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Ibhizinisi elidala le-biotech greenhouse, elihlanganisa ngaphezu kwamamitha-skwele ayi-6,000, seliqhamuke ligxile kakhulu ekutshaleni amazambane akhiqizwe ngofuzo afuywe ukuze acutshungulwe, kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezinye izitshalo. Le nkampani isanda kuqala ukuvela esidlangalaleni ngomhla zingama-24 kuNhlaba, ephawulwe ngomcimbi wokusika iribhoni obuhanjelwe abantu abaqavile abavela kuhulumeni wase-Henderson County kanye nemikhakha yezolimo.
Iholwa u-Judson Ward, Umsunguli kanye Nesikhulu Esiyinhloko Sezobuchwepheshe (i-CTO) ye-Ohalo Genetics, inkampani itshale izigidi ezingu-USD 9 million endaweni yayo esezingeni eliphezulu, eseduze nendawo ebamba ukushisa eVan Wingerden International.
UWard uveze ukuthi indawo yaseMills River njengamanje iqashe abantu abayisishiyagalombili, ngezinhlelo zokuphinda kabili inani labasebenzi emasontweni ambalwa ezayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Ohalo Genetics ifuna ngenkuthalo umfuyi wamazambane onekhono futhi ihlose ukudala amanye amathuba emisebenzi maduzane.
“Sidlulisela isicelo kumfuyi wamazambane namuhla futhi sizoqasha ochwepheshe abengeziwe phakathi nonyaka osele. Inhloso yethu ukuqasha abantu abaphakathi kwe-10 kuya kwabangu-20 ngaphezulu. Umphakathi wendawo ususeke ngendlela emangalisayo, futhi sifisa ukufaka isandla ngendlela eyakhayo emnothweni wesifunda,” kusho uJudson Ward, Umsunguli we-Ohalo Genetics' kanye ne-CTO, njengoba kubikwe yiBlue Ridge Now.
UJudson Ward ugcizelele ukuthi i-Ohalo Genetics isebenzisa indlela yokuziphendukela kwemvelo ukuze iguqule ubuciko nesayensi yokuzalanisa izitshalo.
“Ngokugxila ekusimamiseni ukwanda kwenani labantu emhlabeni wethu, sinikele iminyaka emibili edlule ekwakheni uhlaka olusha lokuguqula izinhlelo zokuzalanisa nokukhiqiza. Endimeni yami yangaphambilini yokuhola ithimba elizalanisa amangqamuzana e-Driscoll, ithimba lami lasebenzisa ubuchwepheshe besimanje ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusetshenziswa kofuzo kanye ne-genomics kuzo zombili izitshalo ze-diploid ne-polyploid. Imizamo yethu isekele izindlela zokuzalanisa izitshalo zendabuko eziphumelelayo (okungezona i-GMO kuphela) ezathuthukisa ukusetshenziswa kwezinsiza futhi zaveza izinhlobo ezinambitheka kakhulu ezinezidingo ezincishisiwe zezolimo,” kuchaza uWard.
Ukusungulwa kwe-Ohalo Genetics kumele igxathu elithokozisayo eliya phambili emkhakheni wamabhizinisi we-biotech greenhouse. Ngokusebenzisa ubunjiniyela bezakhi zofuzo kanye nezindlela ezintsha zokuzalanisa, inkampani ihlose ukufaka isandla kwezolimo esimeme futhi ibhekane nezinselelo ezilethwa ukwanda kwabantu emhlabeni jikelele. Ngokugxila okuvuselelwe ekucutshungulweni kwamazambane, i-Ohalo Genetics isilungele ukwethula izinhlobo zamazambane ezinoveli ezinikeza ukunambitheka okuthuthukisiwe futhi okudinga izinsiza ezimbalwa, ngaleyo ndlela kube nomthelela omuhle embonini nasemvelweni ngokufanayo.
Njengoba le nkampani ikhulisa ukusebenza kwayo futhi iqinisa abasebenzi bayo, inamandla okuqhubekisela phambili ukukhula komnotho emphakathini wendawo, ikhuthaze ukwakhiwa kwamathuba emisebenzi futhi izimise njengomdlali ovelele emkhakheni we-biotechnology kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha kwezolimo.