I-greenhouse yamahektare amathathu eyenziwe ngengilazi nensimbi kunzima ukuyigeja eduze kwe-Interstate 80 eDavis. Amashumi ezinkulungwane ezimoto adlula kuyo nsuku zonke. Uphawu oluvelele esakhiweni lufundeka kanje, “Gotham Greens.” Ukubheka ngaphakathi kunikeza amazwibela kulokho okungase kube ikusasa lokulima.
Umsunguli wenkampani kanye ne-CEO u-Viraj Puri unikeze i-FOX40 ukuvakasha kwendawo. Izimpande zikaPuri ziseNew York lapho i-Gotham Greens yasungulwa khona eminyakeni eyishumi edlule ukuze ilethe imifino emisha ku-Big Apple.
"Futhi empeleni sisebenza inethiwekhi yonke yalezi zikhungo kulo lonke elase-US," kusho uPuri.
I-Davis greenhouse, eyakhiwa ngo-2021, ingeyokuqala yenkampani eWest Coast, futhi enkulu kunazo zonke, ehlanganisa amahektha amathathu.
“Nokho sikhiqiza isivuno samahektha angaphezu kwekhulu,” kusho uPuri.
Esikhundleni senhlabathi, izimpande zesitshalo ngasinye ku-greenhouse ziboshelwe ku-pod encane ye-peat moss, futhi itshalwe emathreyini amanzi anomsoco. Igama lobuchwepheshe lalolu hlobo lokulima lithi hydroponics. Uma kuqhathaniswa nokukhula kukalethisi ovamile wangaphandle, uPuri uthe le ndlela isebenzisa amanzi angaphansi kwamaphesenti angamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nanhlanu.
"Sithatha wonke amanzi okunisela ukuze aphinde asetshenziswe," kusho uPuri. Ngakho siyakwazi ukukhulisa ulethisi ogcwele sisebenzisa amalitha amabili noma amathathu amanzi, kuyilapho kungathatha amalitha angamashumi amane amanzi ukuze kukhule lelo khanda likalethisi ensimini.”
Kunemikhawulo kulokho inkampani ezovumela amakhamera wezindaba ukuthi athwebule ngaphakathi kwesikhungo. Ubuchwepheshe obuningi bokuphathelene busebenza lapho, kulokho osekuba imboni yokuncintisana ngokushesha.
"Sinezinzwa ezisiza ukulandelela zonke izimo: ukukhanya, umswakama, i-CO2, umoya-mpilo, zonke lezi ziguquguqukayo ezidingwa isitshalo ukuze sikhule," kuchaza uPuri. "Futhi amasistimu ethu okulawula amakhompiyutha azosiza ukuvula nokuvala okokusebenza ukuze kufezwe lezo zimo."
Azikho izinkathi zonyaka ezishintshayo endaweni ye-Gotham Greens. Kuhlale kuyinkathi yokukhula. Ngokusho kwenkampani, i-greenhouse ingakhiqiza amakhanda e-ulethisi angaphezu kwezigidi eziyisithupha ngonyaka.
“Sisebenzisa ukukhanya kwelanga kwemvelo ukuze sinikeze i-photosynthesis edingwa izitshalo ukuze zikhule. Kodwa sinezinhlelo zokupholisa umoya, sinezinhlelo zokushisisa,” kusho uPuri.
Uhlaza luyachuma, futhi lubonakala emashalofini esitolo segrosa sendawo.
“Akudingeki babhekane nesimo sezulu esishisayo, isimo sezulu esibandayo, imvula engafanele noma isichotho noma umoya,” kuchaza uPuri. Ngakho-ke ziyizitshalo eziboshwe kakhulu, njengoba sithanda ukusho. Futhi isitshalo esijabulisayo senza isitshalo esinempilo.”
I-greenhouse iqhele ngamamayela ambalwa ukusuka ekhempasini yase-UC Davis. Futhi ngokusebenzisana nenyuvesi, isebenza njengohlobo lwekilasi elingamahektare amathathu labafundi abafunda ngekusasa lokulima.
