Muna 2011, shamwari Tim Ryan naJohn Bonner vakavaka 300-square-foot greenhouse muBurton, Ohio, nechinangwa chekuve mupi wemunharaunda, wakachena, wegore rose wemararamiro emararamiro nemishonga. Mugumisiro wacho waiva Great Lakes Varimi, uye kufarira muzvigadzirwa zvavo kwakauya nekukurumidza uye nehasha.
"Taida kuderedza makiromita ekufambisa kwezvokudya (sezvo zvibereko zvizhinji zvino zvichibva kuWest Coast), kupa zvibereko zvakachena pane izvo zvinoitwa nemichero yakasimwa mumunda uye kutonga zvakatipoteredza mu greenhouse kuti zvibvumire goho rinoenderana," Ryan. akadaro. "Uzivi hwedu hwakareruka: kupa mhando yepamusoro, nyowani, yakachena kwazvo chigadzirwa gore rese mudunhu reGreat Lakes. Zvigadzirwa zvedu zviri kurarama, zvichizvipa hupenyu hwesherufu isingaenzaniswi yevatengi nevabiki veresitorendi. "
Nekukurumidza, kudiwa kwakapfuura uye varimi vehydroponic vakasarudza kuwedzera - kutanga kusvika 3,000 square tsoka, ipapo zviuru gumi masikweya tsoka uye ikozvino 10,000-square-foot nzvimbo inokwana ine yakazara otomatiki NFT (Nutrient Film Technique) system.
"Takasarudza kuwedzera nekuda kwekuda kwevatengi ... nekukurumidza kupfuura lettuce uye kutora nzvimbo shoma," Ryan akadaro. "Isu tave kukwanisa kurima lettuce nemakwenzi ane zvavanoda maererano netembiricha, chikafu, nezvimwe."
Nhasi, Varimi veGreat Lakes vanogona kukura 1.4 miriyoni misoro yelettuce pagore, ine nzvimbo yakakwana iripo yekuwedzera mashandiro kusvika 450,000 square tsoka uye 18 miriyoni lettuce misoro.
Nzvimbo yayo yakakura yekukura yanga iri mumapuranga ekugara lettuce, iyo inopa hupenyu hwemasherufu kwemavhiki maviri kusvika kumatatu uye inobvumira vatengi vari munzvimbo dzakawanda kutenga zvigadzirwa.
Zvese zviri kudiwa nevatengi uye kuwedzera kwechibereko kubva kumaindasitiri ezvitoro uye ezvekudya zvakafambisa vaviri ava kuita mari yakakosha iyi.
"Tiri kutengesa 30 muzana yechigadzirwa mumaresitorendi uye makumi manomwe muzana muzvitoro / zvitoro," Ryan akadaro. "Isu tiri mumatunhu akati wandei kuMidwest yese uye tinoshandisa chikafu chinopa chikafu chekutumira maresitorendi. Isu tinoendesa kumagirosa emuno uye tine masemi-rori ekutakura akarongerwa vatengi vezvitoro. "
Kuwana ruzivo
Kubatana kwaBonner naRyan kwaive kwakanyatsokwana kune greenhouse.
Bonner akarererwa papurazi remhuri remaeka makumi matatu munzvimbo iyi, raive nechibage, soya beans uye magreenhouse. Mbuya vake vaive muvambi weBurton Floral neGadheni, muparadzi mukuru wehorticultural supply kuMidwest. Bonner akagamuchira dhigirii rekutungamira bhizinesi uye akamhanyisa imba yekupisa mhuri yake kwemakore matanhatu, asati atanga Great Lakes neshamwari yake.
Akasimudzwawo munzvimbo iyi, Ryan akagamuchira dhigirii rebhaibheri musainzi yezvematongerwo enyika uye dhigirii re masters mukutungamira bhizinesi, ndokuzoenderera mberi nekushanda makore anopfuura gumi nemaviri kuSwagelok Co. yeSolon, Ohio, achikudza hunyanzvi hwake hwebhizinesi.
