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Zitholele indaba yempumelelo emangalisayo ye-Greenhouse in the Snow, inkampani esungulwe yi-Russ Finch eneminyaka engu-91 ubudala esebenzise amandla e-geothermal ukuze yakhe indawo egcina ukushisa, unyaka wonke. Kusukela ekuqaleni kwayo okuphansi, inkampani ikhulile, ayigcini nje ngokukhula kulo lonke elase-United States kodwa futhi ingena ezimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe eCanada naseYurophu. Funda ukuthi lo mklamo ohlakaniphile we-greenhouse ubushintsha kanjani ubuso bezolimo nokulima ngendlela eyonga amandla.
Emhlabeni wezolimo, ukuqamba okusha kuvame ukugxila ezindaweni ezingalindelekile kakhulu. Enye yezinganekwane ezinjalo zobuhlakani nokubekezela ivela ku-Russ Finch, isisebenzi se-US Postal Service esesathatha umhlalaphansi esivela e-Alliance, Nebraska. Okwaqala njengomzamo wokuthola indlela yemvelo yokushisisa ikhaya lakhe manje sekuqhakazile kwaba yinkampani echumayo ebizwa ngokuthi iGreenhouse in the Snow, ephayona indlela eyisisekelo yokulima okusimeme.
Ukuqinisa Izinga Lokushisa Lemvelo Lomhlaba
Umbono wenguquko kaRuss Finch ugxile ekusebenziseni izinga lokushisa lemvelo lomhlaba, izinga lokushisa elingaguquki elingu-52 degrees Fahrenheit, amafidi ayisishiyagalombili ngaphansi komhlaba. Ngokungena kulo mthombo wamandla we-geothermal, u-Finch udale indawo yokushisa lapho isimo sezulu sasendlini sifudumala ngokwemvelo ebusika futhi sipholiswe ehlobo. Umphumela? Ukongiwa kwamandla kanye nokunciphisa izindleko zokusebenza kwe-greenhouse - i-win-win kokubili abalimi kanye nemvelo.
Kusuka Ekwenziweni Okusha Kwasendaweni kuya Ekwandiseni Umhlaba
Impumelelo yomqondo we-geothermal greenhouse ka-Finch iholele ekusungulweni kweGreenhouse in the Snow, inkampani manje esidayise ama-greenhouse kits angaphezu kuka-700 kulo lonke elase-United States. Lawa makhithi, akhiqizwe ku-Alliance yi-Antioch Machine, LLC, asephenduke uphawu lwezolimo oluzinzile kanye nezinqubo zokulima ezonga amandla.
Ngo-2010, uFinch wahlangana no-Allen Bright, umnikazi we-Antioch Machine, ukuze engamele ukukhiqizwa, ukuthengisa, nokulethwa kwezinsiza ezibamba ukushisa. Ukwengeza, i-Greenhouse in the Snow at the Finch's home yaba yinto eheha izivakashi ezinelukuluku lokuzibonela ngawazo ukuthi ukushisa nokupholisa kwe-geothermal okusezingeni eliphansi kungasiza kanjani ukukhiqizwa konyaka wonke kwezithelo ezisawolintshi, izithelo, imifino nezimbali ezinhlobonhlobo.
Ubusika Obabayo Nekusasa Eliqhakazile
Naphezu kwempumelelo, uhambo aluzange lube nezinselele. Ngo-2022, i-greenhouse yasekuqaleni ekhaya lika-Finch yadilika ngaphansi kwesisindo samafidi ayisishiyagalombili eqhwa phakathi nobusika obedlulele. Kube ukulahlekelwa okubuhlungu, kodwa kuqinise ukuzimisela kukaFinch neqembu lakhe. Izinhlelo sezivele ziyaqhubeka zesakhiwo esisha nesithuthukisiwe.
Ukusebenzisana ne-Nebraska Business Development Center
Kulo lonke uhambo lwabo, uRuss Finch no-Allen Bright baye bancika elwazini nasekuqondisweni kwehhovisi le-Nebraska Business Development Centre (NBDC) e-Chadron. Ithimba le-NBDC, eliholwa abeluleki abafana noChris McCarthy, linikeze ukwesekwa okungenakuqhathaniswa, kusukela ocwaningweni lwemakethe nokuhlaziya ukuncintisana kuya ekuthuthukisweni kwewebhusayithi nokuhlela amasu.
Ukuzibophezela kwe-NBDC ekusizeni amabhizinisi amancane ukuthi aphumelele kube neqhaza elikhulu kuGreenhouse ekukhuleni kwe-Snow. Ngokuka-Jennifer Wittrock, Umsizi Wehhovisi Lakwa-Chadron, “Ibhizinisi lisazikhokhela,” okuwubufakazi bemodeli esimeme futhi eqinile ngokwezezimali eyakhiwe nguFinch noBright.
Imiklomelo nokwaziwa
Ngo-2014, i-Greenhouse in the Snow ithole isihloko se-Sustainability Business of the Year kwa-NBDC. Ngonyaka olandelayo, yazuza ezinye izindondo lapho i-Small Business Administration (SBA) ibona inkampani njenge-Nebraska Congressional District III Small Business of the Year, indawo yesithathu.
Ukunweba ama-Horizons
I-Greenhouse in the Snow inikeza amakhithi obamba ukushisa afaka amafreyimu, i-polycarbonate glazing, nemiyalo ebanzi. Lawa makhithi anenani lentengo ngonyawo oluwumugqa futhi atholakala ngamamitha angu-6, enezindawo eziningi zokugcina izithombo ezinobubanzi obungamafidi angu-17 futhi zisukela ku-78 kuya ku-102 ubude. Ukudayiswa kwenkampani okukhulu kunakho konke, indawo ebamba ukushisa engamafidi angu-180 ubude, ithole ikhaya layo eColorado.
Njengoba le nkampani iqhubeka nokukhula, iGreenhouse in the Snow igxile ezimakethe zomhlaba wonke. Ngokunwetshwa kwakamuva eCanada naseYurophu, ikusasa libukeka lithembisa. U-Allen Bright ugcizelela ukubaluleka kokuqhubeka nokwesekwa kwe-NBDC njengoba bezulazula ezindaweni ezintsha, egqamisa ukuthi amabhizinisi amancane njengawabo adlala indima ebalulekile emnothweni waseNebraska.
Ukusebenzisa kuka-Russ Finch amandla e- geothermal ekwakhiweni kwe-greenhouse akugcinanga nje ngokushintsha indlela esicabanga ngayo ngezolimo olusimeme kodwa futhi kukhuthaze ibhizinisi eliphumelelayo. I-greenhouse ekukhuleni kwe-Snow ibe izimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe kuwubufakazi bamandla obuhlakani nokusebenzisana embonini yezolimo. Njengoba sibheke esikhathini esizayo, kuyacaca ukuthi izinqubo ezisimeme njengalezo ezigqugquzelwa iGreenhouse in the Snow zizodlala indima ebalulekile ekulolongeni ikusasa lokulima.