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Mumoyo weArlington, imba yekuchengetera isingaonekwe ine basa rekurima rine chinangwa chekutsanangudza kuwanikwa kwechikafu chitsva uye chine hutano. Area 2 Farms, yakavambwa muna 2022, yakaunza hunyanzvi hwekurima hwakamira, inozivikanwa seSilo, inoshanda gore rose uye inobata mukana wekurwisa magwenga echikafu mumaguta. Joinha isu patinenge tichiongorora bhizimusi iri rinoshamisa uye nekukanganisa kwaro pane zvinovaka muviri uye kugara kwenharaunda.
Paunofunga nezvepurazi, mifananidzo yeminda yakakura uye mafuro angangouya mupfungwa. Nekudaro, shanduko itsva yezvekurima iri kuitika chinyararire mukati memadziro asina kuzvikudza eimba yekuchengetera zvinhu muArlington, Virginia. Nharaunda 2 Mapurazi, yakavambwa muna 2022, yakagadzirira kuve shanduko yemutambo wekudya mugwenga rekudya nekushandisa yakatwasuka tekinoroji yekurima kurima nyowani gore rose.
Pakutanga, imba yekuchengetera iyi inogona kunge isingaite sepurazi rechinyakare. Iri pakati pechitoro che autobody uye imbwa yekuchengeta zuva, chitarisiko chayo chinonyengera. Zvakadaro, seri kwefaçade yezvidhinha uye gonhi rakapendwa negirinhi pane kushamisa kwekurima kwemazuva ano. Jackie Potter, murongi wezvekushambadzira weArea 2 Farms, akatungamira Mutori wedu wenhau wehutano uye hutano Victoria Sanchez mukati memukati meimba yekuchengetera zvinhu, achiburitsa moyo weiyi tsvarakadenga yekurima.
Iyo yepakati yeArea 2 Farms ndiyo Silo, yakakwirira yakatwasuka midziyo yekurima yakashongedzerwa mazinga masere ekukura miriwo. Chii chinosiyanisa Silo kugona kwayo kudzokorora kutenderera kwezuva rezvidyarwa. Matunhu maviri epasi anoramba asina kuvheneka, achifananidzira chikamu chezvirimwa "kurara". Sezvo kutenderera kunofambira mberi, zvirimwa zvinokwira kumusoro, zvinogamuchira mvura, uye zvishoma nezvishoma zvinomuka, zvichiratidzira maitiro echisikigo anoonekwa mumapurazi echinyakare.
Mumwe angashamisika kuti purazi rakaguma sei mukati mechivako chehofisi. Jackie Potter akatsanangura, "Izvo zvese zvinoenderana nekuti chivakwa chipi uye kuti muridzi wemba anoti chii. Isu tinongoda pekugezera nemvura." Munyika yepost-COVID, zvivakwa zvisina vanhu zvakaita kuti varidzi vedzimba nemaguta vatarise sarudzo nyowani dzekugara, uye kurima mumadhorobha kuri kuratidza kuve sarudzo inokwezva.
Silo inotodada nemamwe mascots asina kujairika — Toy Story mavara. Radhishi inokura pasi peziso rakarinda reStinky Pete, nepo girinhi hanyanisi inochengetedzwa naRex. Mechanical pulleys, anoshandiswa nematoyi epurasitiki seClaw, Slinky, Buzz Lightyear, uye Zurg, anobatsira kutakura zvirimwa pazvinokura, zvichiwedzera kubata kunoshamisa kune uku kwehunyanzvi hwekuita basa.
Nekudaro, icho chaicho chaicho cheArea 2 Mapurazi chiri muchinangwa chayo chekugadzirisa magwenga echikafu munzvimbo dzemaguta. Mumaguta mazhinji, nharaunda dzinotambira mari shoma hadzina kuwana chikafu chinyoro uye chinovaka muviri, ine maresitorendi echikafu anowanzo tungamira nyika. Maererano neA USDA's Food Access Research Atlas, Washington, DC magwenga ezvokudya anowanikwa kumabvazuva kweAnacostia River. Nzvimbo 2 Mapurazi akatsunga kuchinja izvi.
“Mumadhorobha, kune avanodaidza kuti ‘magwenga echikafu’ kwaungangove neMcDonald’s neWendy’s, uye girosari riri pedyo richange riri mamaira mashoma uko vanhu vasingakwanise kusvika. Izvi zvingabatsira nazvo here?" Sanchez akabvunza.
Mhinduro yaJackie Potter yakasimbisa kugona kweshanduko kwechinangwa ichi: “Kana tikakwanisa kuunza purazi ikoko, kuwanikwa kutsva kwechikafu, kunyanya munzvimbo dzinotambira mari shoma, kwakakura. Vari kugamuchira mabhegi emachipisi kana zvimwewo zvinhu zvinobatsira mugwenga rekudya, asi dai taizounza purazi ikoko, ndinoreva kuti ndiko kuchinja kunovaka muviri.”
Zvakare, Area 2 Farms iri kushanda nesimba kuita kuti goho rayo riwanikwe kuburikidza neSNAP neWIC mabhenefiti, ayo anobatsira mhuri dzine mari shoma mukuwedzera mabhajeti egirosari nezvinyoro uye zvine hutano zvinongedzo. Kuzvipira uku kuti vanhu vawanikwe kunosimbisa kuzvipira kwepurazi mukuvandudza kudya kunovaka muviri nekugara zvakanaka kwevanhu.
Munyika umo mazwi akadai se "organic" uye "purazi-ku-tafura" anowanzo reva hupfumi, Nzvimbo 2 Mapurazi inopa chiono chinokurudzira cheramangwana rinosanganisirwa uye rakagadzikana. Kuburikidza nehunyanzvi hwekuvandudza tekinoroji uye kuzvipira kushandira nharaunda dzisina kuchengetedzwa, iyi Arlington yakatwasuka purazi yagadzirira kuve yechokwadi shanduko yemutambo wekudya uye kuenzana kwechikafu.
Tags: Agriculture, Vertical Farming, Urban Farming, Food Deserts, Nutrition, Sustainable Agriculture, Community Well-being, Accessible Food, Innovative Farming.