I-Lethbridge College kanye ne-Sunterra Greenhouse banikezwe uxhaso lwemali ecela ku-$784,000 evela esikhwameni sikahulumeni wesifundazwe se-Result Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) ngocwaningo lwabo lokuthuthukisa izimo zokutshala i-greenhouse ekukhiqizeni ama-strawberry notamatisi unyaka wonke.
"Ukweseka ukukhiqizwa kokudla kwendawo, okusimeme ngokunika amandla ucwaningo kuzothuthukisa ukudla esikudlayo, umoya esiwuphefumulayo futhi kuzoletha imisebenzi ebalulekile emiphakathini yasemaphandleni ase-Alberta," kusho umqondisi wocwaningo lwe-RDAR uClinton Dobson. "Le phrojekthi iyisibonelo esihle sezinhlangano ezimbili ezisebenza ndawonye ukuthuthukisa isivuno se-greenhouse e-Alberta futhi zibonise izindlela zokukhiqiza ukuze kukhule umkhakha we-greenhouse wase-Alberta."
Imvelo yesizini yokukhiqizwa kwe-greenhouse eningi e-Alberta ivumela kuphela izindawo zokugcina izithombo ukuthi zikhule izitshalo ngesikhathi sentwasahlobo nezinyanga zasehlobo ngenxa yokuncipha kokukhanya kwemvelo kanye nezindleko zokushisisa eziphakeme ekwindla kanye nezinyanga zasebusika ezibandayo.
Sekuyiminyaka eminingi abalimi be-greenhouse e-Alberta bekhala ngokuthi ngenxa yesimo sesizini semboni, bayaphoqeleka ukuthi bathengise imikhiqizo yabo ngenani eliphansi kakhulu lemakethe kunemikhiqizo engeyona eyesikhathi sonyaka evela kwamanye amazwe okubabeka kusimo esibucayi sokuncintisana.
Lolu xhaso lwezimali lwesibonelelo luqala ukusebenzisana kocwaningo lwesikhathi eside phakathi kweLethbridge College kanye neSunterra Farms Greenhouses Ltd.,” kusho uKenny Corscadden, Iphini Likamongameli Wocwaningo eLethbridge College. “Sisonke, siyalibona ithuba elibalulekile e-Alberta lezithelo nemifino etshalwe endaweni ebamba ukushisa. Kunamathuba amahle kakhulu emakethe esifundazweni sethu kukho kokubili ama-strawberry notamatisi, futhi lezi zivivinyo zangaphambi kokuhweba kwi-Brooks Research and Production Greenhouse yethu ne-Sunterra zizofaka isandla kulo mkhakha okhulayo.”
I-Sunterra yethemba ukuthi lezi zilingo ziholela ezinzuzweni ezinkulu zezentengiso esikhathini esizayo.
“Indaba emnandi; sikholelwa ukuthi e-Alberta, ezolimo ziyikusasa futhi ngezindlela eziningi zizothuthukisa umnotho,” kusho umongameli we-Sunterra Group uRay Price.
“Sinomhlaba, sinamandla, sinabantu, sinamanzi, futhi kufanele ngabe siwasebenzisele ukondla abantu base-Albert kuphela kodwa emhlabeni jikelele.