ʻO Duncan Family Farms (DFF), kekahi o nā mea ulu nui loa o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau i nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo lau a me nā mea kanu, a ʻo Agbotic, he alakaʻi i ka automation no nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo organik, hoʻolaha ʻia i ka lā 18 Pepeluali i ko lākou manaʻo e hana pū a hana i nā SmartFarms.
Na Duncan Family Farms nona a hoʻohana i nā mahiʻai kūlohelohe ma Arizona, Kaleponi, Oregon, a me ka mokuʻāina ʻo New York a e hoʻomohala ʻo ia i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa, ka mana hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo automated ma kāna mau hana mahiʻai.
Ua piʻi nui ka hoihoi i ka Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) i nā makahiki i hala iho nei. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka CEA he hydroponic, hoʻopuka i nā ʻano mea kanu liʻiliʻi, hoʻohana i ka nui o ka ikehu, a hilinaʻi i nā mea kanu synthetic mai nā kaʻina hana ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe-carbon-footprint. Hoʻopuka ka kumu hoʻohālike a Agbotic no CEA i ka automation holomua e ulu i nā mea kanu kūlohelohe i ka lepo. He maʻalahi ke ʻano o ka Agbotic no nā ʻano mea kanu he nui, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wai a me ka ikehu, hoʻoulu i nā mea kanu me ka ʻole o nā mea kanu synthetic a me nā pesticides, a hoʻohua i nā mea kanu ma ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa ma mua o nā ʻano hydroponic/vertical. Hoʻoikaika ʻia kēia mau hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana e ka Agbotic's patented, patent-pending, a proprietary technology stack.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Will Feliz, Luna Hoʻokele o DFF, "Ma nā ala he nui i ka CEA a mākou i noiʻi ai, kū ke kumu hoʻohālike Agbotic ma ke ʻano he hopena no ka mahiʻai maʻamau. Makemake nui mākou i kona maʻalahi e ulu i nā ʻano mea kanu ākea i ka lepo a me kona kūlike me ka mahiʻai kau o waho kahi e hilinaʻi mau ai ka lako meaʻai o ka honua. ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana me ka naʻauao o ka hana ʻai hou o ka wā a me ka makahiki - ma ka lepo - he ala maikaʻi loa ia e ulu ai i ka meaʻai olakino, ʻono, a me ke kumukūʻai ma ke ala e hiki ai ke hoʻoponopono pono i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo John Gaus, Luna Hoʻokele ma Agbotic, "Ua hauʻoli mākou e hui pū me nā poʻe loea i hoʻokumu ʻia, nui, a mahalo nui ʻia. Ke hoʻokō nei mākou i ka ʻoihana alakaʻi ʻoihana waiwai me kā mākou ʻenehana waiwai, a e kōkua kēia pilina i ka wikiwiki i kā mākou mau hoʻolālā e hoʻonui i kā mākou ʻenehana i nā ʻano mea kanu hou aʻe, i loko a i waho, me ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka waiwai, nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka pololei a me ka automation, a me kahi kumu hoʻonaʻauao hohonu."
ʻO Duncan Family Farms kahi hana mahiʻai organik i hōʻoia ʻia me ka ʻoi aku o 7,000 mau ʻeka ma nā mokuʻāina ʻehā. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mahiʻai a ka Hui, ulu, a hāʻawi aku ma luna o 25 mau mea hua hou i nā puke kiʻekiʻe i kekahi o nā mea hana waiwai nui loa o ka honua. Hāʻawi kēia mau mea hana i nā salakeke ʻeke i nā ʻoihana kūʻai a me nā ʻoihana lawelawe meaʻai. Ke kūʻai aku nei ka Hui i kāna laina ponoʻī o nā mea kanu kanu.
Hoʻokumu ʻo Agbotic i ka ʻenehana ʻenehana mahiʻai ʻokoʻa loa no ka māhele ʻana, mahiʻai organik. Hiki i ka ʻenehana waiwai o ka hui no ka mahiʻai ʻāina ke ulu i nā ʻano mea kanu like ʻole me ka hoʻohana ʻole ʻana i nā kemika; ulu ia me ka 90% emi ka wai a hoʻohana i kahi kumu hoʻonaʻauao ʻikepili hohonu. ʻO nā mea kanu i ulu me ka ʻenehana Agbotic i hōʻoia ʻia e ka USDA a me ka Real Organic Project. Hoʻohana ka Hui i kāna SmartFarm mua ma Sackets Harbor, New York, a kūʻai aku i nā huahana hou ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo New York ma lalo o kāna hōʻailona GoodHealthy.