Madomasi ekutanga kubva kuAppHarvest's flagship, 60-acre greenhouse muMorehead, Kentucky, akatanga kuoneka pamasherufu ezvitoro muna Ndira 2021, asi izvo zvinopenya kana zvichienzaniswa nezvinotarisirwa nekambani kuti zvichange zvichitumirwa mukupera kwa2022.
Mamwe magreenhouse matatu ari kuvakwa mudunhu. Mapatya ekupisa muRichmond, Kentucky, achapeta acreage yekambani yemadomasi. Imba ine 15-acre greenhouse muBerea ichamera mashizha ane mashizha. A 30-acre greenhouse muSomerset inoitirwa kurima sitirobheri.
Zvisinei nekuwedzera uku kwekugadzirwa kwezvinhu, CEO Jonathan Webb akati kambani iyi inotarisira kushanda navo, kwete kupokana, nevamwe varimi vemuAmerica nemichero yemiriwo. Vanotarisira kukoka vamwe varimi pamwe nevapfuri vemhando itsva dzegoho, kunzvimbo dziri mberi.
"Ini ndinoda kugara ndichiedza kuravira kwakasiyana uye maprofiyuta uye kuona zviri kuitwa nevarimi kutenderera nyika, uye ndinovimba sezvo COVID inotanga kudzikama, tinogona kutanga kukoka vamwe vevarimi vemiriwo kuKentucky nesu, tivaratidze zvatinoda. vari kuita, uyezve dzidza kubva kwavari uye ona zvavari kuita. Asi tinogara tichiedza kushanda pamwe chete uye kuona kuti tichakudza sei nhamba idzi. "
Kushanda pamwe chete
Muhurukuro neVegetable Growers News, Webb akati haareve kukwikwidza nevamwe pamusika. Anotenda kuti zvinokwanisika kurima zvinodiwa nevatengi zvemichero nemiriwo zvakanyanya - zvakapetwa kaviri, kunyange katatu.
“Mumwe muvanhu gumi vokuAmerica anodya michero nemiriwo zvakakwana. Izvi hazvisi zvekukwikwidzana nevamwe varimi vemiriwo; Zviri pamusoro pekuti tinorima sei musika wemichero nemuriwo kusvika uko vanhu vari kudya chikafu chine hutano uye vane hutano hutsva hwekudya. Zvinoshamisa kufunga kuti kana vatatu mugumi vekuAmerica vakadya michero nemiriwo zvakakwana, kuti musika wemichero nemiriwo ungapeta katatu muUS.
"Ngatiwedzerei nekana musika weUS wemichero nemiriwo," akaenderera mberi. “Hakusati kwamboitwa zvechokwadi kuti 'Ndine Mukaka?' mushandirapamwe (wezvigadzirwa), uye tiri muna 2021, "akadaro, achireva kubudirira kweindasitiri yemukaka, kwemakumi emakore ekushambadzira kwenyika kwakatangwa neCalifornia dairies.
AppHarvest nguva pfupi yadarika yakarova pamushandirapamwe wevatengi wayo, Irwa Kurwa Kwekudya, kana FTFF. Mushandirapamwe wakatarisana nevatengi wakabatana nekuvhurwa kwechitoro chee-commerce webhusaiti, appharvest.com, iyo yakatengesa salsas yakagadzirwa nemadomasi ayo.
"Tinoona kuti kunyatsoita shanduko munzvimbo ino kunoda kufamba kwevatengi, uye sangano revatengi richatanga nedzidzo, saka kwatiri, FTFF ipuratifomu yekuti tibude uye titange kuita hurukuro idzodzo," akadaro mutauriri weAppHarvest Travis Parman. "Takatanga nerori yechikafu uye greenhouse inofambiswa kuitira kuti tiratidze vanhu nezve hydroponic hi-tech kurima." Vakurudzira vatengi kuti vasarudze mhando dzezvigadzirwa uye kuti "vavhote nemadhora ako" kune zvinorimwa munyika, zvemhando yepamusoro.
