Inkampani yokulima emi mpo eqhutshwa ubuchwepheshe iKalera imemezele ngo-Ephreli 21 ukuthi izovula indawo entsha ekhulayo e-Atlanta, Georgia ekuqaleni kuka-2021.
Isikhungo esisha sase-Atlanta isinyathelo esilandelayo sokungena Uhlelo lwe-Kalera lokukhulisa ngokushesha lwasekhaya nakwamanye amazwe lokuletha abathengi imifino eluhlaza lapho bekhona. Ngokubeka amapulazi ayo ngqo emiphakathini abayisebenzelayo, iKalera iyakwazi ukuhlinzeka ngezitolo zikazwelonke kanye nabasabalalisi bezinsiza zokudla ngaphandle kokudonsa isikhathi eside ezweni lonke, iqinisekisa ukuthi imifino yayo enamahlamvu isha isikhathi eside, futhi iphephe kakhulu kunolethisi otshalwe ensimini.
Lesi sikhungo esisha simenyezelwa kungakapheli izinyanga ezimbili uKalera evule ipulazi lakhe lesibili e-Orlando, eFlorida. Nakuba ipulazi likaKalera's Orlando kuyimanje liyipulazi eliphakeme kunawo wonke lokukhiqiza elime mpo eningizimu-mpumalanga, indawo entsha yase-Atlanta izoba ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili ngobukhulu futhi ikwazi ukukhiqiza amakhanda kaulethisi ayizigidi eziyi-11 ngonyaka kuyilapho ikhiqiza cishe imisebenzi engama-75 emphakathini wendawo.
Njengoba kwakunjalo e-Orlando, iKalera iyakwazi ukuvula ngokushesha indawo yayo entsha ekhulayo e-Atlanta ngobuchwepheshe bayo bobunikazi ngenxa yenqubo yokuklama neyokwakha ehlelekile, ebonisa ngokuqhubekayo ikhono layo lokukala ngokushesha nokwandisa amapulazi ayo aqondile. Njengoba iKalera isheshisa ukukhula kwayo eminyakeni embalwa ezayo, izoqhubeka nokwakha izindawo ezengeziwe, yandise umthamo wokukhiqiza kulo lonke elase-US nakwamanye amazwe.
“I-Atlanta iyikhaya lezinkampani eziningi ezihamba phambili zokudla nezitolo, futhi njengedolobha elijabulela ukudla okuhle, ukufinyelela emikhiqizweni ehlanzekile, ehlanzekile, yasendaweni kubalulekile. Ngemuva kwempumelelo yethu e-Orlando, i-Atlanta yaba isinyathelo esilandelayo esinengqondo ezinhlelweni zethu zokwandisa,” kusho uDaniel Malechuk, oyi-CEO yakwaKalera. “Namuhla, kunanini ngaphambili, abathengi bagxile ekuqondeni ukuthi umkhiqizo wabo uvelaphi, kuhanjwe kude kangakanani ukufika kubo, ukuthi usuphathwe izikhathi ezingaki, nokuthi uphephe futhi uhlanzeke kangakanani.”
"Ngokusebenzisa intuthuko entsha kwezesayensi nobuchwepheshe, uKalera uchaza kabusha ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukusha kwe-pick-to-plate ngekusasa kanye nokusibeka njengomholi wemboni kuguquko lwezobuchwepheshe lwendawo," kusho uCristian Toma, oyiChief Technology Officer. Kalera. “Kulesi sikhathi esibucayi, sijabule ngokuba umthombo onokwethenjelwa, unyaka wonke wemifino eluhlaza engenazibulala-zinambuzane, ulethisi, kanye nemifino emincane ehlala isezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu. Uma abathengi bekhetha imifino ye-Kalera, bayazi ukuthi bazenzela bona nemindeni yabo ukukhetha okuphephile, okutholakala endaweni.”
Inkampani isebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-cleanroom nezinqubo zokuqeda ukusetshenziswa kwamakhemikhali futhi isuse ukuchayeka kumagciwane. Njengoba kunezindawo ezisendlini ezikhona lapho isidingo sikhona, iKalera iyakwazi ukuhlinzeka ngomkhiqizo omningi endaweni, iqeda isidingo sokuhamba amabanga amade lapho ithumela imikhiqizo ebolayo. Lokhu kusho ukuthi iKalera ingaqinisekisa izinga eliphezulu kakhulu nobusha ngokuletha umkhiqizo kumakhasimende phakathi namahora okuvuna kunezinsuku noma amasonto. Izitshalo zeKalera zikhula kuyilapho zisebenzisa amanzi angaphansi ngo-95% uma kuqhathaniswa nokulima emasimini.
Ngaphezu kwesikhungo sayo se-R&D, iKalera yavula ipulazi layo lokuqala elimile lezentengiselwano, isikhungo esikhulayo se-HyCube, emagcekeni e-Orlando World Center Marriott ukuze ilethe umkhiqizo omusha wasendaweni ezivakashini nakumakhasimende ehhotela. NgoNdasa kulo nyaka, imemezele ukuvulwa kwesikhungo sayo sesibili e-Orlando. Isikhungo sase-Atlanta siyipulazi lesithathu kuphothifoliyo kaKalera, futhi maduze nje sizojoyinwa ngabaningi e-United States.
I-Kalera yinkampani yokulima eqonde ngqo eqhutshwa ubuchwepheshe enezindlela zokukhula eziyingqayizivele ezihlanganisa imisoco ethuthukisiwe nezindlela zokupheka ezilula, izilawuli ezinembile zemvelo, kanye namazinga ahlanzekile ekamelo ukuze kukhiqizwe imifino ephephile, enomsoco, engenazibulala-zinambuzane, engeyona eye-GMO enekhwalithi ephezulu engaguquki nempilo ende yeshalofu. unyaka wonke. Izikhungo zokukhiqiza ze-hydroponic zenkampani ezinesivuno esikhulu, ezizenzakalelayo, eziqhutshwa yidatha zenzelwe ukukhishwa ngokushesha ngezikhathi zokukhokha ezihamba phambili embonini ukuze kutshalwe imifino ngokushesha, okuhlanzekile, ngezindleko eziphansi, kanye nomthelela omncane kwezemvelo.
Inkampani yokulima mpo eqhutshwa ubuchwepheshe iKalera yamemezela ukuthi izovula isikhungo esisha esikhulayo esisezingeni eliphezulu e-Atlanta, Georgia ekuqaleni kuka-2021. Isikhungo esisha sase-Atlanta siyisinyathelo esilandelayo sohlelo lokunwetshwa olusheshayo lwasekhaya nolwamazwe ngamazwe lukaKalera lokuletha abathengi. imifino enamahlamvu amasha khona lapho bekhona. Isithombe: Kalera