He ʻekolu ʻeka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i hana ʻia me ke aniani a me ke kila he paʻakikī ke nalo ma Interstate 80 ma Davis. He ʻumi kaukani o nā kaʻa e holo i kēlā me kēia lā. He hōʻailona koʻikoʻi ma ka hale e heluhelu ana, "Gotham Greens." ʻO ka nānā ʻana i loko e ʻike i ka mea e hiki mai ana o ka mahiʻai.
Ua hāʻawi ka hui hui a me ka Luna Nui ʻo Viraj Puri iā FOX40 i kahi mākaʻikaʻi o ka hale. Aia nā aʻa o Puri ma New York kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ʻo Gotham Greens ma kahi o ʻumi makahiki aku nei e lawe mai i nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou i ka Big Apple.
"A ke hana maoli nei mākou i kahi pūnaewele holoʻokoʻa o kēia mau mea ma waena o US," wahi a Puri.
ʻO ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻo Davis, i kūkulu ʻia ma 2021, ʻo ia ka ʻoihana mua ma ke Komohana Komohana, a ʻo kāna mea nui loa, e uhi ana i ʻekolu mau ʻeka.
"Eia naʻe, ke hoʻohua nei mākou i nā hua ʻai ma mua o hoʻokahi haneli ʻeka," wahi a Puri.
Ma kahi o ka lepo, hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā aʻa o kēlā me kēia mea kanu i loko o ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i kahi puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi o ka peat moss, a kanu ʻia i loko o nā pā o ka wai momona. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo loea no kēia ʻano mahiʻai ʻo hydroponics. Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka ulu ʻana o waho ma waho, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Puri e hoʻohana ana kēia ʻano he kanaiwakūmālima pākēneka ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai.
"Hopu mākou i ka wai irrigation no ka hoʻohana hou ʻana," wahi a Puri. "No laila hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoulu i ke poʻo piha o ka letus me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ʻelua a ʻekolu mau galani wai, ʻoiai hiki ke lawe i kahi kanahā mau galani wai e ulu ai kēlā poʻo lettuce ma waho o ke kula."
Aia nā palena i ka mea a ka hui e ʻae ai i nā kāmela nūhou e hopu i loko o ka hale. Ke hana nei ka nui o ka ʻenehana waiwai ma laila, i ka mea e lilo koke nei i ʻoihana hoʻokūkū.
"Loaʻa iā mākou nā mea ʻike e kōkua i ka nānā ʻana i nā kūlana āpau: ke kukui, ka haʻahaʻa, CO2, ka oxygen, kēia mau ʻano ʻokoʻa āpau e pono ai ka mea kanu e ulu," wehewehe ʻo Puri. "A laila e kōkua kā mākou ʻōnaehana hoʻokele kamepiula i ka hoʻohuli ʻana i nā mea hana e hoʻokō i kēlā mau kūlana."
ʻAʻohe manawa hoʻololi i kahi hale ʻo Gotham Greens. Ke ulu mau nei ke kau. Wahi a ka hui, hiki i ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke hana ma mua o ʻeono miliona mau poʻo letus i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
"Hoʻohana mākou i ka lā maoli e hāʻawi i ka photosynthesis e pono ai nā mea kanu e ulu. Akā, loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻōnaehana ea, loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻōnaehana hoʻomehana, "wahi a Puri.
Ke ulu nei nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a ke hōʻike ʻia nei ma nā papa hale kūʻai kūloko.
"ʻAʻole lākou e pili i ka wā wela, ke anuanu, ka ua hiki ʻole ke kau a me ka huahekili a me ka makani," wahi a Puri. "No laila, he mau mea kanu coddled lākou, e like me kā mākou makemake e ʻōlelo ai. A ʻo ka lāʻau hauʻoli e lilo i mea kanu olakino.
He mau mile wale nō ka mamao o ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo mai ka pā kula ʻo UC Davis. A ma o ka launa pū ʻana me ke kulanui, he ʻano lumi papa ʻekolu ʻeka no nā haumāna e aʻo ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mahiʻai.
"Ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa nei mākou, inā makemake ʻoe, i ka hanauna hou o ka poʻe mahiʻai e hele ana i nā hui e like me Gotham Greens," wahi a Kauka Gail Taylor, he kumu aʻoaʻo koʻikoʻi a me ka noho o ke keʻena ʻepekema mea kanu ma UC Davis.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Taylor e kōkua pū ana ke kulanui i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i nā limahana ʻo Gotham Greens.
"ʻO nā mea e like me ke ola ʻana, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka huahana maikaʻi loa, a me nā kūlana e hoʻohana ai ka hui e hōʻoia ai," wehewehe ʻo Taylor.
Ua kuhikuhi pū ʻo Taylor: Ua hoʻokumu ʻo UC Davis i nā ʻano hana mahiʻai ʻaʻole pono ka lepo i hoʻokahi haneli mau makahiki i hala. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa i nā makahiki i hala iho nei ʻo ia ka ʻenehana i hoʻolilo i ka mahiʻai hydroponic i mea waiwai a hiki ke hiki i ka nui.
"Hiki iā mākou ke ulu i kēia mau mea kanu me ka maʻalahi, wahi a Taylor. "Hiki iā mākou ke hana hou i ka wai i loaʻa iā lākou kahi i loko o ke kaulahao meaʻai. ʻO kekahi o nā kī ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kēlā ʻano meaʻai kūikawā e pono ai nā mea kanu e ʻike pono. A me nā hui he nui, ʻo ia kā lākou mea huna nui. "
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Taylor ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka mahiʻai waho. ʻAi ka mea maʻamau ma ʻAmelika ma kahi o ʻumikūmālua paona letus i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ua kuhikuhi ke kauka.
"No laila ke hilinaʻi nui nei mākou i nā ʻōnaehana hana hoʻomau i waho," wahi a Taylor. “He kanawalukūmālima a kanaiwakūmālima pākēneka o nā lettuce āpau ma US ua ulu ʻia ma Kaleponi. No laila he ʻōnaehana hana koʻikoʻi. A i loko o nā ʻōnaehana waho, ke aʻo nei mākou i ka hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
Akā, hiki i nā mahiʻai i loko ke lilo i mea hoʻololi pāʻani, ulu maʻemaʻe, ʻaʻohe pesticide, meaʻai momona ma nā kūlanakauhale a me nā wao nahele meaʻai - nā wahi e ulu maʻalahi ai nā mea kanu ma waho.
“Ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻoe i kēlā mau mile meaʻai, kaʻa kaʻa a me ka lele ʻana i nā meaʻai a puni ka ʻāina, a puni ka honua; ʻAʻole maikaʻi kēlā no ke kaiapuni," wehewehe ʻo Taylor. "No laila me kēia mau ʻōnaehana i loko, hiki iā mākou ke waiho iā lākou i kahi e pono ai ka poʻe i ka meaʻai. No laila, ʻoki pū mākou i nā mile meaʻai, he kumu kūʻai kinoea hoʻomehana honua. No laila he ala ʻē aʻe e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kaiapuni.
A ʻo ka lettuce wale nō ka piko o ka hau hau.
"Ma ke ʻano he ʻepekema mea kanu, loaʻa koke iā mākou ka mana e noʻonoʻo hou i nā mea kanu, nā ʻano meaʻai āpau, ʻo ia nā lau lau a i ʻole nā strawberries a i ʻole nā 'ōmato," wahi a Taylor.
"A no laila, ke manaʻo nei au he mea pono iā mākou: nā mea mahiʻai, nā ʻoihana, nā ʻenehana, nā mea hana kulekele a me nā mea hoʻonaʻauao e hoʻomohala maoli a hana i nā ʻano mahiʻai hou e hoʻohana ana i ka wai liʻiliʻi," i hoʻopau ai ʻo Puri.
Loaʻa iā Gotham Greens nā ʻeka he ʻumi ma ke kahua ʻo Davis a ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻonui i ka hale ʻaina ʻekolu ʻeka.
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