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Little Leaf Farms, omwe amapanga letesi wowonjezera kutentha ndi masamba obiriwira, atsegulidwa kuti atsegule nyumba yotenthetsera malo ku McAdoo, PA, kugwa uku. Malo atsopanowa adzakhala nyumba yachisanu yotenthetsera mtundu komanso yachiwiri ku Pennsylvania. Pokhala ndi maekala 10 owonjezera opangira m'nyumba, Little Leaf Farms ikukonzekera kuwonjezera kupezeka kwawo kogulitsa kumasitolo pafupifupi 5,000, kupangitsa masamba awo atsopano kupezeka kwa ogulitsa akuluakulu ku Midwest ndi Southeast.
Nkhani zokulirapo zaposachedwa zidagawidwa pamwambo womwe unachitikira ndi Little Leaf Farms pa Meyi 31, wopezeka ndi Bwanamkubwa wa Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro ndi oimira ena a boma. Chochitikacho chinakondwerera kukula kwa mtundu ku Pennsylvania. Mafamu a Little Leaf, omwe ali kale ndi maekala 180 ku McAdoo, akhala akupanga masamba akulu kwambiri m'boma. Chiyambireni kutsegulira nyumba yake yoyamba yotenthetsera maekala 10 mu Julayi 2022, kampaniyo yakhala ikuchita bwino kwambiri ndipo ikuyembekeza kugwiritsa ntchito anthu opitilira 170 pofika kumapeto kwa 2023.
A Paul Sellew, Woyambitsa ndi CEO wa Little Leaf Farms, adawonetsa kudzipereka kwa kampaniyo pakupanga zokolola zokhazikika komanso cholinga chawo chopereka masamba atsopano komanso okoma kwa ogula. Anagogomezera zolinga zawo zokhuza kukula komanso momwe kukula ku Pennsylvania kumasonyezera kuthekera kwawo kupitiliza kupanga ndi ntchito. Sellew adawonetsanso kupambana kwa mtunduwo pakukulitsa malonda ogulitsa ndi 50% mchaka chatha, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti Little Leaf Farms akhale mtundu wapamwamba kwambiri wa letesi wopakidwa bwino womwe umakulitsidwa bwino kudzera muulimi wowongolera chilengedwe (CEA) mdziko muno.
Kuwonjezedwa kwa maekala 10 pansi pagalasi kumayimira kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwa Mafamu a Little Leaf. Ndi kukula kumeneku, azitha kukolola masamba obiriwira opitilira mapaundi 20 miliyoni pachaka m'malo awo onse. Nyumba yotenthetsera kutentha yatsopanoyi idzakhala ndi luso lamakono, kuphatikizapo makina otenthetsera, ozizira, ndi magetsi. Kuphatikiza apo, idzagwiritsa ntchito zinthu zachilengedwe monga mphamvu ya dzuwa ndi madzi amvula abwino. Mafamu a Little Leaf apitiliza kugwiritsa ntchito makina ake osagwiritsa ntchito manja, kuwonetsetsa kuti masamba obiriwira amakhalabe osakhudzidwa kuchokera ku mbewu mpaka kukupakira, ndikuchotsa kufunika kotsuka. Ndi letesi yomwe imalimidwa chaka chonse ndikukolola tsiku ndi tsiku, Little Leaf Farms amatha kutulutsa masamba awo kuchokera ku greenhouse kupita ku golosale mkati mwa maola 24.
Bwanamkubwa Shapiro adayamikira zaulimi ku Pennsylvania ndipo adatsindika udindo wa boma monga mtsogoleri pazaulimi, kulenga ntchito, ndi luso. Iye adawonetsa chidwi chake pazachuma cha Little Leaf Farms ku Pennsylvania, ponena kuti zikuwonetsa kuthekera kwa boma pakukula ndi chitukuko pazaulimi. Bwanamkubwa Shapiro adatsimikiziranso kudzipereka kwa utsogoleri wake pothandizira alimi, asayansi, ndi amalonda omwe akufuna kuthandizira pakukula kwaulimi ku Pennsylvania.
Kuphatikiza pa kukula kwa greenhouse, Little Leaf Farms adawonetsa kudzipereka kwawo kwa anthu amderali popereka ndalama zokwana $10,000 ku Feeding Pennsylvania, bungwe lopanda phindu lodzipereka kuchepetsa njala ndi kusowa kwa chakudya m'boma lonse. Ndalamazi zidzaperekedwa ku mabanki a chakudya omwe ali mamembala kuti apereke thandizo kwa anthu omwe akufunika thandizo.
Kuyang'ana m'tsogolo, Little Leaf Farms ikuyang'anabe ntchito yake yosintha momwe chakudya chimakulidwira ndikubweretsa masamba atsopano, masamba kwa ogula. Mtunduwu wakhazikitsa cholinga chofuna kupitilira $ 100 miliyoni pakugulitsa malonda kumapeto kwa 2023. Ndi mphamvu yopitilira kukula ku Pennsylvania ndi Massachusetts, komwe amagwira ntchito zobiriwira zobiriwira, Little Leaf Farms ili pafupi kukula ndipo ikufuna kukhazikitsa mawonekedwe a greenhouses m'madera awa.
Masamba Ang'onoang'ono Opindika Letesi Chizindikiro
Zomwe zachitika posachedwa, a Little Leaf Farms adalemba fomu ku United States Patent and Trademark Office kuti alembe chizindikiro cha biological morphology, kapena mawonekedwe, a letesi la Baby Crispy Green Leaf. Chizindikiro cha chizindikirochi chimatchula mawonekedwe a letesi, omwe amakhala ndi khonde lozungulira lolowera m'mphepete mwa masamba obiriwira.
Letesi wa Masamba Aang'ono a Masamba a Crispy Green Leaf amadziwika nthawi yomweyo chifukwa chamasewera ake, mawonekedwe ake opindika komanso mtundu wobiriwira wobiriwira. Kupatula mawonekedwe ake apadera, mitundu ya letesi imadziwika ndi kuphwanyidwa kwake kwatsopano, kotheka chifukwa chaukadaulo wapamwamba wamtundu wowonjezera kutentha komanso kudzipereka pakutumiza kwawoko pakatha maola 24 atakolola.
Lindsay Hardie, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Marketing ku Little Leaf Farms, adawonetsa kunyadira zomwe kampaniyo yachita. Adawunikiranso zabwino zomwe adalandira kuchokera kwa ogula omwe amayamikira kuwona Little.
Zogulitsa za Leaf Farms pazakudya zam'malesitilanti komanso m'mipata yopangira zinthu chifukwa cha mawonekedwe osadziwika bwino a letesi la Baby Crispy Green Leaf. Hardie adanenanso momwe letesi wawo wasinthira momwe anthu amaonera saladi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti azidya bwino. Kuzindikira kumeneku kwa mawonekedwe awo apadera komanso opatsa chidwi a letesi kumagwirizana ndi chikondwerero cha Mwezi wa National Salad.
Mafamu a Little Leaf akupitilizabe kusintha ntchito zaulimi popereka zokolola zokhazikika, zapamwamba komanso zothandiza kwambiri kwa anthu amderalo. Ndi kuchuluka kwawo kwa greenhouse komanso kudzipereka kosalekeza pakupanga zatsopano, mtunduwo uli m'malo abwino kuti upitilize kuchita bwino pamsika wa letesi wobiriwira.