Ua wehe ʻo AppHarvest i kāna mahiʻai i loko o Somerset, Ky., 30-ʻeka kiʻekiʻe e ulu ana i nā strawberries a me nā kukama a ua hōʻoia ʻia ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku.
Hoʻolālā ʻia ka mahiʻai ʻo AppHarvest Somerset e ulu kokoke i hoʻokahi miliona mau mea kanu strawberry i ka manawa, i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohua ʻia ma kahi o ʻewalu mahina o ka makahiki. Ke ulu nei ʻo AppHarvest i nā WOW Berries no kāna mea kūʻai aku, ʻo Mastronardi Produce. Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻololi ke kau me nā kukama Pelekane.
ʻO ka AppHarvest Somerset controlled environment agriculture (CEA) hale hana no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lā a me ka wai ua i hoʻonui ʻia me ka ʻenehana i ka wā e pono ai a hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia no ka kukui, ka haʻahaʻa, a me ka mahana. Hoʻohana ka mahiʻai i kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe i pani ʻia, e hiki ai ke mālama i ka wai i manaʻo ʻia a hiki i ka 90 pākēneka i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka mahiʻai ākea a hiki i ka hoʻopaʻa pololei ʻana i nā meaʻai, ka hopena i ka liʻiliʻi loa o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mea kanu i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka mahiʻai ākea ʻoiai e pale ana i ka pollution. mai ka wai kahe o ka mahiai.
Hoʻokomo pū ka mahiʻai ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe i kahi chiller puhi e hoʻohaʻahaʻa koke i ka mahana o nā strawberries i ʻohi ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana e hoʻolōʻihi i ke ola o ka papa. Me kona wahi kikowaena ma Appalachia, aia ʻo AppHarvest i loko o hoʻokahi lā kaʻa ma kahi o 70 pakeneka o ka heluna kanaka US, e kōkua ana e hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu e pono ai no ka lawe ʻana i ka huahana a he pōmaikaʻi nui ia me nā mea kanu ʻoi aku ka palaho, e like me nā strawberries. hāʻawi iā lākou i mea hou a me ka lōʻihi o ke ola.
"Ua hoʻonohonoho ka hui AppHarvest i kahi pā hou i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai kaiapuni i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka lawe ʻana mai i kēia mau mahiʻai kiʻekiʻe hou ma ka pūnaewele a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i kā mākou mea kanu e hoʻohui i nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo salakeke holoi ʻia a mākaukau e ʻai i kā mākou makana tōmato. , "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo AppHarvest Founder & CEO Jonathan Webb. "Makemake mākou e ʻike i kēia mau mahiʻai hou e hoʻomaka i ka loaʻa kālā no ka ʻoihana ʻoiai lākou e kōkua ana i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi lako meaʻai kūʻokoʻa a ʻoi aku ka hoʻomau e hāʻawi ana i nā hana maikaʻi ma US"
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