Lub tsev cog khoom Goochland vam tias yuav pib nthuav dav nws cov chaw nyob ib puag ncig lub sijhawm no xyoo tom ntej.
Greenswell Growers, uas ua haujlwm ua liaj ua teb sab hauv tsev ntawm West Creek Business Park, xav tsim ob lub tsev cog khoom ntxiv rau nws cov cuab yeej 30-acre. Nws npaj yuav rhuav tshem hauv av ntawm kev nthuav dav tsis pub dhau Lub Xya Hli 2023, co-founder Chuck Metzgar tau hais hauv kev xam phaj lub lim tiam no.
Metzgar tau hais tias cov chaw tshiab yuav zoo ib yam li lub tuam txhab muaj 77,000-square-foot hydroponic tsev cog khoom, uas nws tau qhib xyoo tas los thiab tab tom taug kev loj hlob txog 3.7 lab phaus ntawm cov khoom lag luam hauv thawj peb xyoos ntawm kev ua haujlwm.
Kev tsim kho ntawm cov tsev cog khoom tshiab yuav tsum siv sijhawm li 12 lub hlis. Metzgar tsis kam muab qhov project tus nqi. Lub tuam txhab yav dhau los tau hais tias nws lub tsev cog khoom tam sim no, uas tseem yog nws lub hauv paus, raug nqi $ 17 lab.
Metzgar tau hais tias "Koj siv nyiaj ntau heev los pib qhov no tab sis thaum koj rov ua dua nws cov nqi qis dua qhov nruab nrab," Metzgar tau hais.
Lub tuam txhab muaj kaum ob tus neeg ua haujlwm ntawm nws qhov chaw ntawm 1343 Hockett Road thiab cia siab tias yuav loj hlob nws cov neeg ua haujlwm nrog kev nthuav dav.
Carl Gupton, Greenswell tus thawj tswj hwm, tau hais tias lub tuam txhab kev lag luam yog hais txog kev sib cais ntawm cov neeg yuav khoom noj khoom haus, xws li tsev noj mov, thiab khw muag khoom noj. Qhov ntawd suav nrog ob lub khw hauv zos thiab cov saw loj dua.
Gupton tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias kev loj hlob-ntseeg nyob ntawd, kuv xav tias peb tab tom tsoo ze rau qhov cim ntawm peb qhov kev cia siab," Gupton tau hais. "Lub khw muag khoom feem ntau yuav siv sijhawm ntev dua los txhim kho ntau dua li peb xav tau tab sis sab kev pabcuam zaub mov ntawm peb txoj kev lag luam tau cuam tshuam qhov ntawd."
Thaum nws tsom mus rau cov me nyuam zaub ntsuab, lub tuam txhab nws thiaj li xav nthuav nws cov khoom.
"Koj mus rau lub khw muag khoom noj thiab txheeb xyuas qhov muag thiab qhov koj tuaj yeem txhim kho. Strawberries yog ib yam uas peb tab tom saib (nrog rau) melons siv ib zaug, "Gupton hais.
Greenswell cov phiaj xwm nthuav dav nws txoj kev lag luam tuaj thaum nws kaw ntawm $ 300,000 peev nce hauv nruab nrab Lub Xya Hli, raws li SEC cov ntaub ntawv. Lub tuam txhab tsis kam tawm tswv yim txog seb cov nyiaj yuav siv li cas.
Raws li SEC cov ntaub ntawv, lub tuam txhab twb tau nce nyiaj tsawg kawg yog $ 1.9 lab xyoo no ua ntej cov nyiaj tau tshaj tawm thaum Lub Xya Hli.
Greenswell cov ntim zaub ntsuab tuaj yeem nrhiav tau ntawm cov khw muag khoom noj Lion hauv thaj chaw metro Richmond nrog rau cov khw muag khoom me me hauv zos xws li Libbie Market thiab Yellow Umbrella Provisions, raws li nws lub vev xaib.
Lub tuam txhab cov zaub ntsuab kuj muaj nyob rau hauv cheeb tsam DC thiab Hampton Roads. Greenswell tsis ntev los no tau kos npe rau kev cog lus nrog Ukrop's Homestyle Foods thiab rau cov zaub ntsuab siv rau hauv tuam txhab cov khoom.
Lub tuam txhab tsis tau teeb tsa tus nqi muag khoom pom zoo rau lub thawv ntawm nws cov zaub ntsuab, Gupton tau hais, ntxiv tias cov khw muag khoom muag lub tuam txhab 4-ounce pob rau $ 3.50 txog $ 5.
Greenswell pom qhov qhib rau East Coast tus neeg muag khoom ntawm nplooj zaub thiab tab tom tsom nws txoj kev siv zog ntawm kev lag luam nruab nrab-Atlantic, Metzgar tau hais.
Feem ntau cov nplooj ntoo uas cog hauv lub tebchaws tuaj los ntawm cov xeev sab hnub poob, thiab thaj av ntawd cov teeb meem dej tsis tu ncua thiab txoj kev sib kis tau nthuav tawm qhov tsis muaj zog ntawm cov saw hlau ua rau Greenswell bullish txog nws txoj hauv kev loj hlob nws txoj kev lag luam.
lub tuam txhab tau tsim muaj los ntawm Metzgar, yav tas los tus thawj coj ntawm lub tuam txhab kev sab laj Mercer; nrog rau John May, tus thawj tswj hwm thiab CEO ntawm Lub Chaw rau Kev Tsim Kho Tshiab thiab Kev Txhim Kho hauv Kilmarnock; thiab Pub Ntxiv Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab CEO Doug Pick.
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