Masu Growers na Ganyayyaki na Ontario (OGVG) sun kafa haɗin gwiwa tare da Highline Mushrooms don amfani da albarkatun ƙasa daga greenhouses azaman madadin taki. Wakilai sun ce kawancen na iya zama mataki na farko a fannin tattalin arziki na yanki kuma zai iya zama babban taimako yayin da farashin taki da taki ya karu a yayin barkewar cutar ta COVID-19.
"Mun ga damar da za mu iya karkatar da sharar gida daga wuraren sharar gida yayin da suke gabatowa iyakokin da aka kayyade bisa ga yarjejeniyar da suka dace da muhalli da Ma'aikatar Muhalli, da sauri fiye da yadda ake tsammani," in ji Aaron Coristine, manajan kimiyya, al'amuran doka da dangantakar gwamnati. don OGVG. "Daya daga cikin mahimman ginshiƙan OGVG a yanzu shine dorewa, don haka muna tunanin akwai damar yin amfani da kayan sharar jikin mu a matsayin madadin taki wanda sauran sassan aikin gona za su iya amfani da shi."
Aikin ya ta'allaka ne a kusa da kayan shukar datti na membobin OGVG, kamar yankan, ganye da 'ya'yan itatuwa. Suna da kayan da aka aika don bincike don tantance ainihin abin da kayan shafa ya kasance, musamman ma dangane da nitrogen, potassium, da phosphorus tsakanin sauran abubuwan gina jiki waɗanda zasu zama mahimmanci ga shuka abinci. Coristine ya ce sun gano kayan shuka sun yi daidai da na takin gargajiya, wanda ya tabbatar da ra'ayinsu. Sun gano Highline Mushrooms a matsayin abokin tarayya mai kyau kuma sun fara aika musu kusan tan 40 na sharar kwayoyin halitta kowace rana a matsayin gwaji. Tun daga lokacin sun yanke shawarar yiwuwar auna wannan har zuwa ton 120 kowace rana.
"Muna ganin damar da za mu iya haɓaka yayin da Highline ke girma kuma yayin da muke ƙara ƙarfin gwiwa a cikin wannan aikin," in ji Coristine. "Wannan na iya zama abin da muke kallo a matsayin farkon farkon ci gaban tattalin arziki na madauwari, inda muke amfani da samfuranmu ko kayayyaki marasa kasuwa da kayan shuka don samar da sabon tsarin."
OGVG tana wakiltar manoma kusan 180, wanda a halin yanzu gonaki uku ke shiga cikin haɗin gwiwar aikin gwaji tare da Highline Mushrooms. Amma waɗannan gonakin guda uku na iya zama na farko - Coristine ya ce OGVG a buɗe take don ƙarin haɗin gwiwa tare da sauran masu samarwa, da sauran sassan gaba ɗaya.
"Muna kan hanyarmu ta binciko wasu hanyoyin da za mu iya amfani da sharar gida, kamar ta hanyar pyrolysis don ƙirƙirar biochar, da kuma yuwuwar yin aiki tare da Enbridge da wuraren ajiyar ƙasa don samar da iskar gas mai sabuntawa daga ruɓar kayan halitta. Har ila yau, muna duban wasu ayyuka na musamman don fitar da abubuwan gina jiki daga cikin kayayyaki da kayan shuka da kansu don sakewa."
Tare da ƴan ɓacin rai na farko game da tsara tsari, Coristine ya ce al'amura sun ci gaba lami lafiya tun daga lokacin. Duk da haka, za a sami kayan aiki da za a yi la'akari da su yayin da suke fadada aikin. Ya kamata a yi amfani da samfuran su a cikin sa'o'i 24 - ba babban abin damuwa ba ne a sikelin da suke aiki a yanzu, amma idan adadin membobin OGVG da ke ba da gudummawar kayan da wuraren da aka aika kayan sun ci gaba da faɗaɗa, dabarun kafa hanyar sadarwar bayarwa. zai iya zama mafi ƙalubale. Amma Corristine yana da kwarin gwiwa cewa za su iya magance shi kuma fa'idodin za su cancanci ƙoƙarin.
"Za a sami cikas da za mu yi tsalle, amma ba abin da ba za mu iya yi ba. Muna rage dogaro ga matsuguni, muna rage sawun iskar gas ɗin mu, muna sake amfani da sharar gida don noman abinci. Muna samar da tsarin tattalin arziki na yanki inda muke rage yawan sharar gida da haɓaka kayan aiki."
Duk da yake Corristine bai yi hulɗa da wasu ƙungiyoyi na ƙasa na masu aikin gona ba game da shi, yana fatan cewa yayin da OGVG ke ci gaba da haɓakawa da kuma nuna fa'idodi masu kyau, za su kasance da sha'awar taimakawa aiwatar da irin wannan ƙoƙarin a wasu yankuna don raba abin. sun koya.
"A cikin Ontario, da kuma na kasa baki daya, muna alfahari da kanmu a koyaushe don neman motsa allura, mu zama masu kawo cikas a fagen noma kuma mu kasance masu kirkire-kirkire da kirkire-kirkire - don jagorantar hanyar zuwa sabbin damar noma."
