Greenhouse yochokera ku Goochland ikuyembekeza kuyambitsa kukulitsa malo ake nthawi ino chaka chamawa.
Greenswell Growers, yomwe imagwira ntchito yolima m'nyumba ku West Creek Business Park, ikufuna kumanga nyumba zina ziwiri zobiriwira pamalo ake okwana maekala 30. Ikukonzekera kukulitsa kukula koyambirira kwa Julayi 2023, woyambitsa mnzake Chuck Metzgar adatero poyankhulana sabata ino.
Metzgar adati malo atsopanowa adzakhala ofanana ndi 77,000-square-foot-foot hydroponic wowonjezera kutentha kwa kampaniyo, yomwe idatsegulidwa chaka chatha ndipo ikuyembekezeka kukulitsa zokolola zokwana mapaundi 3.7 miliyoni pazaka zitatu zoyambirira.
Ntchito yomanga nyumba zobiriwira zatsopanozi ikuyembekezeka kutenga pafupifupi miyezi 12. Metzgar anakana kupereka mtengo wa polojekitiyi. Kampaniyo idanenapo kale kuti greenhouse yomwe ili pano, yomwenso ndi likulu lake, idawononga $ 17 miliyoni.
"Mumawononga ndalama zambiri kuti muyambe izi koma mukabwerezanso ndalama zanu zimatsika," adatero Metzgar.
Kampaniyo ili ndi antchito khumi ndi awiri pamalo ake pa 1343 Hockett Road ndipo akuyembekeza kukulitsa antchito ake pakuwonjezeka.
Carl Gupton, Purezidenti wa Greenswell, adati bizinesi yakampaniyo yatsala pang'ono kugawanika pakati pa ogula zakudya, monga malo odyera, ndi malo ogulitsira. Izi zikuphatikizapo misika yam'deralo ndi maunyolo akuluakulu.
"Ndikuganiza kukula mwanzeru kunjaku, ndikuganiza kuti tikuyandikira zomwe tikuyembekezera," adatero Gupton. "Gawo logulitsa mwina likutenga nthawi yayitali kuposa momwe timayembekezera koma gawo lazakudya la bizinesi yathu lathetsa izi."
Ngakhale kuti cholinga chake chinali pa masamba a ana, kampaniyo pamapeto pake ikufuna kuwonjezera zopereka zake.
“Mumapita ku golosale ndikuwona zomwe zikugulitsidwa ndi zomwe mungawongolere. Strawberries ndichinthu chomwe tikuyang'ana (komanso) mavwende ogwiritsidwa ntchito kamodzi," adatero Gupton.
Zolinga za Greenswell zokulitsa bizinesi yake zimabwera pomwe idatseka kukweza ndalama zokwana $ 300,000 pakati pa Julayi, malinga ndi kusungitsa kwa SEC. Kampaniyo idakana kuyankhapo za momwe ndalamazo zidzagwiritsire ntchito.
Malinga ndi zolemba za SEC, kampaniyo idakweza kale $ 1.9 miliyoni chaka chino ndalamazo zisanachitike mu Julayi.
Masamba opakidwa a Greenswell atha kupezeka m'masitolo a Food Lion m'dera la Richmond metro komanso malo ogulitsira ang'onoang'ono monga Libbie Market ndi Yellow Umbrella Provisions, malinga ndi tsamba lake.
Zobiriwira za kampaniyi zimapezekanso kudera la DC ndi Hampton Roads. Greenswell posachedwapa adapanga mgwirizano ndi Ukrop's Homestyle Foods komanso kuti masamba azigwiritsidwa ntchito pazogulitsa zakampaniyo.
Kampaniyo sinakhazikitse mtengo wovomerezeka wamabokosi amasamba ake, adatero Gupton, ndikuwonjezera kuti masitolo amagulitsa mapaketi anayi akampaniyo $4 mpaka $3.50.
Greenswell akuwona kutsegulira kwa ogulitsa masamba amasamba aku East Coast ndipo akuyang'ana zoyesayesa zake pamsika wapakatikati pa Atlantic, adatero Metzgar.
Zamasamba zamasamba zambiri zomwe zimabzalidwa mdziko muno zimabwera kudzera kumayiko akumadzulo, ndipo zovuta zamadzi zomwe zikuchitika mderali komanso momwe mliriwu wawululira kufooka kwa mayendedwe operekera zakudya kumapangitsa Greenswell kukhala ndi chidwi pamwayi wake wokulitsa bizinesi yake.
Kampaniyo anakhazikitsidwa ndi Metzgar, yemwe kale anali mkulu woyang'anira kampani ya Mercer; pamodzi ndi John May, pulezidenti ndi CEO wa Center for Innovation and Development ku Kilmarnock; ndi Dyetsani Purezidenti ndi CEO Doug Pick.