Lisbon, Maine - ʻO Springworks, ka mahiʻai anhydrous organik nui a i hōʻoia mua ʻia ma New England, i kēia lā ua hoʻolaha i nā hoʻolālā e hoʻohui i 500,000 kapuaʻi square o ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
E hoʻomau ka hoʻonui nui i nā mea kūʻai aku o Maine Farms, Whole Foods Supermarket a me Hannaford Supermarket, a me nā hale ʻaina he nui, nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale kūʻai ʻē aʻe.Hāʻawi kēia mau hale hana iā Springworks me ka letus organik hou i hōʻoia ʻia.
E hoʻohana ʻia ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo 40,000 kapuaʻi square mua i Mei 2021, ka mea e hoʻonui i ka hua makahiki o ka hui ʻo Bibb, romaine lettuce, letus, salad dressing a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe, a me nā tausani paona o ka tilapia., He mea ko'iko'i ia i ke ka'ina ulu o Springworks o ka aquaponics.
ʻO ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i Springworks, ʻo Trevor Kenkel, 26 mau makahiki, i hoʻokumu i ka mahiʻai i ka makahiki 2014 i ka makahiki 19, a ua manaʻo ʻo ia i ka hapa nui o ka ulu ʻana o kēia lā i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kauoha mai nā hale kūʻai ma ka pane ʻana iā COVID-19.
Ua hoʻopōʻino ka maʻi maʻi i nā hale kūʻai a me nā mea kūʻai aku e kākoʻo iā lākou.ʻO ka lohi o ka hoʻouna ʻana mai nā mea kūʻai aku o West Coast ke koi nei i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā hale kūʻai kūʻai e ʻimi i nā kumu kūloko a kūloko no nā ʻano meaʻai palekana, meaʻai a me ka hoʻomau.Ma Springworks, hāʻawi kā mākou ecosystem-centric i nā lawelawe ma nā ʻano āpau.Hoʻohana kēia ʻano i ka 90% ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai ma mua o nā ʻano hana ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole hoʻohana i nā pesticides synthetic, a hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā mea kanu ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻono a puni ka makahiki.A iʻa."wahi a Kenkel.
I ka lilo ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi i kaulana i ka makahiki 2020, ua kūʻai aku ʻo Whole Foods i Springworks e mālama i nā huahana letus manuahi e hoʻokō i ka noi nui no ka letus organik mai nā mea kūʻai aku ma ka Hikina ʻĀkau.Ua ʻike ka nui o nā hale kūʻai hale kūʻai i ka paʻa ʻole o nā mea hoʻolako West Coast ma muli o ka lohi ʻana o ka hoʻouna ʻana a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe o nā palena ʻāina.
Ua hoʻonui ʻo Hannaford i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka letus Springworks mai New England i nā hale kūʻai ma New York.Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Hannaford i ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka letus Springworks i kekahi mau hale kūʻai ma Maine i 2017, i ka wā e ʻimi ana ke kaulahao i nā lettuce kūloko ma Kaleponi, Arizona a me Mexico.
I loko o ʻelua mau makahiki, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ka lawelawe a me ka maikaʻi o Springworks iā Hannaford e hoʻonui i kāna hoʻolaha ʻana ma nā hale kūʻai āpau ma Maine.Eia kekahi, i ka piʻi ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi a me ka koi o nā mea kūʻai aku, ua hoʻohui ʻo Hannaford iā Springworks i kāna hale kūʻai ma New York.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mark Jewell, ka luna ʻāpana huahana mahiʻai a Hannaford: "E nānā pono ʻo Springworks i kēlā me kēia pahu i ka wā e hālāwai ai i kā mākou lako lettuce a loaʻa i ka ʻai ʻole ʻai.E hoʻomaka ana me kāna hana symbiosis iʻa-mea kanu, e ulu mākou i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻoi aku ka momona o nā hua hou.ʻO kēia mau mea, i hui pū ʻia me kā lākou mau hana palekana meaʻai maikaʻi loa, ka loaʻa ʻana o ka makahiki āpau a kokoke i kā mākou kikowaena kikowaena, ua koho mākou iā Springworks Ma mua o ke koho ʻana i nā huahana ulu i hoʻouna ʻia ma ka ʻāina, e maʻalahi. "
Ma waho aʻe o nā huahana me ka Springworks 'Organic Baby Green Romaine lettuce, ua hoʻololi ʻo Hannaford i kā lākou lettuce lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo i kēia manawa me ka brand Springworks, hiki ke hana i ka nui o ka letus crispy no ka salakeke hoʻokahi a i ʻole smoothie.
Ua puni ʻo Kenkel a me kona kaikuahine ʻo Sierra Kenkel mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana.Ua noiʻi ʻo ia a hoʻomohala i nā ʻano ʻano hou e hoʻokō i nā pono ʻoihana o nā mea kūʻai aku a hoʻokō i ke ʻano o ka nohona a me nā pono meaʻai o nā mea kūʻai.
"Ke noi nei nā mea kūʻai aku i ka maikaʻi a me ka ʻike maopopo i nā hale kūʻai kūʻai no nā huahana organik mai nā meaʻai kūloko," wahi a Sierra, ka mea nāna e mālama i ke kūʻai aku a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana o Springworks.
"Mai nā hua a hiki i ke kūʻai ʻana, ke hana ikaika nei mākou e hoʻolako i ka letus hou a ʻono loa i manaʻo ʻia e nā hale kūʻai e like me Whole Foods a me Hannaford, a me nā mea e pono ai kā lākou mea kūʻai aku. E hoʻonui hou ʻia ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou i ko mākou hiki ke ulu i ka ʻono, ka meaʻai, a me ka letus organik i hōʻoia ʻia-a me nā kuleana a puni ka makahiki e hana i nā mea kanu ʻōmaʻomaʻo kūikawā a me nā mea kanu i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ma Maine."
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Springworks ma 2014 e CEO Trevor Kenkel i kona wā he 19 mau makahiki.He mea kanu hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo hydroponic ʻo ia ma Lisbon, Maine, e hana ana i ka letus organik i hōʻoia ʻia a me ka tilapia a puni ka makahiki.ʻO ka symbiosis iʻa-mea kanu kahi ʻano mahiʻai e hāpai i ka pilina symbiotic kūlohelohe ma waena o nā mea kanu a me nā iʻa.Hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka mahiʻai ʻāina, hoʻohana ka ʻōnaehana hydroponic Springworks i ka 90-95% ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai, a ʻo ka ʻōnaehana proprietary o ka hui he hua ma ka ʻeka he 20 mau manawa kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ko nā mahiʻai kuʻuna.
ʻO ka symbiosis iʻa a me nā mea kanu kahi ʻano hana hoʻohua kahi e kākoʻo ai nā iʻa a me nā mea kanu i ka ulu ʻana o kekahi i kekahi ma kahi ʻōnaehana pani.ʻO ka wai momona i loaʻa mai ka mahiʻai iʻa e pāpaʻi ʻia i loko o ka moena ulu e hānai i nā mea kanu.Hoʻomaʻemaʻe kēia mau mea kanu i ka wai a hoʻihoʻi i ka iʻa.ʻAʻole like me nā ʻōnaehana ʻē aʻe (me ka hydroponics), ʻaʻohe mea kemika.ʻOiai ka nui o nā pōmaikaʻi o ka hydroponics, he liʻiliʻi wale nō nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo hydroponics pāʻoihana ma United States.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Apr-20-2021
