Setsi sa sethopo se thehiloeng Goochland se tšepa hore se tla qala katoloso ea meaho ea sona nakong ena selemong se tlang.
Greenswell Growers, e sebetsang setsing sa temo ea ka tlung West Creek Business Park, e batla ho aha matlo a mang a mabeli a limela sebakeng sa eona sa lihekthere tse 30. E rerile ho qala katoloso pele ho Phupu 2023, mothehi-'moho le eena Chuck Metzgar o boletse puisanong bekeng ena.
Metzgar o re meaho e mecha e tla tšoana le sethopo sa hydroponic se teng sa 77,000-square-foot, seo e se butseng selemong se fetileng mme se mothating oa ho holisa lihlahisoa tse ka bang limilione tse 3.7 lilemong tsa pele tse tharo tsa ts'ebetso.
Kaho ea li-greenhouses tse ncha e lebelletsoe ho nka likhoeli tse ka bang 12. Metzgar o hanne ho fana ka litšenyehelo tsa morero. Khampani e kile ea re sethopo sa eona sa hona joale sa sethopo, seo hape e leng ntlo-kholo ea sona, se bitsa $ 17 milione.
"U sebelisa chelete e ngata ho qala sena empa ha u e pheta litšenyehelo tsa hau li theoha ka karolelano," ho boletse Metzgar.
Khampani e na le basebetsi ba leshome le metso e 'meli setsing sa eona ho 1343 Hockett Road mme e lebelletse ho holisa basebetsi ba eona ka keketseho.
Carl Gupton, mopresidente oa Greenswell, o itse khoebo ea k'hamphani e batla e arohane ka ho lekana pakeng tsa bareki ba litšebeletso tsa lijo, joalo ka lireschorente le mabenkele a korosari. Seo se kenyelletsa limmaraka tsa lehae le liketane tse kholoanyane.
"Ke nahana ho hola ka bohlale kantle moo, ke nahana hore re ntse re atamela haufi le litebello tsa rona," ho boletse Gupton. "Karolo ea thekiso e kanna ea nka nako e telele ho nts'etsapele ho feta kamoo re neng re lebelletse empa karolo ea litšebeletso tsa lijo ea khoebo ea rona e felisitse seo."
Le hoja e ntse e tsepamisitse maikutlo ho bana ba meroho, qetellong k'hamphani e ka rata ho atolosa linyehelo tsa eona.
"U ea lebenkeleng la korosari 'me u fumane hore na ho rekisoa eng le hore na u ka ntlafatsa ho eng. Fragole ke ntho eo re e shebileng (hammoho le) mahapu a sebelisoang hang feela," Gupton o boletse.
Merero ea Greenswell ea ho atolosa khoebo ea eona e tla ha e ntse e koala chelete ea chelete ea $ 300,000 bohareng ba July, ho latela tlaleho ea SEC. Khampani e hanne ho fana ka maikutlo a hore na lichelete li tla sebelisoa joang.
Ho ea ka litlaleho tsa SEC, k'hamphani e ne e se e bokelitse bonyane $ 1.9 milione selemong sena pele ho chelete e tlalehiloeng ka July.
Meroho e pakiloeng ea Greenswell e ka fumanoa mabenkeleng a Lijo tsa Lion sebakeng sa metro Richmond hammoho le mabenkele a manyane a lehae joalo ka Libbie Market le Yellow Umbrella Provisions, ho latela webosaete ea eona.
Meroho ea k'hamphani e boetse e fumaneha sebakeng sa DC le Hampton Roads. Morao tjena Greenswell o kentse selekane le Ukrop's Homestyle Foods le hore meroho e tla sebelisoa lihlahisoa tsa k'hamphani.
Khamphani ha e behe theko e khothaletsoang bakeng sa mabokose a meroho ea eona, Gupton o boletse, mme a eketsa hore mabenkele a rekisa liphutheloana tsa 4-ounce tsa k'hamphani ka $3.50 ho isa ho $5.
Greenswell e bona ho buloa bakeng sa morekisi oa Lebopo la Bochabela la meroho e makhasi mme e tsepamisitse boiteko ba eona 'marakeng o bohareng ba Atlantic, ho boletse Metzgar.
Meroho e mengata ea makhasi e lenngoeng ka har'a naha e tla ka linaha tsa bophirima, 'me liqholotso tsa metsi tse ntseng li tsoela pele sebakeng seo le tsela eo seoa se pepesitseng bofokoli ba liketane tsa phepelo li etsa hore Greenswell e be matla mabapi le menyetla ea eona ea ho holisa khoebo ea eona.
Khamphani e thehiloe ka Metzgar, eo e kileng ea e-ba motsamaisi ea sebetsang femeng ea boeletsi ea Mercer; hammoho le John May, mopresidente le CEO oa Setsi sa Boqapi le Ntšetso-pele se Kilmarnock; le Fepa Mopresidente le CEO Doug Pick.
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