I-Mobius pbc, inkampani yasekuqaleni eyakha ama-polymers asekelwe kudoti abolayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ezolimo ezisimeme, iwine umklomelo omkhulu wokutshalwa kwezimali kokulingana okungu-$500,000 ku-Western Growers' 2019 AgSharks Competition Nov. 12. Umncintiswano ungomunye wemboni yezolimo ehamba phambili kakhulu embonini yezolimo. imicimbi edumile nefiselekayo yezinkampani ezithuthukisa izindlela ezintsha zobuchwepheshe kwezolimo. Uxhaso lukhishwe ngabakwaS2G Ventures (Seed 2 Growth).
“Ukwenza ngcono kanye nokugcina ukusimama kohlelo lwethu lokudla kubalulekile ekusaseni lezolimo futhi kudinga ukusungulwa okusha okugxile kukho konke kusukela kumathani ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-260 emfucumfucu ongenakugwemeka okhiqizwa minyaka yonke kuye kumathani ayisigamu sesigidi samapulasitiki asetshenziswa kanye nje. ipulazi lezinto ezifana nefilimu ye-mulch kanye nembewu yokumboza,” kusho uTony Bova, oyi-CEO kanye nomsunguli we-mobius. “Kwa-mobius, sijabule ngendlela emangalisayo ukuba nozakwethu be-S2G nabaseNtshonalanga, okusisiza ukuba sithuthukise ubuchwepheshe bokuguqula leyo mfucumfucu engenakugwenywa ibe yimikhiqizo edingeka kakhulu efana nomanyolo osuselwe kudoti, izimbobo zembewu engaboli kanye nomanyolo, namafilimu emboza ebolile angaboli. iziqukathi zasenkulisa. Ukuxhumana okuqondile nemigqa ephambili yenselelo yokusimama kohlelo lokudla - abalimi bethu - kuzoba usizo olukhulu njengoba siphusha umnotho oyindilinga kwezolimo futhi siphishekela umgomo wethu wokwakha umhlaba lapho 'Kukhona Okumangalisayo Emoyeni.'”
I-AgSharks, eyethulwe ngo-2017 ukuze isize abasafufusa be-agtech balethe izinto zabo eziqanjiwe kusukela ekuthuthukisweni kuye emakethe, kwaba umcimbi wokuqala we-agtech ukunikeza ngamathuba okutshala imali ngesikhathi sangempela phambi kwezithameli ezibukhoma. Emqhudelwaneni walo nyaka, i-mobius ibhekane nezinye izinkampani ezine ezakha ubuchwepheshe obusha ukuze kuxazululwe izinkinga zezolimo ezicindezela kakhulu - yonke into kusukela ekutholakaleni kwabasebenzi kanye nokushoda kwamanzi kuya ekuphepheni kokudla kanye nezindleko zokuthobela imithetho.
"Njengoba ezolimo zibhekene nokuqina kwengcindezi yokulawula kanye nokushoda kwezinsiza ezikhulayo - ukushoda kwabasebenzi abanamakhono, ukuphela komhlaba kanye nokuqedwa kwamanzi - abalimi baya ngokuya bephendukela ekusungulweni kwezobuchwepheshe ukuze bahlale besebenza," kusho uMongameli/i-CEO yeWestern Growers uTom Nassif. . “Sikhuthazwa osomabhizinisi abanekhono be-agtech, njengalabo base-mobius, abasungula izixazululo zokusiza abalimi ukufeza inhloso yabo enhle yokondla umhlaba. ubuchwepheshe obuthembisayo buka-mobius buzodlala indima ekusimamiseni ezolimo, kanye nokusiza imboni ukuthi iqhubekisele phambili phambili ekukhiqizeni ukudla.”
