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Mumoyo weTexas, Gotham Greens iri kutungamira shanduko yezvekurima, ichishandisa tekinoroji yepamusoro kurima zvirimwa zvekutanga ichiisa pamberi pekuchengetedza nharaunda. Nekuzvipira mukuita zvakanaka uye kugara zvakanaka kwenharaunda, chirongwa ichi hachizadzise chete kudiwa kwedunhu remichero mitsva asi zvakare kugadzirisa kusachengeteka kwechikafu kuburikidza nekuedza kwekubatsira.
Muganhu wekurima unowedzera sezvo Gotham Greens, mutyairi wekurima mukati mekurima, anovheneka kukunda kwayo kwazvino: yekucheka-kumucheto hydroponic greenhouse muSeagoville, Texas. Inotora nzvimbo inosvika 210,000 masikweya mafiti, nzvimbo iyi yepamusoro-soro inoratidza kushinga kwekambani mukati memwoyo weTexas, ichivimbisa gore rose zvirimwa zvinyoro, zvinorimwa munharaunda.
Inongowanikwa makiromita makumi maviri kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwedhorobha reDallas, imba inodziya inomiririra Gotham Greens 'kuzvipira kune kurima kwakasimba uye kugadzirwa kwechikafu munharaunda. Nekushandisa hunyanzvi hwekugadzira hydroponic, Gotham Greens ine chinangwa chekupa grocery uye chikafu chekudya muTexas yese ine akasiyana siyana emhando yegreen greens, ichitsanangura patsva pfungwa yekutsva kwepurazi-ku-tafura.
Kuwedzera kweGotham Greens muTexas hakusi kungosangana nezvido zvemusika; chirevo chechinangwa chekuvandudza kurima kwechinyakare. Nekushandisa tekinoroji yehydroponic, kambani ine chinangwa chekudzikisa kushandiswa kwemvura kusvika pa90% uye nhanho yepasi ne97%, ichipa imwe yakasarudzika kune yakajairika kurima-munda.
Viraj Puri, Co-muvambi uye CEO weGotham Greens, anosimbisa kukosha kwechinhu ichi: "Yedu nyowani yeTexas greenhouse inoshandisa otomatiki epamberi, kutonga kwemamiriro ekunze, uye sainzi yedata kurima chikafu padhuze nevatengi, zvisinei nemamiriro ekunze ekunze. Izvi zvinoita kuti pave nekuwanda kwezvigadzirwa zvemhando yepamusoro uku zvichideredza kukanganisa kwezvakatipoteredza. ”
Se Certified B Corporation uye Public Benefit Corporation, Gotham Greens inoisa pamberi pemagariro uye nharaunda mutoro. Kupfuura kugadzira anosvika zana mabasa enguva yakazara ane mibairo yemakwikwi uye mabhenefiti, kambani inoshingairira kusimudzira nekuchengetedza mazana matatu emamiriyoni emarita emvura gore rega uye nekudzikisa chikafu mamaira, nekudaro ichideredza kuburitswa kwekabhoni.
Ichi chirongwa chine kukosha kwakanyanya kuTexas, nyika iri kunetsekana nemamiriro ekunze akanyanya uye njodzi dzinowedzera dzekusanaya kwemvura. Nekumbundira kurima kwemukati, Gotham Greens inopa mhinduro yakasimba kuti ive nechokwadi chekuchengetedza chikafu uye kurwisa nzara munharaunda mudunhu rese. Kudyidzana nevasina purofiti, kambani inoedza kugadzirisa kusachengeteka kwechikafu nekupa zvirimwa zvitsva uye kutsigira zvirongwa zvekurima gadheni munharaunda.
Kuzvipira kweGotham Greens kune inoenderera kunopfuura kupfuura masherufu ezvitoro; zvigadzirwa zvaro zvinowanikwawo munzvimbo dzekudyira chikafu, zvinopa vatengi vari kukura zvavanoda zvemuno, zvekutanga zvinongedzo. Kudyidzana nemaresitorendi ane mukurumbira seSweetgreen neZoe Tong kunosimbisa kukwezva kwechigadzirwa uye kuzvipira kune mhando.
Kuwedzera kweGotham Greens muTexas kunozivisa nguva itsva yekurima kwakasimba, uko hutsva hunosangana nekuchengetedza kwezvakatipoteredza. Nekushandisa tekinoroji uye kuita nharaunda, kambani inoisa muenzaniso wekurima zvine hungwaru, kuve nechokwadi cheramangwana rakasvibira, rakatsiga kuzvizvarwa zvichauya.