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ILittle Leaf Farms, umkhiqizi we-lettuce ohamba phambili we-hydroponic, usanda kuvulwa indawo yokushisa esezingeni eliphezulu ePennsylvania. Lokhu kwandiswa akugcini nje ngokuthuthukisa amandla okukhiqiza enkampani kodwa futhi kwethula umzamo omusha—uhlelo lokuthengisa lomumo wabo we-ulethisi. Lesi sihloko sidingida ukuthuthukiswa kwe-greenhouse entsha ye-Little Leaf Farms, ukubaluleka kophawu lokuhweba lokuma kwe-ulethisi, kanye nemiphumela engaba khona yale ndlela emisha embonini yezolimo.
I-Little Leaf Farms isizinze njengomdlali ovelele emakethe ye-ulethisi ye-hydroponic, eyaziwa ngomkhiqizo wayo osimeme futhi otshalwa endaweni. Le nkampani isanda kwandisa ukusebenza kwayo ngokuvula indawo entsha yokushisa ukushisa ePennsylvania. Lesi sinyathelo esibalulekile sihloselwe ukukhulisa amandla abo okukhiqiza ulethisi ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nesidingo esikhulayo semifino emisha, esezingeni eliphezulu.
I-greenhouse esanda kuvulwa ifakwe ubuchwepheshe besimanje, okuhlanganisa nezinhlelo zokunisela ezithuthukisiwe, izibani ezonga ugesi kanye nezindlela ezinembile zokulawula isimo sezulu. Lezi zici zesimanje zenza indawo ekahle yokulinywa kwe-ulethisi, iqinisekise ikhwalithi engashintshi kanye nesivuno unyaka wonke. Ngokusebenzisa izindlela ze-hydroponic, ama-Little Leaf Farms anganciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi futhi aqede isidingo sezibulala-zinambuzane zamakhemikhali, akhuthaze izindlela zokulima ezisimeme futhi ezinobungani nemvelo.
Ngale kwengqalasizinda ye-greenhouse ebabazekayo, i-Little Leaf Farms ingena ebhizinisini elingajwayelekile—uhlelo lokusebenza lophawu lwentengiso lokuma kwawo ulethisi. Ngokwesiko, izimpawu zokuhweba bezihlotshaniswa namalogo, amagama emikhiqizo, noma amaphakheji ahlukile. Kodwa-ke, ngokufuna ukuvikela ukuma kwe-lettuce yabo, i-Little Leaf Farms ihlose ukuhlukanisa umkhiqizo wabo emakethe, ukuvimbela ukulingisa, nokusungula ubunjalo obuyingqayizivele.
Ukuma kwe-ulethisi, nakuba kubonakala kungabalulekile, kungadlala indima ekuthandeni komthengi nokuqashelwa. I-Little Leaf Farms ihlose ukuvikela ukuvikeleka okusemthethweni kwesimo sawo sikalethisi, ivikele indlela yabo emisha yokutshala ulethisi. Uma kuphumelele, lolu hlelo lokusebenza lophawu lwentengiso lungase lubeke isibonelo kwabanye abakhiqizi bezolimo ukuze bahlole amasu ahlukile okufaka uphawu, okungase kuholele endaweni yemakethe ehlukahlukene futhi enobuhlakani.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukwethulwa kophawu lokuthengisa lomumo we-ulethisi kuvula amathuba okubambisana nobudlelwano phakathi kwezimboni zezokupheka nezokudla. Izindawo zokudlela, abacubunguli bokudla, nabathengisi bangase babe nentshisekelo yokufinyelela okukhethekile ku-ulethisi onomumo ohlukile, okubenza bakwazi ukuthuthukisa ukunikezwa kwemikhiqizo yabo futhi bahluke kwabaqhudelana nabo.
I-greenhouse entsha yasePennsylvania yase-Little Leaf Farms iphawula ingqopha-mlando emzamweni wabo wokukhiqiza ulethisi osimeme. Isicelo sophawu lokuthengisa lomumo wabo we-lettuce sengeza isici esithakazelisayo ekusebenzeni kwabo, sigcizelela ukubaluleka kokusungula izinto ezintsha kanye nokwehlukanisa emkhakheni wezolimo. Njengoba imboni ijwayela ukushintsha okufunwa ngabathengi nokuthandwayo, lokhu kuthuthukiswa kungase kukhuthaze abanye abadlali ukuthi bahlole amasu okuthengisa angajwayelekile, okugqugquzela imakethe enamandla kakhulu futhi enokuncintisana.