"Siqeqesha, uma uthanda, isizukulwane esilandelayo sabalimi abazoya ezinkampanini ezifana ne-Gotham Greens," kusho uDkt. Gail Taylor, uprofesa ohloniphekile nosihlalo womnyango wesayensi yezitshalo e-UC Davis, kusho uDkt.
UTaylor uthe inyuvesi isiza nasekufundiseni abasebenzi bakwaGotham Greens.
“Izinto ezifana nempilo yeshalofu, ukuqinisekisa umkhiqizo osezingeni eliphezulu, nezimo inkampani okungenzeka ukuthi iyayisebenzisa ukuqinisekisa lokho,” kuchaza uTaylor.
U-Taylor uphinde waveza: UC Davis wasungula izindlela zokulima ezingadingi inhlabathi eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule. Umehluko eminyakeni yamuva ubuchwepheshe obenze ukulima nge-hydroponic kwaba nenzuzo futhi kwaba nokwenzeka ngezinga elikhulu.
“Singazitshala lezi zitshalo ngemali ephansi,” kusho uTaylor. “Singakwazi ukugaywa kabusha amanzi ukuze abe nendawo embonini yokudla. Esinye sezihluthulelo ukuthola leyo recipe ekhethekile yezakhamzimba izitshalo ezidinga indawo ngokuphelele. Futhi nezinkampani eziningi, leyo imfihlo yazo enkulu.”
UTaylor uthe akunakwenzeka ukuthi izindawo zokugcina izithombo zithathe indawo yokulima ngaphandle. Umuntu ovamile eMelika udla cishe amakhilogremu ayishumi nambili e-ulethisi ngonyaka, uprofesa wabonisa.
"Ngakho-ke sithembele ezinhlelweni zokukhiqiza ezizinzile nangaphandle," kusho uTaylor. “Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nanhlanu kuya kwamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nanhlanu awo wonke ulethisi e-US atshalwa eCalifornia. Ngakho kuwuhlelo lokukhiqiza olubaluleke ngempela. Futhi nasezinhlelweni zangaphandle, sifunda ukuthi sikwenza kanjani ngempumelelo kakhulu.”
Kodwa amapulazi angaphakathi angaba abashintshi bezilwane, atshale ukudla okuhlanzekile, okungenazibulala-zinambuzane, ukudla okunomsoco ezindaweni zasemadolobheni nasezingwadule zokudla - izindawo lapho izitshalo zingakhuli kalula ngaphandle.
“Ucabanga ngalawo mamayela okudla, ukuthutha ngamaloli nokudla okundizayo ezweni lonke, emhlabeni wonke; lokho akukuhle emvelweni,” kuchaza uTaylor. “Ngakho ngokuzumayo ngalezi zinhlelo zangaphakathi, singazibeka lapho abantu bedinga khona ukudla. Ngakho futhi sinciphise amamayela okudla, onezindleko zegesi ebamba ukushisa. Ngakho kungenye indlela esingathuthukisa ngayo imvelo.”
Futhi ulethisi uyisihloko nje se-iceberg.
"Njengososayensi bezitshalo, ngokungazelelwe sinamandla okucabanga kabusha izitshalo, zonke izinhlobo zokudla, kungaba imifino enamaqabunga noma ama-strawberries noma utamatisi," kusho uTaylor.
“Ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi kuwumthwalo wethu ngempela: abalimi, osomabhizinisi, ochwepheshe bezobuchwepheshe, abenzi bezinqubomgomo nezifundiswa ukusungula izinto ezintsha futhi baqhamuke nezinhlobo ezintsha zokulima ezisebenzisa amanzi amancane,” kuphetha uPuri.
I-Gotham Greens ingumnikazi wamahektha ayishumi endaweni yakwa-Davis futhi inezinhlelo zokwandisa indawo yokushisa engamahektha amathathu.
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