Ua loaʻa i ka Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) i nā pilikia, me ka panakalupa a me ka hoʻomaha nui. Eia naʻe, ʻo Little Leaf Farms, kahi mea kanu hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Devens, Mass., Ua holomua a manaʻo ʻia e wāwahi i $ 100 miliona ma ke kūʻai ʻana ma 2023. Ua mālama ka hui i kona kūlana alakaʻi ma ka māhele CEA, me ka aneane pālua o ke kūʻai ʻana o ka Helu 2 CEA brand. Loaʻa i ka Little Leaf Farms kahi pahuhopu hoʻonui nui o 100 mau ʻeka ma lalo o ke aniani i ka makahiki 2026, a ke ʻōlelo nei ka hui ua hiki ke hoʻokō.
Wahi a ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a me Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Little Leaf Farms ʻo Paul Sellew, hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka kūleʻa o ka ʻoihana ma muli o kāna nānā ʻana i ka mahiʻai. Ma kahi ninaninau me The Packer, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sellew ʻaʻole lākou he hui ʻenehana akā he hui mahiʻai. Ua wehewehe ʻo Little Leaf Farms i kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano maʻalahi: ma ke ʻano he mea kanu, mea hoʻopili, a mea kūʻai aku i nā meaʻai branded. Aia ka holomua o ka hui ma kāna huahana, hana, a me ka ʻoluʻolu o ka mea kūʻai aku.
Ke hoʻololi nei ʻo Little Leaf Farms, kahi ʻoihana mahiʻai kaiapuni ʻAmelika (CEA), i ka pāʻani ma ka mākeke lau lau me kāna ʻano hana hou. Hoʻohana ʻo Little Leaf Farms i ka ʻenehana hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo e ulu i ka letus lau pēpē i hāʻawi ʻia i loko o ka pukaaniani 24-hola i nā hoa kūʻai. ʻAʻole like me nā mahiʻai kū e hoʻopau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lā, hoʻohana ʻo Little Leaf Farms i nā kukui ulu hou i ka wā hāʻule, hoʻoilo, a me ka pūnāwai e hoʻonui i ka mālamalama o ka lā. Me ka hoʻolālā e hoʻonui ʻekolu i kona mana hana, aia ʻo Little Leaf Farms i ke ala e hoʻokō ai i kāna pahuhopu ʻoi aku ma mua o $100 miliona ma ke kūʻai aku i kēia makahiki.
Wahi a ka Luna Nui o Little Leaf Farms, ʻo Paul Sellew, ʻo ke kī i ka kūleʻa o ka ʻoihana ʻo ia ka nānā ʻana i kahi mākeke kikoʻī. ʻAʻole like me nā mea hoʻohana hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻē aʻe e ulu ana i nā mea kanu kuʻuna e like me nā ʻōmato a me nā pepa, ʻo ka Little Leaf Farms ka nānā wale ʻana i ka letus lau pēpē, kahi hua e ulu nei ʻaʻole i ulu ākea. ʻAe kēia i ka hui e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia iho i kahi mākeke lehulehu a kūkulu i nā pilina hilinaʻi me kāna mau mea kūʻai.
ʻOi aku ka hoʻomau ʻana a me ka ʻoluʻolu o ke kaiapuni o ka Little Leaf Farms i ka ulu ʻana i ka letus ma mua o ka letus ulu maʻamau. Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā kukui ulu hou, hiki i ka hui ke hāʻawi i kahi kumu hilinaʻi a manuahi no ka ulu ʻana i nā mea kanu me ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hoʻoiho kalapona. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka hui i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka letus hou a maikaʻi loa i loko o ka puka aniani 24-hola e hoʻopau i ka pono o ka lawe ʻana i ka letus he mau kaukani mile, e hōʻemi ana i ka hopena o ke kaiapuni o ka moku.
ʻOiai nā pōmaikaʻi o ka ʻenehana CEA, ua ʻae ʻo Sellew he ʻoihana paʻakikī ka mahiʻai e koi ana i ka ʻenehana maikaʻi loa a me nā poʻe maikaʻi loa. Eia naʻe, hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka wā e hiki mai ana o Little Leaf Farms a me ka hiki ke hoʻololi i ka mākeke ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe. Me nā hoʻolālā e hoʻonui i ka East Coast o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua mākaukau ʻo Little Leaf Farms e hoʻomau i kona ulu a me ka kūleʻa i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
Ke hoʻololi nei ʻo Little Leaf Farms i ka ulu ʻana i ka letus lau pēpē me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe a me nā kukui ulu hou e hoʻololi i ka mākeke lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Ma ka nānā ʻana i kahi mākeke kikoʻī a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka letus hou a maikaʻi loa i loko o ka puka aniani 24-hola, ke kūkulu nei ʻo Little Leaf Farms i nā pilina hilinaʻi me kāna mau mea kūʻai aku a hoʻokaʻawale iā ia iho mai nā mea hoʻokūkū. Me nā manaʻo e hoʻonui a hoʻopākolu i kona mana hana, ua kūpono ʻo Little Leaf Farms e hoʻokō i kāna pahuhopu ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 100 miliona ma ke kūʻai aku i kēia makahiki a hoʻololi i ke ʻano o kā mākou ulu ʻana a ʻai i nā lau lau.