Isikhumba se-Mashroom vegan

Isikhumba sekhowa sizise inzuzo entle kakhulu. Ilaphu elisekwe kwikhowa liqalisiwe ngokusesikweni linezibhendi ezinkulu ezifana neAdidas, Lululemon, Stella McCarthy kunye noTommy Hilfiger kwiibhegi zezandla, iiteki, iimathi zeyoga, kwaneebhulukhwe ezenziwe ngesikhumba sekhowa.
Ngokwedatha yamva nje evela kwiGrand View Research, imakethi yefashoni ye-vegan yayixabisa i-$396.3 yeebhiliyoni ngo-2019 kwaye kulindeleke ukuba ikhule ngesantya sonyaka se-14%.
Imoto entsha eyenziwe ngesikhumba sekhowa yiMercedes-Benz. I-VISION EQXX yayo yimodeli entsha yemoto yombane enomtsalane enesikhumba sekhowa ngaphakathi.
UGorden Wagener, igosa eliyintloko loyilo kwiMercedes-Benz, uchaze ukusebenzisa komenzi weemoto ulusu lwe-vegan “njengamava avuselelayo” alahla iimveliso zezilwanyana ngelixa enika inkangeleko entle.
“Zibonisa indlela eya phambili yoyilo lobunewunewu olusebenzisa izixhobo kakuhle,” utshilo uWagner. Umgangatho wayo ufumene amanqaku aphezulu kwiinkokheli zoshishino.
Indlela ezenziwe ngayo izikhumba zekhowa ngokwenene inobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo. Yenziwe ngengcambu yekhowa ebizwa ngokuba yi-mycelium. Ayivuthwa nje kuphela kwiiveki ezimbalwa, kodwa ikwasebenzisa amandla amancinci kakhulu kuba ayifuni kukhanya kwelanga okanye ukutya.
Ukuze yenziwe ibe lusu lwamakhowa, i-mycelium ikhula kwizinto eziphilayo ezifana nothuli lwesawdust, ngokusebenzisa iinkqubo zebhayoloji zendalo, ukuze yenze i-pad etyebileyo ebonakala kwaye ivakala njengelusu.
Isikhumba sekhowa sele sithandwa kakhulu eBrazil. Ngokutsho kophando lwakutshanje olwenziwe yi-stand.earth, ngaphezulu kwe-100 yeenkampani zefashoni eziphambili zithumela iimveliso zesikhumba zaseBrazil ezivela kwiifama zeenkomo ebezisusa ihlathi lemvula laseAmazon kangangeminyaka engamashumi amabini.
USonia Guajajara, umququzeleli oyintloko weFederation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), uthe iimveliso ze-vegan ezifana nesikhumba se-mushroom zisusa into yezopolitiko ekhuthaza abafuyi bemfuyo ukukhusela amahlathi. “Ishishini lemfashini elithenga ezi mveliso ngoku linokukhetha icala elingcono,” utshilo.
Kwiminyaka emihlanu ukususela ekusungulweni kwayo, ishishini lesikhumba sekhowa litsale abatyali-mali abakhulu kunye nabanye abayili befashoni abadumileyo.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, uPatrick Thomas, owayesakuba yi-CEO yeHermes International, eyaziwa kwihlabathi liphela ngokugxila kwayo kwisikhumba sobunewunewu, kunye no-Ian Bickley, umongameli we-Coach brand brand, bobabini bajoyine iMycoworks, enye yabenzi ababini base-US besikhumba se-mushroom. Le nkampani eseCalifornia isandula ukufumana inkxaso-mali ye-$125 yezigidi kwiinkampani zotyalo-mali zehlabathi, kuquka iPrime Movers Lab, eyaziwa ngokuxhasa ngezimali impumelelo enkulu kwezobuchwepheshe.
“Ithuba likhulu kakhulu, kwaye sikholelwa ukuba umgangatho wemveliso ongenakuthelekiswa nanto kunye nenkqubo yokuvelisa eyiyo neyokwandiswayo igcina iMycoWorks ikulungele ukuba ngumqolo wotshintsho lwezixhobo ezintsha,” utshilo uDavid Siminoff, iqabane jikelele lenkampani, kwingxelo.
I-Mycoworks isebenzisa imali yokwakha isakhiwo esitsha e-Union County, eSouth Carolina, apho iceba ukukhulisa izigidi zeemitha zesikwere zesikhumba sekhowa.
I-Bolt Threads, enye inkampani yaseMelika eyenza ulusu lwe-mushroom, iseke umanyano lweenkampani ezinkulu zempahla ukuvelisa iintlobo ngeentlobo zeemveliso zesikhumba se-mushroom, kuquka i-Adidas, esanda kubambisana nenkampani ukuhlaziya ulusu lwayo oludumileyo ngesikhumba se-vegan. Wamkelekile izicathulo zesikhumba zikaStan Smith. Le nkampani isandula ukuthenga ifama ye-mushroom eNetherlands kwaye yaqalisa ukuvelisa ulusu lwe-mushroom ngobuninzi ngokubambisana nomvelisi wesikhumba se-mushroom waseYurophu.
I-Fibre2Fashion, inkampani ekhangela izinto ezithengiswayo kwihlabathi liphela kwimizi-mveliso yempahla yelaphu, kutshanje igqibe kwelokuba ulusu lwe-mushroom lunokufumaneka kungekudala kwiimveliso ezininzi zabathengi. “Kungekudala, siza kubona iibhegi zefashoni, iibhatyi zebhayisekile, izithende kunye nezixhobo zolusu lwe-mushroom kwiivenkile kwihlabathi liphela,” ibhale kwiziphumo zayo.