Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Lethbridge College a me Sunterra Greenhouse i kahi haʻawina ma kahi o $784,000 mai ka waihona Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) a ke aupuni panalāʻau no kā lākou noiʻi ʻana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā kūlana ulu ʻōmaʻomaʻo no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka strawberry a me ka ʻōmato.
"ʻO ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hana meaʻai kūloko a hoʻomau ma ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka noiʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka meaʻai a mākou e ʻai ai, ka ea a mākou e hanu ai a lawe mai i nā hana koʻikoʻi i nā kaiāulu ma ke kua'āina ʻo Alberta," wahi a ka luna noiʻi RDAR Clinton Dobson. "He kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi kēia papahana o nā hui ʻelua e hana pū ana e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hua ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma Alberta a hōʻike i nā hana hana no ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻāpana ʻōmaʻomaʻo o Alberta."Â
ʻO ke ʻano kau o ka hapa nui o ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma Alberta e ʻae wale i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo e ulu i nā mea kanu i ka wā puna a me nā mahina kauwela ma muli o ka emi ʻana o ka mālamalama maoli a me nā kumukūʻai hoʻomehana kiʻekiʻe i ka hāʻule hau a me nā mahina hoʻoilo.
No nā makahiki he nui, ua hoʻopiʻi nā mea kanu hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma Alberta ma muli o ke ʻano o ka wā o ka ʻoihana, ua koi ʻia lākou e kūʻai aku i kā lākou huahana ma kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ma mua o ka lawe ʻole ʻana mai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe e kau ana iā lākou i kahi pōʻino hoʻokūkū.
Hoʻomaka kēia hāʻawi kālā i kahi hui noiʻi lōʻihi ma waena o Lethbridge College a me Sunterra Farms Greenhouses Ltd., "wahi a Kenny Corscadden, Associate Vice President Research ma Lethbridge College. "E hui pū mākou, ʻike mākou i ka manawa nui ma Alberta no nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i ulu i ka hale kōmaena. Loaʻa ka mākeke maikaʻi loa ma kā mākou ʻāina no nā strawberries a me nā tōmato, a ʻo kēia mau hoʻāʻo mua ʻoihana i kā mākou Brooks Research and Production Greenhouse me Sunterra e kōkua i kēia ulu ulu.
Manaʻo ʻo Sunterra e alakaʻi kēia mau hoʻāʻo i nā pono pāʻoihana nui i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
“He moʻolelo nūhou maikaʻi; Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou no Alberta, ʻo ka mahiʻai ka wā e hiki mai ana a ma nā ʻano he nui e lilo i mea hoʻokele waiwai," wahi a ka pelekikena o Sunterra Group Ray Price.
"He ʻāina ko mākou, he ikaika ko mākou, he poʻe mākou, a he wai kā mākou, a pono mākou e hoʻohana i nā mea e hānai ai ʻaʻole wale ʻo Albertans akā i ka poʻe a puni ka honua.