Eningizimu, abalimi abafana no-Jamey Gage we-B5 Farms bagwema ukushisa kwaseTexas ngokuvuna ezinye izitshalo ezifana notamatisi ebusika. Besebenzisa imigudu ephezulu, eyizakhiwo ezifana ne-greenhouse, abalimi bayakwazi ukutshala utamatisi emazingeni okushisa afanele. Lolu hlelo lubavumela ukuthi basebenze eduze kukaMama Wendalo, kodwa kulo nyaka ubenezinhlelo zakhe.
UGage uthe uhlele kusenesikhathi ezinsukwini ezandulela isiphepho. “Ngafaka ama-greenhouse ebusika, ngabheka wonke ama-heater, ngethula abalandeli be-circulation. Ngilungise wonke amaphethelo e-greenhouse ukuze kube nokungezwani okwengeziwe,” kusho yena.
Iqiniso lamshaya kakhulu ngoFebhuwari 15 ngesikhathi amazinga okushisa ephansi kakhulu. Ngenkathi amandla engena futhi ephuma, uGage wayengaphandle ezama ukuhlenga izithelo eziningi ngangokunokwenzeka zezithelo. “Amazinga okushisa ayehla ngokushesha kangangokuthi ngaphandle kokuthi ugesi usheshe uvele sazi ukuthi sizolahlekelwa izitshalo ezithile,” kusho uGage.
Ezinsukwini kamuva, umonakalo usabalwa, kodwa awulungiseki, futhi ekukhungathekeni kukaGage: ungagwemeka ngokuphelele. “Siyazikhokhela izinsiza futhi silindele ukuzithola,” kusho yena. Ukulahleka kwamandla okuhlinzeka ngezifudumezi ngaphakathi kwamathaneli aphezulu akunamsebenzi. UGage ulinganisela ukuthi cishe u-80% wesivuno sakhe sikatamatisi ufe ngenxa yamazinga okushisa edijithi eyodwa kanye namakhaza angaphansi kweziro. Izindleko zomonakalo zilinganiselwa ku-$75,000, ingabalwa imali ayichitha ekuthengeni kanye nesikhathi esinikezelwe ekukhuleni.
KuGage, nabaningi abafana naye, umsebenzi uyaqhubeka nokuhlola umonakalo nokwakha kabusha. Kuzoba nobunye ubusika, kodwa uma kukhona angakusho ngakho: ngeke aphinde ashiye ukuziphilisa ezandleni zosopolitiki.
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