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Pakatikati pa Kenosha, Wisconsin, luso laulimi lodabwitsa likusintha momwe amapangira chakudya. Square Roots Farm, yomwe ili mkati mwa zotengera 20 zonyamulika, imatha kuwoneka ngati yaying'ono, koma zotsatira zake pakuchepetsa zipululu ndizambiri. Malo otsogolawa amakulitsa malo ndikugwiritsa ntchito njira zatsopano zaulimi kuti apange zokolola zochuluka modabwitsa.
Kukula kwa Square Roots Farm
Pachitsogozo cha chodabwitsa chaulimi chamakono ndi manejala wopanga Andrew Basinger ndi woyang'anira ntchito Hank Kim. Onse pamodzi, amayang'anira kulima zokolola zokwana 1,750 pa sabata. Izi zikutanthauza kuti chakudya chokwana mapaundi 150 miliyoni chaka chilichonse, chophatikizidwa m'matumba osungiramo pafupifupi mamiliyoni awiri.
Chomwe chimasiyanitsa Square Roots ndi makoma ake omwe amakula molunjika, omwe amakulitsa kugwiritsa ntchito malo ochepa ndikusunga mphamvu zambiri. Malowa amagwiritsanso ntchito madzi otsekeka, kuwalola kuti asunge madzi pafupifupi 95% poyerekeza ndi minda yachikale. Poyang'anira mbali iliyonse ya malo omwe akukulirakulira, kuyambira kutentha mpaka kumadzi, Square Roots imatsimikizira malo abwino kwambiri a mbewu zake.
Zotsatira Zachitukuko: Kuthana ndi Zipululu Zazakudya ndi Zina
Njira yatsopano ya Square Roots Farm ili ndi zotsatira zofika patali, kuyambira ndi kuthekera kwake kuthana ndi zipululu zazakudya. Zipululu za chakudya ndi madera opanda mwayi wopeza zakudya zatsopano, zathanzi, komanso zotsika mtengo, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimapezeka m'madera otsika. Potsatira njira zoyendetsera ulimi, famuyo imatha kutulutsa zokolola zatsopano chaka chonse, ngakhale m'nyengo yozizira kwambiri, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu azipeza chakudya chopatsa thanzi kwa anthu omwe sakanavutikira kuchipeza.
Komanso, ulimi wamakono umenewu uli ndi mfundo zosayerekezeka za chitetezo cha chakudya. Pokhala ndi malo osakhwima komanso njira zogwirira ntchito mosamala, Square Roots Farm imapereka zokolola zomwe zilibe vuto lililonse, zomwe zimachotsa kuwonongeka kulikonse chifukwa cha kuipitsidwa. Mulingo uwu waubwino umatsimikizira kuti ogula omaliza amalandira zakudya zopatsa thanzi, zosadetsedwa.
Kuyang'ana Patsogolo
Kupitilira zomwe amapereka ku zipululu zazakudya, Square Roots Farm ikupereka chitsanzo cholimbikitsa chaulimi wokhazikika womwe maulimi ena angatengere. Njira yake yochepetsera malo komanso njira zopulumutsira madzi zimatha kusintha ntchito zaulimi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale chakudya chokwanira komanso kuchepetsa kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe.
Pamene famu yatsopanoyi ikupitabe patsogolo ndikukula, ikutsegulira njira ya tsogolo lobiriwira, lathanzi, komanso lotetezedwa bwino kwa anthu padziko lonse lapansi.