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A cikin zuciyar Arlington, wani kantin sayar da kayayyaki wanda ba a san shi ba yana ɗaukar wani yunƙuri na aikin noma wanda ke da niyyar sake fayyace hanyar samun sabo da abinci mai gina jiki. Farms na Area 2, wanda aka kafa a cikin 2022, ya ƙaddamar da sabon tsarin noma a tsaye, wanda aka sani da Silo, wanda ke aiki a duk shekara kuma yana da damar yaƙar hamadar abinci a cikin birane. Kasance tare da mu yayin da muke bincika wannan gagarumin kamfani da tasirinsa akan abinci mai gina jiki da jin daɗin al'umma.
Lokacin da kake tunanin gonaki, hotuna na faffadan filayen da wuraren kiwo masu birgima suna iya tunawa. Koyaya, sabon juyin juya halin noma yana faruwa a hankali a cikin bangon da ba shi da kyau na wani sito a Arlington, Virginia. Farms Area 2, wanda aka kafa a cikin 2022, yana shirye don zama mai canza wasa don abinci mai gina jiki a cikin hamadar abinci ta hanyar amfani da fasahar noma a tsaye don shuka sabbin kayan amfanin gona duk shekara.
Da kallo na farko, wannan rumbun ajiyar na iya zama kamar gonaki na gargajiya. Kasancewa a tsakiyar kantin mota da gidan kula da yara na kare, kamannin sa na yaudara ne. Duk da haka, a bayan bangon bulonsa da kofa mai launin kore mai kyan gani akwai abin mamaki na noman zamani. Jackie Potter, mai kula da harkokin tallace-tallace na gonakin Area 2, ya jagoranci mai ba da rahoto kan Lafiya da Lafiyar mu Victoria Sanchez ta cikin ɗakin ajiyar kaya, yana bayyana zuciyar wannan sabon aikin noman.
Babban yankin gonakin Yanki 2 shine Silo, na'urar noma ce mai tsayi a tsaye sanye da matakai takwas don noman ganye. Abin da ya keɓance Silo shine ikonsa na maimaita yanayin yanayin shuke-shuke. Yadudduka biyu na ƙasa ba su da haske, suna kwaikwayon yanayin “barci” na shuke-shuke. Yayin da zagayowar ke ci gaba, tsire-tsire suna motsawa sama, suna karɓar ruwa, kuma a hankali suna farkawa, suna nuna yanayin yanayin da ake gani a gonakin gargajiya.
Mutum na iya mamakin yadda gonar ta ƙare a cikin ginin ofis. Jackie Potter ya bayyana, “Kowane irin ya dogara da wane gini ne da kuma abin da mai gida ya ce. Lallai muna bukatar mashigar ruwa da ruwa kawai.” A cikin duniyar da ta biyo bayan COVID-XNUMX, gine-ginen da ba kowa ba ya sa masu gidaje da birane su bincika sabbin zaɓuɓɓukan zama, kuma noman birni yana nuna zaɓi mai jan hankali.
Silo ma yana alfahari da wasu mascots marasa al'ada - haruffan Labarin Toy. Radishes suna girma a ƙarƙashin ido na Stinky Pete, yayin da albasarta kore Rex ke kiyaye shi. Kayan aikin injina, waɗanda kayan wasan filastik kamar Claw, Slinky, Buzz Lightyear, da Zurg ke sarrafa su, suna taimakawa wajen jigilar tsire-tsire yayin da suke girma, suna ƙara taɓarɓarewa ga wannan babban aikin fasaha.
Koyaya, ainihin ainihin gonakin Area 2 ya ta'allaka ne a cikin manufarsa na magance hamadar abinci a cikin birane. A cikin birane da yawa, unguwannin masu karamin karfi ba su da damar samun abinci mai gina jiki da abinci mai gina jiki, tare da gidajen cin abinci masu sauri suna mamaye shimfidar wuri. A cewar USDA's Food Access Research Research Atlas, Washington, hamadar abinci ta DC galibi tana gabas da Kogin Anacostia. Area 2 Farms an ƙaddara don canza wannan.
"A cikin birane, akwai abin da suke kira 'hamadar abinci' inda za ku iya samun McDonald's da Wendy's, kuma kantin sayar da kayan abinci mafi kusa zai kasance 'yan mil mil zuwa inda mutane ba za su iya zuwa ba. Shin wannan zai iya taimakawa da hakan?" Sanchez ya tambaya.
Martanin Jackie Potter ya jaddada yuwuwar kawo sauyi na wannan yunƙurin: “Idan za mu iya kawo gona a wurin, sabon hanyar samun abinci, musamman a yankunan masu karamin karfi, yana da yawa. Suna karbar buhunan guntu ko wasu abubuwa don taimaka wa hamadar abinci, amma idan za mu kawo gona a can, ina nufin wannan shine canjin wasa don abinci mai gina jiki.
Bugu da ƙari, gonakin yanki na 2 yana aiki tuƙuru don samar da amfanin sa ta hanyar fa'idodin SNAP da WIC, waɗanda ke taimaka wa iyalai masu karamin karfi wajen ƙara kasafin kuɗin kayan abinci da sabbin sinadirai masu lafiya. Wannan sadaukar da kai na samun dama yana jaddada sadaukarwar gonar don inganta abinci mai gina jiki da walwalar al'umma.
A cikin duniyar da kalmomi kamar "kwayoyin halitta" da "gona-zuwa-tebur" sukan nuna alatu, gonakin yanki na 2 yana ba da hangen nesa mai ban sha'awa na ƙarin haɗaka kuma mai dorewa nan gaba. Ta hanyar sabbin fasahohi da sadaukar da kai ga yin hidima ga al'ummomin da ba a yi musu hidima ba, wannan gona ta tsaye ta Arlington tana shirin zama mai canza wasa na gaskiya don abinci mai gina jiki da daidaiton abinci.
Tags: Noma, Noma a tsaye, Noma na Birane, Hamadar Abinci, Abinci mai gina jiki, Noma Mai Dorewa, Jin Dadin Al'umma, Abinci mai Sauƙi, Noma Na Farko.