I-Gotham Greens imemezele ukuthi indawo yayo yokugcina ukushisa esezingeni eliphezulu izoba seCalifornia eduze kwase-University of California, e-Davis (UC Davis), engesinye sezikhungo ezihamba phambili emhlabeni zocwaningo nokufundisa kwezolimo.
Itholakala eSolano County, CA, isigaba sokuqala se-Gotham Greens' 10-acre greenhouse facility kulindeleke ukuthi sivulwe ngo-2021 futhi sizokwenza inkampani ikwazi ukuletha okusha, amaqabunga aluhlaza atshalwe ku-greenhouse kubathengisi abengeziwe, abaqhubi bezinsiza zokudla, kanye nabathengi eWest Coast. Inkampani isebenza enye yamanethiwekhi amakhulu kakhulu futhi athuthuke kakhulu e-hydroponic greenhouses eNyakatho Melika, lapho isidingo semikhiqizo etshalwe endlini siqhubeka nokwanda.
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“Siyaziqhenya ngokuletha i-Gotham Greens oGwini oluseNtshonalanga futhi sibambisane nesinye sezikhungo zocwaningo lwezolimo eziphakeme kakhulu emhlabeni ukuze sithuthukise lonke uhlelo lwezolimo,” kusho u-Viraj Puri, Umsunguli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu we-Gotham Greens. "ICalifornia inesibopho sokutshala ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yemifino yezwe kanye nezingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zezithelo zezwe, kodwa eminyakeni yamuva nje, izinkinga ezithinta isomiso, ukuphepha kokudla, nenhlalakahle yabasebenzi zibonise isidingo sokuqhubeka nokusungula izinto ezintsha."
I-University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) kanye ne-UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (UCD CAES) bangene ebudlelwaneni ne-Gotham Greens ukuze baqhubekisele phambili ucwaningo kanye nokuqanjwa kabusha ezindaweni zezolimo zasendlini, ubuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe be-greenhouse, kanye ezolimo zasemadolobheni. Isikhungo esisha esibamba ukushisa sinika amathuba okuthi i-Gotham Greens kanye nohlelo lweNyuvesi yaseCalifornia basebenzisane ocwaningweni nasekusungulweni okusha okugxile ekuthuthukiseni isayensi, abasebenzi, ubuchwepheshe, kanye nokwenza inzuzo kwezolimo zasendlini emhlabeni jikelele.
“Sakha i-Consortium yezoLimo Ezilawulwayo ukuze sisekele futhi sithuthukise imboni yokulima yasendlini, sikhulise umkhiqizo omusha endaweni encane, futhi sidale imisebenzi emisha yabantu base-California,” kusho u-Gabriel Youtsey, Isikhulu Esiyinhloko Sokusungula E-UC ANR. "I-Gotham Greens inguzakwethu obambe iqhaza kulolu cwaningo nokusebenzisana kwemboni esethemba ukuthi kuzogqugquzela ukuqanjwa kabusha, ukudala abasebenzi abasha abalima ngaphakathi, futhi kusekele ukukhula kwemboni."
“Sijabule ngokusebenzisana ne-Gotham Greens, engumqashi ofiselekayo wabaholi bakusasa kwezolimo nobunjiniyela,” kusho u-Helene Dillard, uDini we-UCD CAES. "Lokhu kubambisana kuzonikeza abafundi bethu ithuba lokufunda izindlela ezingcono kakhulu zochwepheshe abaphambili ekulimeni kwangaphakathi."
I-greenhouse izokhiqiza imisebenzi yesikhathi esigcwele engama-60 futhi inikeze abafundi ohlelweni lweNyuvesi yaseCalifornia ithuba lokuzifundela mathupha kumholi wemboni. I-Gotham Greens isanda kukhulisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-87 emalini entsha yokulingana nezikweletu, okwenza imali yenkampani ekhula ngokushesha ibe ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-130 futhi iqhubekisela phambili isigaba sayo esilandelayo sokukhula.
“Siyajabula ngokuthi i-Gotham Greens ijoyine umnotho wezolimo othuthukayo weSifundazwe saseSolano futhi isize ekungeniseni inkathi entsha ekusungulweni kwezolimo, ekudaleni amathuba emisebenzi, nasekukhuleni komnotho wesifunda,” kusho uSupervisor Wesifunda saseSolano uJohn Vasquez.