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Ma Microgreens, masamba ang'onoang'ono komanso owoneka bwino amasamba osiyanasiyana, asokoneza Spokane pomwe kufunikira kwa zokolola zokhala ndi michere yambiri komanso zowoneka bwino kukukulirakulira. Timasamba ting'onoting'ono timeneti, timene timakololedwa tikakhala ndi tsinde chabe ndipo masamba enieni osapitirira awiri, tasanduka chowonjezera pazakudya za anthu, n'kumapita ku pizza, ma tacos, soups, ndi saladi chifukwa cha kukoma kowonjezereka kumeneko. Sikuti masamba ang'onoang'ono amangowonjezera kukoma kwa mbale, koma amaperekanso mwayi wopatsa thanzi kuposa anzawo omwe akukula bwino, amadzitamandira kuchulukitsa ka 40 zakudya zochulukirapo malinga ndi kafukufuku. Kuchulukirachulukira kwa ma microgreens kwadzetsa msika wotukuka ndipo kwalimbikitsa alimi ambiri am'deralo kuti akwaniritse megademand.
Ma Microgreens akhala ali pa radar kwa nthawi yayitali, koma kutchuka kwawo kwakula kwambiri m'zaka zaposachedwa. Mafamu a m’dera la Spokane aona kuchuluka kwa kufunikira kwa masamba odzala ndi zopatsa thanziwa, zomwe zachititsa kuti alimi ambiri omwe akutumikira kumsika wopindulitsawu achuluke. Zomera zazing'onozi sizimangowoneka bwino komanso zakhala zokondedwa pakati pa ogula okonda thanzi omwe akufunafuna njira zowonjezera zakudya zawo ndi zakudya zopatsa thanzi.
Kafukufuku wopangidwa ndi University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources ndi dipatimenti ya zaulimi ku US awonetsa kufunikira kopatsa thanzi kwa ma microgreens. Kutengera ndi mtundu wa masamba, masambawa amatha kukhala ndi michere yochulukirapo nthawi 40 kuposa anzawo okhwima. Kuchuluka kwa mavitamini, mchere, ndi antioxidants kumawapangitsa kukhala ofunikira pazakudya zilizonse, ndipo mawonekedwe awo apadera amawapangitsa kukhala otchuka pakati pa ophika ndi ophika kunyumba.
Nkhani zopambana za anthu omwe adakumana ndi kusintha kwa thanzi ataphatikiza ma microgreens muzakudya zawo zawonjezera kufunikira. Mwachitsanzo, mwiniwake wa We Do Moore LLC, famu yobiriwira pang'ono m'tauni ku Spokane Valley, adasintha thanzi lake atalandira zakudya zokhala ndi masamba awa. Nkhani zoterezi zalimbikitsa alimi ena kuti ayambe kulima mbewu zobiriwira pang'ono, zomwe zathandiza kuti minda ichuluke.
Pamene kutchuka kwa ma microgreens kukukulirakulira, msika wakhala wopikisana kwambiri, zomwe zikubweretsa phindu komanso zovuta kwa alimi. Kumbali yabwino, kufunikira kowonjezereka kwatsegula mwayi watsopano kwa alimi kuti adzikhazikitse pamsika wa microgreens ndikupeza phindu. Zomera zobiriwira, zomwe zimakhala zotsika mtengo, zimatha kubweretsa phindu lalikulu kwa alimi omwe amatha kupanga ndikugulitsa ma voliyumu ambiri kuti apeze phindu la phindu la paundi.
Komabe, kuchuluka kwa kufunikira kwabweranso ndi zopinga zina. Kukwera kwa mpikisano komanso kuchuluka kwamitengo yambewu kwadzetsa kukwera kwamitengo yambewu, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti alimi apindule nawo. Kwa alimi atsopano omwe akufuna kulowa mumsika, kupeza malo kungakhale kovuta chifukwa cha osewera omwe akhazikitsidwa kale m'mundamo.
Ngakhale pali zovuta izi, msika wa microgreens ku Spokane udakali wolimba, ndipo alimi akumaloko akupitiliza kufufuza njira zatsopano zopezera megademand. Mafamu monga We Do Moore LLC ndi Courage to Grow Farms LLC alandira ukadaulo ndi njira zaulimi wamatauni kuti apange masamba ang'onoang'ono obiriwira chaka chonse, kuwapangitsa kukwaniritsa zosowa zamakasitomala nthawi zonse.
Ma Microgreens ayamba kutchuka m'dera la Spokane chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwawo kwa michere, kakomedwe kake, komanso kusinthasintha m'zakudya zosiyanasiyana. Pamene kufunikira kwa masamba odzaza zakudyawa kukukulirakulirabe, alimi am'deralo akupeza bwino ndikukulitsa ntchito zawo kuti akwaniritse megademand, ngakhale pakati pazovuta za msika wopikisana kwambiri.