Imwe yekudyara kukuru kweGreat Lakes Growers yaive muhurongwa hwayo hweNFT, iyo inodzokorodza rwizi rwezvinovaka muviri mhiri kwemidzi yechirimwa, ichidzikisa mvura uye tsvina yezvikafu uku ichibvumira goho rakakura kubva padiki tsoka. Ichi chinhu chakabatsira kuchengetedza greenhouse kuita purofiti kubva pakutanga.
Zvakadaro, pane nzira yekudzidza yaRyan naBonner pavanenge vachiona mamwe maficha ebhizinesi.
"Chidzidzo chinonyanya kukosha chatakadzidza kubva pakukura lettuce nemishonga kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweOhio ndechokuti kunyange zvazvo tine nzvimbo yepamusoro-soro, zvinhu zvezvakatipoteredza zvichiri kuita basa guru," Ryan akadaro. “Kuwanda kwechiedza chezuva chatinowana chine simba guru pakukura uye kunaka. Kunyangwe isu tichigona kurima zvemhando yepamusoro gore rese, mwedzi yezhizha inotipa zvirinani ruvara uye kugadzira, uye kufunga kuti tingadzokorora sei izvi mukati memazuva anotonhora/mapfupi echando kuchaenda kure kutibatsira kuti tibudirire. ”
Semuyenzaniso, vakakurumidza kuziva kuti mamwe marudzi elettuce anobereka goho rakakura, remhando yepamusoro kana akasangana nekusimba kwechiedza chakasiyana, nepo mamwe makwenzi anokura nekusimba nekukurumidza nehunyoro hushoma.
Panyaya iyi, Ryan anodoma mwenje wekuwedzera senge inzvimbo huru yemukana yeGreat Lakes Growers izvozvi, uye vari kuyedza LED nedzimwe nzira dzekuvhenekesa kubatsira kuona maitiro ekudzikisa mhedzisiro yemazuva mapfupi mukati memwedzi yechando.
"Kune chiyero chenguva dzose chatinofanira kuchengetedza, uye zvivakwa zvedu zvitsva zvinotitendera kupa rudzi irworwo rwekutarisisa kuzvirimwa zvedu, izvo zvinozopedzisira zvaunza chigadzirwa chiri nani kune vatengi vedu," akadaro. Iyo greenhouse haishandisi makemikari emishonga, izvo zviri nani kune zvese muviri uye zvakatipoteredza, Ryan akadaro.
"Nemhaka yekuti zvirimwa zvedu zvinowana huwandu hwakakwana hwemvura uye chikafu, zvinokura nekuenderana uye nemhando yepamusoro apo kuchengetedza zviwanikwa - munguva pfupi," akadaro. “Uye sezvo isu tichikura munzvimbo inodzorwa nemamiriro ekunze, zvese zviri mumwaka gore rese. Uyezve, sezvo goho redu richibva muno muOhio pane kutumirwa kubva kuMaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweUS kana Mexico, kutsva uye kunonaka zvisingaite kana rasvika paforogo yako.”
Mune ramangwana
Ryan anofara kuti kambani yake inogona kutsigira nharaunda nekupa mabasa, uye anotarisira kuti izvi zvichaenderera mberi nekufamba kwemakore. Great Lakes Growers vane vangangosvika gumi neshanu venguva yakazara vakaenzana mugreenhouse uye vatyairi vaviri kana vatatu, zvichienderana nezvinodiwa. Yakawedzera vashandi vatsva vakati wandei kubva pakuwedzera, uye ichave ichida mamwe akati wandei zvichienderana nekuti otomatiki anoenderera mberi sei.
Tichitarisa kumberi, Ryan anotarisira Great Lakes Varimi kuti vawedzere kuwedzera nzvimbo yayo uye zvinopihwa.
"Tinoronga kuenderera mberi nekukura kwedu mumakore matatu kusvika mashanu anotevera, tichigadzira nzira dzinoita kuti tideredze kukanganisa kwemamiriro ekunze," akadaro. "Tine tarisiro yekuve mupi mumwe chete weanyoro, anovaka muviri lettuce nemishonga inowanikwa kuMidwest."
- Keith Loria, VGN munyori