Ebe Ezigbo Onye Nlekọta Nri

Ezi Shepherd Food Bank bụ nnukwu ụlọ ọrụ ndị agụụ na-akpali na steeti Maine nke America, na-enye ihe ụmụaka otu obere anọ na-Man-enye nri na steeti ahụ niile.  Na 2015, Food Bank kesara ụlọ ọrụ mmekọ ya nde 23 nde nri.

Ndị nkwakọba ihe mbụ nke Food Bank dị na Auburn, Maine .  Ọ na-arụ ọrụ nkesa ọzọ na Hampden, Maine .  Food-Bank bụ onye otu na-enye nri America (nke bụbu America's Second Harvest, ,enwe mmasị ọchịchọ kacha ukwuu nke mba, nke hiwere isi na Chicago, Illinois .

## Ozi
Ebumnuche nke Ezi Shepherd Food Bank bụ ikpochapụ agụụ na Maine site n'iwepụta na ikesa nri na-edozi ahụ nye ndị nọ na mkpa, wulite mmekọrịta obodo siri ike, na ịchịkọta ọha na eze n'ọgụ iji kwụsị agụụ.

## Akụkọ ihe mere eme
Ezi Shepherd Food Bank malitere na 1981 site na ebe a na-adọba ụgbọala nke JoAnn na Ray Pike. Echiche ahụ sitere n'ịgụ akụkọ akụkọ banyere ụlọ akụ nri ọzọ dị na Kansas nke malitere ịrịọ ngwaahịa sitere na ụlọ ọrụ nri na ịkekọrịta ya na ndị nọ ná mkpa. Ego mbu sitere na ije-a-thin emere na Eprel 12 (Palm Sunday), nke welitere naanị $6,000 mana ezuru iji gaa n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ. Ndị nyere nri mbụ gụnyere Burnham & Morrell (B&M Beans) na Snows Clam Chowder, nke dabere na Pine Point, Maine.

Nnukwu ngosi nke ahụ ahụ na ụlọ ọrụ bịara na 1983 mgbe Hannaford Bros. Co.  , ga-ekesa na ndị na-azụ- ụlọ ọrụ na-erite uru na-azụ ndị na- mama ego.  Hannaford itọsọna ebe mgbake iji kwado nkwado nkwado sitere na mpaghara ọrụ niile nke Hannaford Bros. Co. N'ime afọ fu ego gara aga, Hannaford Bros. Co. bụ onye nyere 50% zuru oke nkenke niile enwetara na nri nri.  -Bank

Mgbakwunye nke Walmart Superstores, Shaw's Supermarkets, Barber Foods Co., Jordan Foods, Lepage Bakeries, Sure Winner Foods, na ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ dị nta dị ka ndị na-enye nri nri na-eme ka nri na-edozi ahụ na-esiwanye ike.  maka ndị Maine bụ ndị nwere mkpa mkpa mkpa.  nri kwesịrị.

N'afọ 1981, ndị Pikes dị ikesa nri site na isi ndị ụka obodo na mmemme ole na ole na Lewiston-Auburn na mpaghara gbara ya gburugburu.  Ka ọnụ ọgụgụ nri na-azụ, ha rutere n'ihu, na- mpaghara Portland na Augusta.  Taa, a na-arụ ọrụ nkesa nri nye ndị na-adị ná mkpa site na Nkwado nkwado nke ihe nke ihe ụlọ ọrụ 600 na-enye akwụkwọ ozi.

Ka Pikes na-aga n'ihu na-enye ọtụtụ mmadụ nri, onyinye nri dị ukwuu, ọ dịghị anya ruo mgbe Food Bank ga-akwaga ebe ọhụrụ. Ezigbo ụlọ nri onye ọzụzụ atụrụ si n'ụlọ Pike kwaga 3,000 square feet (280 m   n'ime ochie Centennial Mill na Lewiston. Oghere ahụ abawanyela site na 7,000 sq ft (650 m  , 14,000 sq ft (1,300 m   . ruo 21,000. N'agbanyeghị oghere a ezughị oke yana ezighi ezi maka nchekwa nri. Mgbe nyochachara nke ukwuu, na 1987, e bufere ya na 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m   . gaa n'ụlọ nkwakọba ihe nri mbụ na Lisbon St., na ọtụtụ afọ ka e mesịrị 10,000 sq ft (930 m   agbakwunyere iji jikwaa nri niile. Emere nrụzigharị iji wuo friza na igwe nju oyi ga-abanye.

Ka ọ na-erule 1998, n'ihi mkpa ọ dị maka ịbawanye ikike, Board ahụ tụlere ịzụrụ ụlọ ahụ na 415 Lisbon Street. Mgbe nyocha nke oghere ahụ gosipụtara na akụkụ nke ụlọ ahụ adịghị mma, Board kpebiri ịhapụ saịtị a ma wuo ụlọ nkwakọba ihe ọhụrụ. Na Julaị 2001, Ezi Onye Ọzụzụ Atụrụ Food-Bank nwere nnukwu ohere nke ịkwaga n'ụlọ nkwakọba ihe arụpụtara ọhụrụ, ahaziri maka ọrụ ya. Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ nwere 53,000 square feet (4,900 m   nke oghere enwere ike iji, yana ịdị elu nke 34 feet (10 m) iji nabata oke nri. Igwe nju oyi na-ebu gwongworo 12 nke ihe oriri jụrụ oyi na ngwa nju oyi na-ejide ihe karịrị gwongworo ise nke ngwaahịa ọhụrụ na ngwaahịa mmiri ara ehi.

## Ịgbasawanye iru nke Ezi Onye Ọzụzụ Atụrụ ahụ
N'oge gara aga, ebe dị anya bụ nnukwu ihe na-enye akwụkwọ maka ụlọ ọrụ dị ọtụtụ awa site n'isi ụlọ ọrụ Food Bank na Auburn;  ọtụtụ chere na akụkụ ike oke nri zuru oke.  iru ahụ lebara nsogbu a anya, yana ọrụ ya ijere steeti Maine dum ozi, site n'ịmepụta ebe nkesa na Brewer.  onye ọrụ a emechiela;  Otú ọ dị, ụlọ ọrụ nkesa ọhụrụ na Hampden nọchiri ya.  Onye ọrụ dị na Hampden na-eje ozi ugbu a ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ mpaghara asaa na Northern na Downeast Maine.

## Hụkwa

Òtù:Ikike Nri