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Mkati mwa Minneapolis, mkati mwa nyengo yozizira, njira yatsopano yothanirana ndi ulimi wa chaka chonse ikuyenda bwino: nyumba zobiriwira zanyengo yozizira. Nyumba zapadela zimenezi zikungolimbana ndi kuzizira koopsa komanso zikusintha mmene ulimi wa m’tauni umayendera. Zopangidwa kuti ziwonjezere mphamvu ya dzuwa, nyumba zobiriwira zakuya zanyengo yozizira zimapereka chiyembekezo chothana ndi kusowa kwa chakudya komanso kulimbikitsa kukhazikika.
Kutsogolo kwachisinthiko chaulimichi pali malo otenthetsera nyengo yozizira omwe ali ku E 28th St ndi 15th Ave S ku Minneapolis. Mothandizidwa ndi Tamales y Bicicletas, bungwe lopanda phindu lodzipereka ku ulimi wa m'tawuni, wowonjezera kutentha uku ndi chitsanzo cha kuthekera kwa ulimi wokhazikika m'madera ozizira. Pogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ya dzuwa kudzera m'mapangidwe ake apadera, wowonjezera kutenthayu amalima zokolola zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo masamba olemera, cilantro, jalapenos, ndi tsabola, ngakhale m'nyengo yozizira.
Chinsinsi cha kupambana kwa greenhouses zakuya zachisanu chagona mu mawonekedwe awo opanga mapangidwe. Ndi makoma atatu otchingidwa kwambiri ndi khoma loyang'ana kumwera, nyumbazi zimagwira ndikusunga kutentha kwadzuwa, kumapanga malo ofunda komanso abwino kuti mbewu zikule. Dongosolo la pansi pa nthaka limathandiziranso kusungirako kutentha ndi kufalikira, kumachita ngati batire yotentha kuti isunge kutentha koyenera.
Ngakhale kuti nyengo yozizira imakhala yovuta, nyumba zosungiramo zomera zozama kwambiri m'nyengo yozizira zimasonyeza kuti zimakhala zogwira mtima kwambiri. Poyerekeza ndi greenhouses wamba, amadya mphamvu zochepa kwambiri, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale ndalama zotsika mtengo komanso kuchepetsa chilengedwe. M'malo mwake, wowonjezera kutentha ku E 28th St ndi 15th Ave S ali ndi ndalama zokwana madola 200 pamwezi zokha, zomwe zikuwonetsa kuthekera kwachuma kwa mtundu wokhazikika waulimi.
Polimbikitsidwa ndi kupambana kwa malo obiriwira obiriwira m'matauni, University of Minnesota Extension Service tsopano ikukulitsa ntchitoyi kumadera akumidzi kudzera mwa mwayi waumphawi waulimi. Ndi thandizo la $25,000, alimi akunja kwa metro amatha kumanga ndi kusunga nyumba zawo zobiriwira nthawi yozizira, kupatsa mphamvu madera kuti azitsatira njira zaulimi zokhazikika.
Zotsatira za malo obiriwira obiriwira nthawi zambiri zimapitilira phindu lazachuma, monga momwe Tamales y Bicicletas adathandizira pachitetezo cha chakudya. Kupyolera mu zopereka ku mashelufu azakudya am'deralo, akuwonetsa kuthekera kwaulimi wakutawuni kuthana ndi njala ndikulimbikitsa kulimba mtima kwa anthu. Pamene ntchito za mgwirizano wapa famu zikupitilirabe, tsogolo la nyumba zobiriwira zozama m'nyengo yozizira zikuwoneka bwino, kulengeza nyengo yatsopano yaulimi wokhazikika ku Minnesota.