Nezvekushanda nevamwe varimi, kambani yatove nekutanga mukubatana kwakadaro. Muna Nyamavhuvhu 2021, AppHarvest neMastronardi Produce Ltd. yakasaina tsamba isingabatanidzi yechinangwa chekugadzira mubatanidzwa, inonzi FarmCo, yekuwedzera kupihwa kwemichero nemiriwo kusanganisira mashizha ane mashizha kune Mastronardi aripo pamusika mutsva wekutengesa uye kugovera.
"Takaita rombo rakanaka pano kuti Paul Mastronardi akatenda basa rekambani mangwanani-ngwanani uye timu yake kuMastronardi yakaburitsa zviri mukati mezviitiko zvakawanda munguva yekutanga apo iyi yaingova pfungwa, uye isu takafara zvikuru shanda navo kuti titore zvirimwa zvedu zvitsva mumasherufu uye zvichienda kumahwendefa ekuAmerica. Tinofunga kuti indasitiri iyi yakasimba pamwe chete. "
Kukurira mangwana
Iyo flagship greenhouse hydroponically inokura madomasi kwete chete neautomation mune ekutanga greenhouse mabasa akadai semwenje, asi neziso rekukohwa zvakare. Webb akati AppHarvest yakashanda padhuze nevaDutch uye vazhinji vanobatana muNetherlands kubatsira kuita zano rayo muKentucky. Zvakare, AppHarvest muna Kubvumbi 2021 yakawana Root AI, uye nayo yakauya robhoti inokohwa, Virgo, inogona kugadzirwa kuti itore zvirimwa zvakasiyana sematomatisi, mhiripiri, magaka uye, kambani yakataura, kunyange michero yakapfava senge sitiroberi. Uye nepo otomatiki yakazara isati yasvika pachiyero chekutengesa, Webb yakati iri munguva pfupi iri kutevera kwete makumi emakore kure. Kutorwa sese, iyo greenhouse yakakura yatova padanho repamusoro re automation.
"Mukuru wedu wetekinoroji mukuru (uye Root AI co-muvambi), Josh Lessing, anofarira kutsanangura iyo greenhouse serobhoti ye60-acre nekuti ine otomatiki zvakanyanya," Webb akadaro.
Vashandi vane tarenda vari kuvaka kambani. Muna Chikunguru 2021, kambani yakazivisa kuhaya kwaMark Keller, murwi weAmazon. Iye zvino anoshanda semutevedzeri wemutungamiri wekambani, software application platform.
"Zvinhu zvaMako zvakavakwa mumwedzi miviri pano paAppHarvest izvo indasitiri haina kumboona yakavakwa mumakore makumi maviri apfuura," Webb akadaro. "Takakurudzirwa zvikuru nekufambira mberi kwatakaona nechikwata chetekinoroji uye chiri kungotora pfungwa dzakangwara kubva pasirese kuti dzinyore kuti dziite basa iri."
Iyo ikambani inoshuvira, uye 2022 yakagadzirirwa kuve yakabatikana yekushanda.
“Tinofara kusangova murimi mukuru wemadomasi, asi, mukupera kwegore rinouya, tinenge tave murimi mukuru wemichero nemiriwo yakasiyana-siyana ichange iri pamasherufu ezvitoro,” Webb akadaro. “Uye ndinovimba, iva mutambi wechikwata neindasitiri yakakura kuyedza kukura musika wese uye kungoita kuti vanhu vadye zvimwe zvine hutano chikafu chekudya, uye tora izvo zvingasarudzwa mudzimba dzevanhu. (Muna 2022), kwatiri, isu tinonzwa sekunge tichave nhanho imwe padyo neiyo chaiyo yakazara vhezheni yezvinotaridzika seAppHarvest, kureva kuti, isu tiri kupfuura kambani yemadomasi.
- Stephen Kloosterman, mubatanidzwa mupepeti; Mufananidzo uri pamusoro: Muchirimo 2021 AppHarverst yakawana Root AI nerobhoti yayo yepasi rose inokohwa, Virgo. Kunyangwe Mhandara inogona kushanda mukati kana kunze, iro robhoti rakatarisana nekurima nharaunda. Kwemakore akati wandei, Virgo yakaunganidza yakakura data seti yemifananidzo yemadomasi inoibatsira kuona mhando uye kusarudza nguva yekukohwa. Mufananidzo: AppHarvest