Polimbikitsa kupereka kwake zokolola zolimidwa molunjika, Kroger Co. yawulula mgwirizano wokulirapo wogawa ndi mlimi wamkati Gotham Greens.
Mapulani akufuna kuti Kroger atulutse zinthu za Gotham Greens m'masitolo pafupifupi 1,000 kumapeto kwa chaka chino, kuchokera m'masitolo opitilira 300 pakadali pano, chimphona chachikulu chochokera ku Cincinnati chatero dzulo. Kuphatikiza apo, kugawidwa kokulirapo kwa ma dips opangira mbewu a Gotham Greens, ma sosi ophikira ndi zovala zidzayika chizindikirocho m'masitolo pafupifupi 2,000 a Kroger m'dziko lonselo.
Gotham Greens imagwiritsa ntchito njira zokulirapo za hydroponic m'malo obiriwira opangidwa ndi dzuwa, zomwe zimalola mafamu ake kuti agwiritse ntchito madzi ochepera 95% ndi 97% kuchepera malo motsutsana ndi ulimi wamunda, Kroger adati. Njira zaulimi izi, zimathandizira kuti mtunduwo ukule, kukolola ndikupereka masamba osakhala a GMO, saladi wopanda mankhwala ndi zitsamba masiku 365 pachaka, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti azikhala ndi nthawi yayitali komanso kuthandizira kuyesetsa kwa Kroger kuti apange chakudya chokhazikika. dongosolo, wogulitsa anati.
"Ndife onyadira kukulitsa mgwirizano wathu ndi Gotham Greens pamene tikugwira ntchito limodzi kuti tibweretse zokolola zatsopano, zakomweko, zapamwamba komanso zokhalitsa kwa makasitomala athu m'njira yosamalira chilengedwe," a Dan De La Rosa, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa gulu latsopano. kugulitsa ku Kroger, adatero m'mawu ake. “Nyumba zosungiramo zachilengedwe za Gotham Greens, zoyendetsedwa ndi nyengo zimachepetsa kuchuluka kwa masiku omwe zinthu zimathera pakati pa kukolola ndi mashelufu a masitolo athu, kwinaku zikuchotsa zovuta zomwe sizingadziwike ndi nyengo ndikuwongolera zinthu zabwino komanso moyo wa alumali. Zinthu zimenezi pamapeto pake zimachepetsa kuwononga chakudya, m’masitolo ndi m’nyumba za ogula.”
Gotham Greens wakhala akugulitsa Kroger kuyambira 2020, pomwe mtunduwo udayambitsa zogulitsa zake m'gawo la King Soopers. Mapulani amayitanitsa masamba a masamba a Gotham Greens ndi mzere wa zitsamba kuti apitilize kufalikira kudutsa King Soopers, Ralphs, Dillons, Frys, QFC, Fred Meyer ndi masitolo osankhidwa a Kroger pomwe wolima akutsegula nyumba zatsopano zobiriwira mdziko lonselo, Kroger adati. Zovala zatsopano za Gotham Greens, ma sosi ophikira ndi ma dips opangidwa ndi zomera omwe "odzaza ndi zomera," amakonzedwa pang'ono ndikugwiritsa ntchito zosakaniza zapamwamba, kuphatikizapo zitsamba zomwe zimakula bwino, makampaniwa adatero.
Pofika chilimwechi, Gotham Greens yochokera ku Brooklyn, New York idzakhala ndi nyumba 13 zobiriwira, zokhala ndi maekala opitilira 40, kapena masikweya mita 1.8 miliyoni, kudutsa California, Colorado, Illinois, Texas, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, New York ndi Rhode. Chilumba.
"Kroger ndi Gotham Greens amagawana kudzipereka pakupanga chakudya chokhazikika komanso chofanana, kuika anthu ndi dziko lathu patsogolo pa zonse zomwe timachita," adatero Viraj Puri, woyambitsa mgwirizano ndi CEO wa Gotham Greens. “Chifukwa chakuchulukirachulukira kwanyengo ndi zovuta zokhudzana ndi kagayidwe kazakudya zomwe zikuyang'anizana ndi chakudya chathu, ndikofunikira kwambiri kuposa kale kubweretsa njira zaulimi zomwe zimakulitsa zokolola zapamwamba pomwe tikugwiritsa ntchito zachilengedwe zochepa zamtengo wapatali. Gotham Greens ikukula mwachangu, ndipo tikuyembekeza kubweretsa mtundu wathu kumisika yatsopano m'miyezi ikubwerayi. "
Kroger wakhala akugwira ntchito m'bwalo lazokolola zolimidwa molunjika, akugwira ntchito ndi alimi monga 80 Acres Farms ndi Infarm. Zolengezedwa kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2019, mgwirizano ndi Infarm, network yaulimi yaku Berlin yochokera ku Berlin, idabweretsa mafamu amtundu wanthawi zonse m'masitolo a Kroger's QFC ku Washington state. Ndipo mu 2021, Kroger adatulutsa masamba ndi ndiwo zamasamba kuchokera ku 80 Acres kupita kumasitolo ena mazana ambiri pambuyo poti woyendetsa sitolo 32 atayamba mu Novembala 2019.