Kulima m'nyumba, komwe kumaphatikizapo kulima mbewu m'malo olamulidwa pogwiritsa ntchito matekinoloje monga hydroponics ndi kuyatsa kwa LED, kwatchulidwa kuti ndi njira yothetsera mavuto ambiri omwe amakumana nawo ulimi wachikhalidwe. Komabe, mosasamala kanthu za malonjezo owonjezereka bwino ndi kuchepetsa kuwononga chilengedwe, ambiri oyambitsa ulimi wa m’nyumba akhala akuvutika kuti apeze ndalama. Nkhaniyi ikufotokoza zovuta zomwe alimi a m'nyumba amakumana nazo komanso chifukwa chake osunga ndalama ayenera kukhala ndi ziyembekezo zenizeni.
Malinga ndi lipoti la Fast Company, osunga ndalama ambiri amakopeka ndi matekinoloje omwe asintha kwambiri pamakampaniwo, poyang'ana kutukuka kowonjezereka komanso mabizinesi otsimikizika monga ma greenhouses otsika kwambiri. Vutoli likukulirakulira chifukwa zimakhala zovuta kupeza ndalama pogulitsa mbewu zotsika mtengo ngati mbewu zamasamba poyerekeza ndi mbewu zamtengo wapatali monga chamba kapena zokolola zodula ngati zipatso. Zotsatira zake, ndizovuta kulungamitsa kuyika ndalama mamiliyoni ambiri m'njira zaulimi wamkati pomwe zobweza pazachuma sizingakhale zokwanira.
Kuphatikiza apo, mpikisano pakati pa oyambitsa ulimi wamkati ukupangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kupeza malo ogulitsa zakudya. Makampani omwe akufuna kulipira ndalama zambiri pazogulitsa zawo adzakumana ndi gulu lochepa la ogula omwe akufuna kulipira zambiri pa saladi. Njira imodzi yothanirana ndi vutoli ndikukulitsa minda ya m'nyumba yomwe ingathe kuyendetsedwa mosamala kuti mubzale mbewu zopangira mankhwala, zonunkhiritsa, kapena zodzoladzola.
Ngakhale pali zovuta zomwe makampaniwa akukumana nazo, pali chiyembekezo choti ulimi wamkati ukhoza kukhala bizinesi yabwino. Akatswiri monga pulofesa wa zamalonda ku Penn State Edsel Stein akusonkhanitsa deta kuchokera ku mafamu pa mtengo wawo wogwirira ntchito pa paundi imodzi ya letesi kuti adziwe kuti ndi minda iti yomwe ili yogwira mtima kwambiri komanso yosonkhanitsa maphunziro a ulimi wamkati wonse. Stein amakhulupirira kuti kumanga famu yokhala ndi malire athanzi 20% mpaka 25% ndi kubetcha kwabwino, koma sikukhala 150%.
Chimodzi mwazovuta zazikulu zomwe oyambitsa ulimi wamkati amakumana nazo ndi kasamalidwe, makamaka kwa omwe alibe luso laulimi. Oyambitsa amafunika kukulitsa chakudya moyenera pogwiritsa ntchito njira zatsopano, zomwe zingakhale zovuta popanda magulu otsogolera odziwa zambiri. AppHarvest, mwachitsanzo, adakumana ndi mlandu kuchokera kwa osunga ndalama omwe amatsutsa kuti kampaniyo idawonetsa molakwika kuthekera kwake kuti apambane.
Makampani olima m'nyumba amakumana ndi zovuta zambiri zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kupeza ndalama. Oyambitsa ayenera kukhala ndi ziyembekezo zenizeni, ndipo osunga ndalama ayenera kuzindikira kuti chuma chaulimi ndi chosiyana ndi chaukadaulo cha Silicon Valley. Komabe, poyang'anira mosamala komanso kuyang'ana pamitundu yotsimikizika yamabizinesi, ulimi wamkati ukhoza kukhala bizinesi yabwino yomwe ingathandize kuthana ndi zovuta zina zomwe ulimi wachikhalidwe ukukumana nawo.