Ama-Smart drones asabalalisa izinambuzane ezinenzuzo ezitshalweni, izinto zokupakisha zokwandisa isikhathi seshelufu sesinkwa, kanye nobuchwepheshe bokuguqula imfucuza yokudla ibe imisoco yokulima nge-hydroponic - lezi ezinye zezinto ezintsha ezizovezwa ku-virtual yalo nyaka. I-Grow-NY Food and Ag Summit, Nov. 17-18.
"Isifunda saseNew York sizibophezele ekusekeleni imboni yethu edume umhlaba wonke yokudla nezolimo," kusho uGov. U-Andrew M. Cuomo uthe esimemezelweni sakamuva sabafinyelele kowamanqamu abangama-20 ababambe iqhaza emqhudelwaneni, ogxile ekuqiniseni ukuqanjwa kabusha kokudla kanye nezolimo esifundeni saseGrow-NY (maphakathi neNew York, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier).
"Nakulokhu futhi, umncintiswano we-Grow-NY uhehe iqembu losomabhizinisi abahlukahlukene, abasafufusa abakulungele ukugxila ekutholeni izindlela ezintsha zokuqhubekisela phambili ukuguqula le mboni ebucayi,” kusho uCuomo. "Kungemizamo ehlosiwe efana ne-Grow-NY lapho sizoqhubeka nokuqinisa le minotho yesifunda, sikhuthaze ukukhula kwezwe lonke."
Engqungqutheleni yesibili yonyaka, ukudla okukhethiwe kanye neziqalo ze-ag zizoncintisana ngemiklomelo eyizigidi ezi-3 zamaRandi - umklomelo ophezulu we- $ 1 million, imiklomelo emibili yama- $ 500,000 kanye nemiklomelo emine yama- $ 250,000. Ukwengeza, abaholi abacabanga ukudla nezolimo abavela eKolishi Lezolimo Nesayensi Yezempilo (CALS) kanye neCornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) bazobe behola uchungechunge lwamaphaneli nezingxoxo ezihlanganisa ochwepheshe bezimboni.
Ngonyaka odlule, i-Grow-NY Food and Ag Summit yaheha abantu abangaphezu kuka-900; ngokulandela izimiso zokuphepha ze-COVID-19, ingqungquthela yalo nyaka izoba ngokoqobo ngokuphelele. Ukubhaliswa kwamahhala kwengqungquthela isivuliwe, njengokubhaliswa kwe umcimbi wemiklomelo, kuhlelelwe u-Nov. 23.
Abafinyelele kowamanqamu abangu-20 - abakhethwe kwabafake izicelo abangama-264 emhlabeni jikelele - bebesebenzisana eduze nabeluleki abababelwe ukuze baqonde kangcono ukuthi bangenza kanjani umthelela omkhulu esifundeni sase-Grow-NY futhi balungiselele ukuphonsa amabhizinisi abo kuphaneli yamajaji angochwepheshe.
Abayisithupha kwabafinyelele kowamanqamu balo nyaka banokuxhunywa kukaCornell:
I-halomine (Ithaca): U-CEO u-Ted Eveleth '90 kanye no-CTO Mingyu Qiao, umcwaningi we-postdoctoral, bangamalungu e-on-campus technology incubator. Isikhungo sePraxis Sokuthuthukiswa Kwebhizinisi, futhi baye bahlangana ukuze bakhe izixazululo zokulwa namagciwane - zinikezwe ilayisense nge-Cornell's Isikhungo Selayisensi Yobuchwepheshe – ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha kokudla. I-Halomine nayo isebenzisana ne- I-McGovern Centre for Venture Development in the Life Sciences ukwenza ucwaningo lwebhayoloji kanye nokuhlola ngokumelene nama-coronavirus.
I-Leep Foods (Rochester, New York): Kunikezelwe ekukhuliseni amakhowe aphilayo kusetshenziswa izindlela zenhlabathi ezivuselelayo ezingodweni eziqinile ezinomsoco, ukuqalisa kusebenze ne I-Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech ukwakha ibhega yamakhowe ehlanganisiwe.
