Ua ʻike mua ʻia nā tōmato mua mai AppHarvest's flagship, 60-acre greenhouse ma Morehead, Kentucky, ma nā hale kūʻai kūʻai ma Ianuali 2021, akā ʻaʻole ia i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka mea a ka hui e manaʻo ai e hoʻouna ʻia ma ka hopena o 2022.
Ke kūkulu ʻia nei ʻekolu mau hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou ma ka mokuʻāina. ʻO kahi hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo māhoe ma Richmond, Kentucky, e pāpālua i ka ʻeka o ka hui no nā tōmato. He 15 mau ʻeka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma Berea e ulu i nā lau lau. ʻO kahi hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo 30 mau ʻeka ma Somerset i manaʻo ʻia e ulu i nā strawberry.
ʻOiai ka piʻi ʻana o ka hana ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO Jonathan Webb e manaʻolana ka hui e hana pū me, ma mua o ka kūʻē ʻana i nā mea kanu huaʻai a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe US. Manaʻo ʻo ia e kono aku i nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe a me nā mea hoʻohua i nā ʻano hua hou, i nā hale hana i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
"Makemake au e hoʻāʻo mau i nā ʻano ʻono like ʻole a me nā ʻano ʻono a ʻike i nā mea a nā mea kanu e hana nei a puni ka ʻāina, a ke lana nei ka manaʻo i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o COVID e hoʻomaha, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaka e kono i kekahi o kēlā mau mea kanu i Kentucky me mākou, e hōʻike iā lākou i kā mākou mea. e hana nei, a e aʻo mai iā lākou a ʻike i kā lākou hana. Akā ke hoʻāʻo mau nei mākou e hana pū a ʻike pehea mākou e hoʻonui ai i kēia mau helu.
Ke hana pū nei
Ma kahi ninaninau me Vegetable Growers News, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Webb ʻaʻole ia i manaʻo e hoʻokūkū me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma ka mākeke. Manaʻo ʻo ia hiki ke hoʻonui i ka makemake o nā mea kūʻai aku no nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu - pāpālua, ʻekolu paha.
"Hoʻokahi ma 10 ʻAmelika e ʻai i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu. ʻAʻole kēia e pili ana i ka hoʻokūkū me nā mea kanu mea kanu ʻē aʻe; e pili ana i ke ʻano o kā mākou ulu ʻana i ka mākeke huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i kahi e ʻai ai nā kānaka i nā meaʻai olakino maikaʻi a loaʻa nā koho meaʻai hou maikaʻi. He mea kupanaha ke noʻonoʻo ʻana inā ʻekolu i loko o 10 ʻAmelika e ʻai i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu, e pākolu ka mākeke huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i ka US.
"E hoʻonui mākou i ka mākeke US no nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu," hoʻomau ʻo ia. "ʻAʻole i loaʻa kahi 'Got Milk?' hoʻolaha (no ka huahana), a aia mākou i 2021, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, e pili ana i ka kūleʻa o ka ʻoihana lawaiʻa i hoʻomaka ʻia e nā dairy dairy, he mau ʻumi makahiki i hoʻomaka ʻia e nā dairies o Kaleponi.
Ua kiʻi hou ʻo AppHarvest i kahi hoʻolaha mea kūʻai aku nona iho, Fight the Food Fight, a i ʻole FTFF. Ua hui like ka hoʻolaha kūʻai aku me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi hale kūʻai pūnaewele e-commerce, appharvest.com, i kūʻai aku i nā salsas i hana ʻia mai kāna mau tōmato.
"ʻIke mākou i ka hoʻololi maoli ʻana i kēia wahi e pono ai ka neʻe ʻana o ka mea kūʻai aku, a e hoʻomaka ana kahi neʻe mea kūʻai aku me ka hoʻonaʻauao, no laila, no mākou, ʻo FTFF kahi kahua no mākou e hele ai a hoʻomaka i kēlā mau kamaʻilio," wahi a ka ʻōlelo a AppHarvest ʻo Travis Parman. "Ua hoʻomaka mākou me kahi kaʻa meaʻai a me kahi hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo kelepona i hiki iā mākou ke hōʻike i nā poʻe i ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o ka hydroponic hi-tech." Ua koi lākou i nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻokae e pili ana i nā hōʻailona huahana a "e koho me kāu mau kālā" no ka ulu ʻana o ka home, nā huahana kiʻekiʻe.
