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Bohareng ba Aurora, Colorado, ho na le leano la bohlokoahali le ntseng le tsoela pele la ho hlophisa bocha boemo ba ho fumaneha ha lijo le ho tiea ha sechaba. E etelletsoe pele ke mekhatlo e kang Food Justice NW Aurora le Denver Urban Gardens, ho theoa ha libaka tsa temo ea litoropong ho ikemiselitse ho fetola tsela eo baahi ba sebetsanang le litsamaiso tsa bona tsa lijo. Matthew Matthews, motho ea hlahelletseng sebakeng sa temo ea lehae, o totobatsa bohlokoa ba matsapa ana: “Lihaho tsa sethopo ke karolo ea bohlokoa ea meaho, haholo-holo bakeng sa lihoai tse nyenyane le lirapa tsa sechaba, tse fanang ka linako tse telele tsa ho hōla tsa bohlokoa bakeng sa kotulo e ngata Colorado ea rōna e khutšoanyane. selemo.”
James Grevious, sehoai se ikemiselitseng ho sebetsana le khaello ea lijo, o totobatsa bokhoni ba merero ea greenhouse ho matlafatsa makala a temo. Grevious o totobatsa bohlokoa ba lisebelisoa tse laoloang ke sechaba ho ts'ehetsa litsamaiso tsa lijo tsa lehae: "Ho ts'ehetsa mokhoa oa lehae oa lijo oo re o hlokang, kannete re hloka lisebelisoa tsa sechaba moo re ka ts'ehetsang mosebetsi ona."
Morero oa Toka ea Lijo oa NW Aurora o abile lichelete tse ngata ho ntlafatsa litsi tsa sethopo, ka sepheo sa ho ntlafatsa phihlello le ho khoneha. Ka boiteko ba tšebelisano 'moho le mekhatlo e kang Village Exchange Center, Denver Urban Gardens, le Aurora Seed Farm, morero ona ha se feela ho fana ka lihlahisoa tse ncha empa hape le ho hlaolela maikutlo a ho ba beng ba sechaba le matlafatso.
Brittany Pimentel, motsamaisi oa tšebetso oa Denver Urban Gardens, o totobatsa bokhoni ba phetoho ea merero e joalo: "Bakeng sa sechaba se haelloang ke phihlello e bonolo ea lijo tse theko e tlaase le tse phetseng hantle, matsapa a kang morero oa Aurora a ka eketsa menyetla ea ho ikhotsofatsa le ho fana ka mekhoa ea ho ithuta le sechaba."
Liphetho tse lebelletsoeng tsa projeke li kenyelletsa tlhahiso ea mesebetsi, phihlello e eketsehileng ea lihlahisoa tse ncha, le nts'etsopele ea boiketlo ba sechaba. Crystal Murillo, setho sa Lekhotla la Toropo ea Aurora, o bona mohato ona e le sesosa sa katleho ea sechaba: "Haeba e ka amoheloa, e ne e tla fetoha sehokelo sa bohlokoa le se sieo tsamaisong ea rona ea lijo ea lehae, e nolofalletsang tlhahiso ea lijo tse theko e tlaase le tse bohlokoa moetlong."
Maiteko a litoropong a kang a Aurora a emela phetoho e matla ho isa lits'ebetsong tsa lijo tse leka-lekaneng le tse tšoarellang. Ka ho khothaletsa tšebelisano-'moho, matlafatso le boqapi, merero ena ha e rarolle mathata a hanghang a polokeho ea lijo feela empa hape e rala motheo bakeng sa sechaba se tsitsitseng le se atlehileng.