Norwhey (Ithaca): Umsunguli kanye ne-CEO USamuel Alcaine, MS '07, uprofesa osizayo kwa-Cornell's Umnyango Wesayensi Yokudla, inyusa iwhey yeyogathi yesifunda saseNew York ibe uphuzo oludakayo.
I-Candidus (i-Hull, Georgia): I-Candidus ithuthukisa amasu okukhanyisa okungeziwe angabizi kanye nezinhlelo zokulawula zemisebenzi yezentengiselwano ye-greenhouse. Umsunguli u-Eric Mattos uphinde abe ngumqondisi omkhulu we- IGreenhouse Lighting & Systems Engineering i-consortium, eholwa ngokubambisana yi-Cornell kanye ne-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute yaseTroy, eNew York.
I-Asarasi (Katonah, New York): Ngokubuyisela kabusha amanzi enza u-97% wobisi lwe-maple, lesi siqalo sesiphuzo sidala enye indlela esimeme emanzini acwebezelayo asebhodleleni. UMnyango Wesayensi Yokudla ubambisene ne-Asarasi ukuze uqinisekise izinqubo zokuphepha kokudla.
I-Ripe.io (Idolobha LaseNew York): I-COO u-Rachel Gabato '90 kanye nalo lonke ithimba lakhe bahlinzeka ngenkundla yokufinyelela ulwazi olusobala noluthembekile ngemvelaphi, uhambo kanye nekhwalithi yokudla komuntu.
Le ngqungquthela iphinde ihlanganise nochungechunge, olukhiqizwe ngabakwa-eCornell, okuhlanganisa ubuhlakani be-CALS nabanye abasebenzi baseCornell abaholayo izingxoxo zephaneli mayelana nezinselelo namathuba akamuva embonini yezokudla nezolimo, okuhlanganisa:
- Ukwakha Umhlahlandlela Wezitshalo Ezisafufusa: imodareyithwe ngu UGary Bergstrom, uprofesa wezifo zezitshalo kanye ne-plant-microbe biology (CALS);
- I-Hemp's Regulatory Landscape: ihlolwe ngu Larry Smart, uprofesa wezokulima (i-CALS) kanye nomqondisi ohlangene we-Cornell AgriTech e-Geneva, eNew York.
- Ukulungisa Uhlelo lwethu Lokudla Oluphukile: lwenganyelwe nguChristine Mehta, umphathi wocwaningo we Isikhungo Sokuthuthukiswa Kwezomnotho Kwesifunda.
- Ukushintsha Isimo Sezulu, Ukushintsha Amapulazi: kuhlolwe ngu Julie Suarez, umqondisi ohlangene wezindaba zesibonelelo somhlaba (CALS) kanye nofaka phakathi U-Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, umsizi kaprofesa e- Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management.
- Idili Elivela Kumvuthuluka - Ukuhlenga Imfucumfucu Yokudla: ihlolwe ngu USamuel Alcaine, umsizi kaprofesa wesayensi yokudla (CALS).
- Izingozi Nemivuzo - Kwethulwa I-CPG Entsha: Ingxoxo ye-Fireside no-Aishwarya Iyer, umsunguli kanye ne-CEO ye-Brightland, eholwa nguCatharine Young, umqondisi omkhulu we-Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech.
- Ukugoba, Akunqamuki - Ukudla kanye Nokuqina Kokuqalisa Kwe-Bev Nokuzivumelanisa Nezimo: kwenganyelwe nguChris Gerling, uzakwabo omkhulu wesandiso e-Cornell AgriTech.
Ukuze uthole ukubhaliswa nolwazi oluthe xaxa nge-Grow-NY Food and Ag Summit kanye nomcimbi wemiklomelo, vakashela khulisa-ny.com.
– USara Baier unguchwepheshe kwezokumaketha nezokuxhumana weSikhungo Sokuthuthuka Kwezomnotho Kwesifunda.