Ua hoʻokumu ka Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (OGVG) i kahi hui me Highline Mushrooms e hoʻohana i nā mea maka mai nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻomomona hou. Ua ʻōlelo nā lunamakaʻāinana hiki i ka hui ke hana mua i ka bio-economy kūloko a hiki ke lilo i mea hōʻoluʻolu nui no ka mea ua hoʻonui ʻia nā kumukūʻai a me nā manure i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19.
"Ua ʻike mākou i ka manawa kūpono e hoʻohuli ai i nā ʻōpala organik mai nā ʻōpala kūloko i ko lākou hoʻokokoke ʻana i ko lākou mau palena hiki ke kuhikuhi ʻia e like me kā lākou ʻaelike hoʻokō kaiapuni me ka Ministry of Environment, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia," wahi a Aaron Coristine, ka luna o ka ʻepekema, nā mea hoʻoponopono a me nā pilina aupuni. no ka OGVG. "ʻO kekahi o nā pou koʻikoʻi o OGVG i kēia manawa ʻo ia ka hoʻomau, no laila ua manaʻo mākou he manawa kūpono e hoʻohana ai i kā mākou mea ʻōpala organik ma ke ʻano he mea momona e hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ka mahiʻai."
Aia ka papahana ma kahi o nā mea kanu ʻōpala o nā lālā o ka OGVG, e like me nā ʻokiʻoki, nā lau a me nā hua. Ua hoʻouna ʻia nā mea no ka nānā ʻana e hoʻoholo pololei i ke ʻano o ka haku mele, ʻoiai e pili ana i ka nitrogen, potassium, a me ka phosphorus ma waena o nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe i mea nui no ka ulu ʻana i ka meaʻai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Coristine ua ʻike lākou i nā mea kanu e hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā huahana mea kanu kuʻuna, nāna i hōʻoia i ko lākou manaʻo. Ua ʻike lākou he hoa kūpono ʻo Highline Mushrooms a hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻouna iā lākou ma kahi o 40 tone o ka ʻōpala organik i kēlā me kēia lā ma ke ʻano he hoʻokolokolo. Ua hoʻoholo lākou he hiki ke hoʻonui i ka 120 tonnes i kēlā me kēia lā.
"ʻIke mākou i kahi manawa kūpono e piʻi ai i ka ulu ʻana o Highline a ke lilo nei mākou i mea ikaika aʻe i kēia papahana," wahi a Coristine. "ʻO kēia paha ka mea a mākou e nānā nei ma ke ʻano he pae mua o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi bio-economy, kahi e hoʻohana ai mākou i kā mākou huahana a i ʻole nā mea kūʻai ʻole a me nā mea kanu e hana i kahi ʻōnaehana hou."
ʻO ka OGVG ka mea ma kahi o 180 mau mea ulu, a ʻekolu mau mahiʻai i kēia manawa ke komo nei i ka hui hoʻokele papahana me Highline Mushrooms. Akā ʻo kēlā mau mahiʻai ʻekolu paha ka mea mua - ʻōlelo ʻo Coristine ua wehe ʻia ka OGVG no ka launa pū ʻana me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe, a me nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe.
"Ke hele nei mākou i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ala ʻē aʻe kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻohana i ka ʻōpala, e like me ka pyrolysis e hana i ka biochar, a me ka hana pū me Enbridge a me nā pae ʻāina e hoʻohua i ke kinoea kūlohelohe hou mai ka decomposition o nā mea kūlohelohe. Ke nānā nei nō hoʻi mākou i kekahi mau papahana kūʻokoʻa e unuhi i ka meaʻai mai loko mai o ka waiwai a me ka mea kanu ponoʻī e hoʻohana hou. "
Me kekahi mau hiccups mua e pili ana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana ma waho o ke ala, ʻōlelo ʻo Coristine ua holomua nā mea mai ia manawa mai. Eia nō naʻe, aia nā logistic e noʻonoʻo ʻia i ko lākou hoʻonui ʻana i ka papahana. Pono e hoʻohana ʻia kā lākou huahana i loko o 24 mau hola - ʻaʻole ia he hopohopo nui i ka pae o kēia manawa a lākou e hana nei, akā inā e hoʻonui ʻia ka helu o nā lālā OGVG e hāʻawi ana i nā mea waiwai a me nā wahi i hoʻouna ʻia ai nā mea waiwai, e hoʻonui ʻia ka logistic o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi pūnaewele hoʻouna. hiki ke lilo i mea paʻakikī. Akā ua hilinaʻi ʻo Coristine hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopaʻa iā ia a ʻo nā pōmaikaʻi e pono ke hoʻoikaika.
"Aia nā pilikia e lele ai, akā ʻaʻohe mea e hiki ʻole iā mākou ke hana. Ke hōʻemi nei mākou i ko mākou hilinaʻi ʻana i nā pae ʻāina, ke hōʻemi nei mākou i kā mākou kapuaʻi kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ke hoʻohana hou nei mākou i nā huahana ʻōpala e ulu i ka meaʻai. Ke hana nei mākou i kahi bio-economy regionalized kahi e hōʻemi ai mākou i ka ʻōpala a hoʻonui i ka hopena.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole pili ʻo Coristine me nā hui ʻāina ʻē aʻe o nā mea kanu hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo e pili ana iā ia, ke manaʻo nei ʻo ia ʻoiai ke hoʻomau nei ka OGVG i ka piʻi ʻana a hōʻike i nā pōmaikaʻi maikaʻi, makemake lākou e kōkua i ka hana ʻana i nā hana like ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe e kaʻana like i ka mea. ua aʻo lākou.
"Ma Ontario, a me ka ʻāina, haʻaheo mākou iā mākou iho i ka nānā mau ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana i ka nila, e lilo i mea hoʻohaunaele i ka wahi mahiʻai a i mea hou a noʻonoʻo - e alakaʻi maoli i ke ala i nā manawa hou no ka mahiʻai."