauni a lokacin hidimarsa, wanda aka ba shi kyautar Purple Heart . 

## Ayyuka
Bayan ya dawo gida daga Yaƙin Vietnam, Brandt ya fara aiki a matsayin manomi a shekarar 1969.  Ba da daɗewa ba bayan dawowarsa, mahaifinsa ya mutu a hatsarin ma'aikata. Bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa, an tilasta masa sayar da ƙasar mahaifinsa da yawancin kayan aikinsa. Shi da matarsa, Kendra, sun fara aikin gona a cikin 1971 a matsayin hanyar rage farashi yayin da suka fara noma a kan karamin sikelin da kasafin kuɗi.   Ya kuma sami $ 3000 daga shirin da ya nemi karfafa manoma su gwada dabarun da ba su noma ba. A wannan shekarar, ya sami damar sayen gonar kakarsa. A lokacin, gonarsu ta mayar da hankali kan masara, soya, da alkama, amma kuma sun kiwon aladu da shanu na Charolais.  

A shekara ta 1978 Brandt ya fara ƙara vetch mai gashi da wake na hunturu a cikin gonakinsa don sarrafa rushewa da haɓaka nitrogen a cikin ƙasa, don haka ƙara yawan amfanin gona.

Daga 1981 har zuwa 1984 Brandt ya yi aiki ga Hukumar Kula da albarkatun kasa ta USDA ta matsayin masanin aikin gona na gida.

A shekara ta 1985, Brandt ya daina aiki a matsayin manomi mai haya. Shi da iyalinsa sun fara gona a ƙasa a Carroll, Ohio, wanda da farko kakarsa ce, inda Brandt zai yi aiki har tsawon rayuwarsa. Ya ƙaura daga kiwon dabbobi don riba don mayar da hankali kan kiwon amfanin gona.

A ƙarshen shekarun 1990 da farkon shekarun 2000, Brandt ya yi gwaji tare da haɗuwa daban-daban da nau'ikan amfanin gona, kamar radishes da sunflowers,  don inganta amfanin gona da inganta Ingancin ƙasa.  A sakamakon wadannan amfanin gona, Brandt ya sami damar ragewa a kan kayan aikin nitrogen na kasuwanci, wanda kuma ya adana kuɗi. Bugu da ƙari, Brandt ya ga ƙarancin ƙwayoyin cuta da ƙarancin kwari a cikin amfanin gonarsa, har ya sami damar ragewa ko dakatar da amfani da ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin daji, herbicide, da ƙwayoyi a wasu sassan gonar.  

A cikin 2012, USDA ta fara shirin ilimin ƙasa a gonar Brandt.

Daga 2017 har zuwa 2021 Brandt ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Kasa, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta da ke mai da hankali kan Aikin noma mai sabuntawa, wanda ya taimaka wajen ganowa. Brandt ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Majalisar No-Till ta Ohio na tsawon shekaru 14.

Brandt ya yi aiki tare da wasu manoma da kungiyoyi don samar da horo kan dabarun kiyayewa. Ya kuma dauki bakuncin ayyukan bincike a gonarsa, gami da wasu da Jami'ar Jihar Ohio ke gudanarwa.   Baya ga aiki a gona, ya kuma yi tafiya kuma ya yi magana a lokuta daban-daban, gami da taron NATO, game da aikin gona mai ɗorewa. A shekara ta 2015 Stéphane Le Foll, Ministan Noma da Abinci na Faransa, ya gayyace shi zuwa Faransa don yin aiki tare da manoma marasa noma a can bayan Le Foll ya ziyarci gonar Brandt.

### Sanarwa
A cikin 2012, shugaban USDA-NRCS Dave White ya kira Brandt "Obi-Wan Kenobi na ƙasa mai lafiya".

A watan Maris na shekara ta 2016, Ohio Farmer Magazine ta ba shi suna Master Farmer . 

A cikin 2022, No-till on the Plains, wani ilimi da aikin gona mai zaman kansa wanda ke zaune a Kansas, ya kirkiro lambar yabo ta No-till David Brandt Soil Legacy Award, don a ba da ita ga "masu samar da haske waɗanda suka himmatu ga aikinsu na rayuwa don inganta lafiyar ƙasa". An ba da kyautar ga Brandt.

## Meme

A cikin shekara ta 2012, an ɗauki hoton Brandt a lokacin wani taron Kula da Kula da albarkatun kasa. USDA ce ta buga shi a kan layi a shekarar 2014. Ya fara zagayawa a matsayin meme a cikin 2018, tare da misali na farko da aka sani da aka buga a Reddit .   Hoton ya nuna Brandt yana tsaye a filin, tare da taken "Ba abu ne mai yawa ba, amma aiki ne mai gaskiya". Brandt ya ce yana jin daɗin kasancewa meme, kuma yana amfani da kalmar magana akai-akai, kodayake ya ce malaminsa na makarantar sakandare na Turanci ba zai amince da amfani da shi na "ain't" ba.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Brandt ya sadu da matarsa, Kendra, a makarantar sakandare, kuma biyun sun yi aure a tsakiyar shekarun 1960 kafin a tura shi. Suna da 'ya'ya biyu, Amy da Jay. Kendra ta mutu a shekarar 2020 daga ciwon daji.   Ɗansa, surukinsa, da jikansa sun yi aiki tare da Brandt a gona.  

### Mutuwa
A ranar 18 ga Mayu, 2023, Brandt ya yi tafiya zuwa Champaign, Illinois, don karɓar wasu jan masara don gonarsa. Yayinda yake tuki zuwa Ohio zuwa gabas a kan I-74, a kusan karfe 1:15 na yamma, ya rasa iko da motarsa kuma an fitar da shi daga motar a makwabciyar Urbana, Illinois. An kwantar da shi a asibitin Carle Foundation a cikin wani asibiti, inda ya mutu da misalin karfe 1:30 na safe a ranar 21 ga Mayu, yana da shekaru 76.