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Wahi a kahi hōʻike hou e ResearchAndMarkets, manaʻo ʻia ka mākeke mahiʻai kūwaho honua e hōʻea i $ 12.77 biliona e 2026, e ulu ana ma kahi CAGR o 23.6% i ka wā wānana. Hoʻoulu ʻia kēia ulu ʻana e ka piʻi ʻana o ka noi no ka meaʻai kiʻekiʻe me ka liʻiliʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻāina a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau. Eia hou, hiki i ka mahiʻai kū pololei ke hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai a hoʻemi i ka hopena o ke kaiapuni o nā hana mahiʻai kuʻuna.
ʻO kekahi o nā moʻolelo kūleʻa i ka mahiʻai kūʻokoʻa ʻo AppHarvest, kahi hui kūikawā i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka non-GMO, nā huahana kemika ʻole i loko o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo kiʻekiʻe. I ka makahiki 2021, ua hoʻolaha ka hui ma o kahi hui SPAC me Novus Capital Corporation, e hoʻonui ana i $ 475 miliona. Me kēia kapikala, hoʻolālā ʻo AppHarvest e hoʻonui i kāna mau hana a kūkulu hou i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
ʻO kekahi ʻoihana mahiʻai kūleʻa kūleʻa ʻē aʻe ʻo AeroFarms, i hana ʻia mai ka makahiki 2004. Wahi a ka pūnaewele o ka hui, ua ulu ʻo AeroFarms i "nā lau lau a me nā mea kanu me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka 95% ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai ma mua o ka mahiʻai ʻana, me nā hua a hiki i 390 mau manawa kiʻekiʻe i kēlā me kēia kapuaʻi square i kēlā me kēia makahiki a me ka ʻole. ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau pesticides. I ka makahiki 2021, ua hoʻolaha ka hui i nā hoʻolālā e hele i ka lehulehu ma o ka hui pū ʻana me Spring Valley Acquisition Corp., e helu ana i ka hui ma $ 1.2 biliona.
Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole kūleʻa nā ʻoihana mahiʻai āpau e like me AppHarvest a me AeroFarms. I ka makahiki 2020, ʻo Bowery, kahi hoʻomaka mahiʻai kūhelu i hoʻokumu ʻia ma New York City, ua waiho i ka 60% o kāna mau limahana ma muli o ka hopena o ka hoʻokele waiwai o COVID-19. Ua loaʻa hou ka ʻoihana a hoʻonui i $ 300 miliona i ke kālā, akā ʻo kāna ʻike e hōʻike ana i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka mahiʻai kūwaho.
ʻOiai hiki i ka mahiʻai kūʻokoʻa ke hoʻololi i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai, ʻaʻole paʻa nā ʻoihana āpau e kūleʻa. Hōʻike nā moʻolelo kūleʻa o AppHarvest a me AeroFarms e hiki ke loaʻa ka waiwai o ka mahiʻai kūwaho me ka hoʻolālā kūpono a me ke kālā. Eia naʻe, pono e ʻike nā mea hoʻopukapuka i nā pilikia e pili ana, e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma ka hihia o Bowery.