Little Potato Company Ltd. yakatora danho rakakura kune kurima kwakasimba uye kugadzirwa kwechikafu nekuvhurwa kukuru kwenzvimbo yayo yemazuva ano yekurongedza mbatatisi muNisku, Alberta. Ichi chiitiko chakakosha hachingoratidzi kukura kunoshamisa kwekambani, asi zvakare inosimbisa kuzvipira kwayo kusingazungunuke mukusimudza zviyero zvekugadzira chikafu pasi rese.
Inowanikwa muNisku Business Park, nzvimbo itsva iyi inosvika 240,000 square feet uye inomiririra mari yakakosha yeUS$39.5 miriyoni. Nzvimbo iyi yakasarudzwa nekuda kwekuve pedyo kwayo nenharaunda dzekurima dzakanaka, varimi vemhuri vakazvitsaurira, network yekufambisa inoshanda uye vashandi vane hunyanzvi, zvichiita kuti ive nzvimbo yakanaka yezvirongwa zvekambani zvinoshuvira.
Nzvimbo iyi yakagadzirirwa kushandisa tekinoroji inoisa pamberi maitiro ehushamwari kwezvakatipoteredza, kushandura kucheneswa, kugadzika uye kurongedza kwembatatisi dzavo diki. Little Mbatata iri kuseta nhanho yeindasitiri yechikafu nekudzikisa zvakanyanya marara uye kabhoni emissions. Zvikuru, nzvimbo iyi ine 3,288 solar modules inopa chikamu chechina chezvainoda simba, zvichiita kuti ive yechipiri pakukura padenga remba micro-jenareta muAlberta.
Pamusoro pekushandisa simba rezuva, chirimwa chitsva ichi chine nzira yemazuva ano yekudzoreredza mvura. Iyi tekinoroji inodzosera mvura inoshandiswa kugeza mbatatisi, ichiwedzera kukosha uye kuchengetedzeka kwechigadzirwa uku ichideredza zvakanyanya kushandiswa kwemvura uye mari yekushandisa. Nzvimbo iyi inogona kugadzira anopfuura 56,700 matani embatatisi madiki pagore, inosvika makumi manomwe muzana muzana ehuhu huno hwakatsaurirwa kutengesa kunze kwenyika kuUnited States.
Hurumende yeAlberta yakatsigira chirongwa ichi kuburikidza nechirongwa cheAgricultural Investment Tax Credit neUS$1.3 miriyoni. Chirongwa ichi chine donzvo rekusimbaradza mabhizimisi emuno pamwe nekusimudzira hupfumi hwenyika pamwe nekusiyana-siyana mudunhu.
Angela Santiago, CEO uye muvambi mubatanidzwa weThe Little Potato Company, akataura kufarira kwake uye rutendo panguva yekuvhura: “Nhasi inopfuura kuvhura; ivimbiso kunharaunda yedu nepasi. Izvo zvakatanga sechiroto chakazvininipisa chakura kuita chirongwa chepasi rose chakatsaurirwa kune zvinovaka muviri uye kuvandudza hutano hwenyika, mbatatisi imwe panguva. Nzvimbo yedu yehunyanzvi inovakwa tichifunga nezvezvizvarwa zvinotevera. Takazvipira kuve vatungamiriri mukugadzira organic kuzadzisa kudiwa kuri kukura kwemhuri dziri kutsvaga kukurumidza kupa chikafu chinonaka, chine hutano. ”
Kuvhurwa kwenzvimbo itsva yeThe Little Potato Company kunoratidza kukosha budiriro mukugadzirwa kwechikafu kwakasimba. Nekubatanidza matekinoroji ane hushamwari uye maitiro matsva, kambani inoisa mwero mutsva weindasitiri. Nzvimbo iyi haisi kungowedzera huwandu hwekugadzira, asi zvakare inosimbisa kuzvipira kwavo mukuchengetedza kwezvakatipoteredza, ichipa hwaro hwekuvandudza kweramangwana rekurima kwakasimba.