mobius yakha ikusasa lapho ukudla, amahlathi kanye nemifudlana yemfucuza yezolimo ikhushulwa ibe yizingqimba ezibalulekile zokwakha amakhemikhali nezinto ezibonakalayo. Umkhiqizo wayo wokuqala i-polymer ephathelene nobunikazi, ebolayo eyenziwe nge-lignin, into engokwemvelo etholakala kubo bonke utshani nezihlahla ekhiqizwa njengemfucuza ngenani elingaphezu kwamathani ayizigidi ezingu-50 unyaka ngamunye yizimboni zephepha ne-biofuel. Ngale biopolymer, i-mobius idala amapulastiki asuselwa ku-bio, abolayo ukuze asetshenziswe kwezolimo, ukupakishwa kwezinsiza zokudla, ukulima kwezitshalo nokunye. Izicelo zale mikhiqizo zihlanganisa izinto ezishisayo ezishisayo zeziqukathi zezitshalo ezitshalwayo nezasenkulisa kanye namafilimu epulasitiki emboza ngabo izithombo zezihlahla; izinto ze-matrix zomanyolo olawulwayo okhishwayo; futhi esikhathini esizayo, izinto ezingase zibe khona zokumboza imbewu.
Inkampani, kanye nezimbangi zayo, imise amajaji ayisikhombisa angongoti ahlola inkampani ngayinye ngamandla esixazululo sayo namandla okukala, phakathi kwezinye izigaba zokuhlola. Ithimba lamajaji - elakhiwe ngabaholi bezimboni zokutshalwa kwezimali, ezolimo kanye nezobuchwepheshe - linikeze impendulo ezinkampanini, futhi ngemva kokuxoxisana nokuthola imibono evela ezithamelini, lanikeza u-mobius umklomelo ophezulu.
“Abalimi baseNtshonalanga, ngomncintiswano we-AgSharks, bayaqhubeka nokuhola imboni ekusekeleni osomabhizinisi abakha izixazululo zabalimi abangcono kakhulu emhlabeni,” kusho u-Chuck Templeton, umqondisi ophethe kwa-S2G Ventures. "Ngokuhlanganisa ukutshalwa kwezimali kwethu ku-mobius nolwazi lwemakethe ye-WG kanye nokufinyelela, singakwazi ukuletha ngokushesha ekwakheni uhlelo lokudla olunempilo noluzinzile."
U-Templeton wayesephaneli yamajaji, ehlanganisa no-Neill Callis, umphathi jikelele kwa-Turlock Fruit Company Inc.; U-Audre Kapacinskas, iphini likamongameli kwa-S2G Ventures; UFrank Maconachy, umongameli kanye ne-CEO e-Ramsay Highlander, Inc.; U-Aidan Mouat, oyi-CEO kanye nomsunguli we-Hazel Technologies; U-Craig Reade, uzakwethu e-Bonipak Produce; kanye no-Matthew Walker, umqondisi ophethe kwa-S2G Ventures.
Isekelwe ku-1926, Abalimi baseNtshonalanga imele abalimi bomndeni bendawo nabesifunda abakhulisa umkhiqizo omusha e-Arizona, California, Colorado naseNew Mexico. Amalungu ayo kanye nabasebenzi bawo bahlinzeka ngaphezu kwengxenye yezithelo ezintsha zesizwe, imifino namantongomane esihlahla, okuhlanganisa cishe ingxenye yemikhiqizo emisha yemvelo yaseMelika. Amanye amalungu aphinde alima kulo lonke elase-US nakwamanye amazwe ukuze abantu bakwazi ukufinyelela ukudla okunomsoco unyaka wonke.
I-S2G Ventures (Seed to Growth) iyisikhwama esinezigaba eziningi esitshala imali ekudleni nakwezolimo. Umgomo walesi sikhwama ukugqugquzela ukusungulwa ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo zabathengi zokudla okunempilo nokuqhubekayo. I-S2G ihlonze imikhakha kulo lonke uhlelo lokudla esesilungele ushintsho, futhi yakha iphothifoliyo enezigaba eziningi okuhlanganisa ukutshalwa kwembewu, amabhizinisi kanye nesigaba sokukhula. Izindawo ezibalulekile ze-S2G ezolimo, izithako, ingqalasizinda kanye nokusetshenziswa, i-IT ne-hardware, ukuphepha kokudla nobuchwepheshe, izitolo nezindawo zokudlela, kanye nemikhiqizo yabathengi. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana ne-S2G, vakashela www.s2gventures.com.