No ka hana pū ʻana me nā mea ulu ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻomaka ka ʻoihana i ia mau hui like. I ʻAukake 2021, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo AppHarvest a me Mastronardi Produce Ltd. i kahi leka paʻa ʻole o ka manaʻo e hoʻokumu i kahi ʻoihana hui, i kapa ʻia ʻo FarmCo, e hoʻonui i ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā lau ʻai me nā lau lau i ka kūʻai aku a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā huahana hou a Mastronardi.
"Pōmaikaʻi mākou ma ʻaneʻi ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Paul Mastronardi i ka misionari o ka ʻoihana i ke kakahiaka nui a ua lele ʻo kāna hui ma Mastronardi i ka ʻike o nā manawa he nui i ka wā mua loa i ka wā he manaʻo wale nō kēia, a ua hauʻoli nui mākou e hana pū me lākou e lawe i kā mākou huahana hou i loko o nā hale kūʻai a ma nā papa ʻAmelika. Manaʻo mākou ʻoi aku ka ikaika o kēia ʻoihana. "
Ke ulu nei no ka la apopo
Hoʻoulu ʻia ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo hydroponically ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo poʻokela me ka automation ma nā hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo kumu e like me ke kukui, akā me ka maka i ka ʻohi pū kekahi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Webb ua hana pū ʻo AppHarvest me ka Dutch a me nā hoa he nui ma Netherlands e kōkua i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kāna hoʻolālā ma Kentucky. Eia nō hoʻi, ua loaʻa iā AppHarvest i ʻApelila 2021 iā Root AI, a me ia i hele mai ai kahi mea hōʻiliʻili robotic, ʻo Virgo, hiki ke hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ʻohi i nā mea kanu like ʻole e like me nā tōmato, pepa, kukama a, ua ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā huaʻai e like me nā strawberries. A ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hiki mai ka automation piha ma kahi pānaʻi pāʻoihana, ʻōlelo ʻo Webb i ka wā e hiki mai ana ma mua o nā makahiki he ʻumi. Lawe ʻia ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, aia ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo nui i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka automation.
"ʻO kā mākou luna ʻenehana nui (a me Root AI co-founder), ʻo Josh Lessing, makemake e wehewehe i ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ke ʻano he robot 60-acre no ka mea ʻoi loa ka automated," wahi a Webb.
Ke kūkulu nei nā limahana akamai i ka ʻoihana. I Iulai 2021, hoʻolaha ka hui i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana iā Mark Keller, he mea kahiko o Amazon. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he pelekikena poʻokela kiʻekiʻe o ka hui, ʻo ka platform software applications platform.
"Ua kūkulu ʻia nā mea a Mark i ʻelua mahina ma AppHarvest i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka ʻoihana i kūkulu ʻia i nā makahiki he 20 i hala," wahi a Webb. "Ua paipai nui ʻia mākou e ka holomua a mākou i ʻike ai me ka hui ʻenehana a ke kiʻi wale nei i nā noʻonoʻo maikaʻi mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua e kākau inoa e hele i kēia hana."
He ʻoihana koʻikoʻi ia, a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo 2022 i mea paʻa no ka hana.
"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka lilo ʻana i mea kanu nui i nā tōmato, akā, i ka hopena o ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, e lilo i mea kanu nui i nā ʻano huaʻai a me nā mea kanu like ʻole e waiho ʻia ma nā papa hale kūʻai," wahi a Webb. "A me ka manaʻolana, e lilo i mea pāʻani hui me ka ʻoihana nui e hoʻāʻo e ulu i ka mākeke holoʻokoʻa a e ʻai wale i nā poʻe i nā koho meaʻai olakino hou aʻe, a hoʻokomo i kēlā mau koho i loko o nā hale o nā kānaka. (Ma 2022), no mākou, manaʻo mākou e hele kokoke ana mākou i ke ʻano o ka mana piha maoli o ke ʻano o AppHarvest, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku mākou ma mua o kahi hui tōmato.
— Stephen Kloosterman, hoa hooponopono; Kiʻi ma luna: I ka pūnāwai 2021 ua loaʻa ʻo AppHarverst iā Root AI a me kāna mea hōʻiliʻili honua robotic, ʻo Virgo. ʻOiai hiki i ka Virgo ke hana i loko a i waho paha, ʻo ka manaʻo o ka robot i ka mahiʻai kaiapuni. I nā makahiki he nui, ua hōʻiliʻili ʻo Virgo i kahi pūʻulu ʻikepili nui o nā kiʻi tōmato e kōkua iā ia e ʻike i nā ʻano like ʻole a hoʻoholo i ka wā e ʻohi ai. Kiʻi: AppHarvest