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Ma kahi hana hou ma ka Apana Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Howland, ua lawe nā haumāna i ka hana o ka mahiʻai, ka mahi ʻana a me ka ʻohi ʻana i ka letus i ulu hydroponic. Ua alakaʻi ʻia e ka luna lawelawe meaʻai o ka apana, ʻo Justin Pancake, ua komo nā haumāna i nā hanana ʻohi ʻana ma ke kula ʻo Glen Primary a me HC Mines Elementary School. A laila hoʻohui ʻia ka letus i ʻohi ʻia i loko o nā salakeke i lawelawe ʻia i ka wā ʻaina awakea kula, e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻohana mua ʻana i nā hua mai nā ʻōnaehana hydroponic hou i hoʻokomo ʻia i nā meaʻai kula haʻahaʻa.
Me nā ʻōnaehana hydroponic i kēia manawa ma nā kula ʻehā i loko o ka apana, ua loaʻa i nā haumāna ka manawa e komo mua i ka hana ulu, e aʻo i nā haʻawina waiwai e pili ana i ka mahiʻai a me ka meaʻai ma ke ala. Wahi a Pancake, hiki i kēlā me kēia ʻōnaehana hydroponic ke hana ma kahi o 25 paona letus i kēlā me kēia ʻehā a ʻelima mau pule. Hoʻolālā ka ʻāpana e hoʻonui i kāna mau hana ulu e hoʻokomo i ka kale a me Swiss chard i ka pōʻai ulu e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka māla Hydroponic, kahi ʻano o ka ulu ʻana i nā mea kanu me ka ʻole o ka lepo, hāʻawi i nā pono he nui no nā kumu hoʻonaʻauao a me ka hana. ʻAe ia i ka mahi ʻana i nā ʻano mea kanu ʻai i loko o ka hale a puni ka makahiki, e hāʻawi ana i nā hua hou me ka nānā ʻole i ke kau a i ʻole ke aniau. Eia kekahi, pono nā ʻōnaehana hydroponic i ka liʻiliʻi o ka wahi a me ka wai, e hiki ai ke loaʻa iā lākou nā koho hoʻomau no ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai.
Manaʻo ka poʻe loea i ka mahiʻai i ka māla hydroponic he mea hou nui me ka hiki ke hoʻololi i ka hana meaʻai. Ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka pono o ka lepo a me ka hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mea kanu i nā aʻa kanu, hāʻawi nā ʻōnaehana hydroponic i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pono a me nā hua i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā ʻano mahiʻai kuʻuna. Eia kekahi, hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia i nā kaiapuni like ʻole, e komo pū me nā kūlanakauhale a me nā ʻāina me nā ʻāina arable liʻiliʻi, e hāʻawi ana i ka palekana meaʻai a me ka hoʻomau.
ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana o ka māla hydroponic i loko o nā haʻawina kula ʻaʻole e hoʻonui wale i ka ʻike o nā haumāna i ka mahiʻai akā hoʻoikaika pū kekahi i nā ʻano meaʻai olakino ma o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea kanu hou. Ke hoʻomau nei ka ulu ʻana o ka māla hydroponic, ʻoi aku ka nui o kāna kuleana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai, e hāʻawi ana i nā hopena hoʻomau i nā pilikia honua i ka mahiʻai a me ka meaʻai.