No nā makahiki he 40, ua hiki i ka Desert Tree Farm ma Phoenix, AZ ke lanakila ma ke ʻano he mea nui a kahiko loa i nā mea kanu i hoʻololi ʻia i ka ʻāina. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo o ka mahiʻai ʻo Growing Plants for Arizona's Future™ a ʻo kāna ʻoihana ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kumulāʻau ikaika, nā kumu lāʻau, cactus a me nā uhi lepo e ʻae ʻia i ka maloʻo a me ka wao nahele. Hoʻokō ka mahiʻai i kāna mea ulu a hoʻolaha i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo kalepa i hana ʻia e Agra Tech, kekahi o nā ʻoihana ʻōmaʻomaʻo nui loa ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
I kēia mau lā, ua hoʻoneʻe ka Desert Tree Farm i ka hapa nui o kāna hoʻolaha ʻana a me ka ulu ʻana o nā hana i kahi wahi hou e lilo i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ke kikowaena. ʻO ko lākou wahi mua ma Phoenix ʻĀkau ma 15 mau ʻeka, akā pono e hoʻoponopono hou ʻia.
"He mea ia e hoʻoponopono hou ai a kūʻai aku paha," wahi a Chelsey Hull, ka luna hana. "I Ianuali, ua hoʻoneʻe mākou i nā mea āpau i ko mākou South Yard, kahi e hāʻawi ai iā mākou ma mua o 90 mau ʻeka. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka ulu ʻana i kēia manawa a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma muli o ka hopena. Maikaʻi wale nō. ʻO kekahi o kā mākou ikaika ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o kā mākou waihona waiwai hohonu, ʻo ia ka mea hiki i nā ʻoihana ʻāina a me nā hale kūkulu ke hele mai i ʻaneʻi a hoʻopiha piha i kā lākou kauoha, "wahi āna. "ʻO ia ke kumu i lilo ai mākou i hale kūʻai hoʻokahi no ka nui o kā mākou mea kūʻai. Hāʻawi pū mākou i kā mākou kūleʻa i kā mākou limahana hoʻolaʻa, hana ikaika, a mākaukau. "
ʻO ka pilina o ka mahiʻai me Agra Tech e hoʻi i 30 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku paha, wahi a Hull. "Ua kūʻai mākou i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo Agra Tech no ka manawa lōʻihi no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopakele iā mākou i ka hana a maʻalahi hoʻi. Hoʻokomo mākou i kā mākou mau hale i ka nui o ka lole a me ka hilinaʻi iā lākou e hana pono. ʻO kā mākou ʻano inā ʻaʻole i haki ʻia, mai hoʻoponopono. "
Ua hoʻoholo ka mahiʻai e hele me 11 Insulator gutter-connected greenhouses no ka hoʻolaha ʻana a me ʻehiku Solar Light greenhouses (ʻoi aku ma mua o 38,000 sq ft) e ulu i nā mea kanu me nā ʻano mea like ʻole ma kona South Yard.
E heluhelu i ka ʻatikala piha ma www.agratech.com.