Isikhumba samakhowe silethe inzuzo enhle ehloniphekile.Indwangu esekelwe kukhunta yethulwe ngokusemthethweni ngamagama amakhulu afana ne-Adidas, Lululemon, Stella McCarthy kanye no-Tommy Hilfiger ezikhwameni, amateku, amacansi e-yoga, ngisho namabhulukwe enziwe ngesikhumba samakhowe.
Ngokwemininingwane yakamuva evela ku-Grand View Research, imakethe yemfashini ye-vegan ibibiza ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-396.3 ngo-2019 futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ikhule ngenani lonyaka le-14%.
Eyakamuva yokwamukela isikhumba samakhowe iMercedes-Benz.I-VISION EQXX yayo iyisibonelo semoto kagesi entsha esesitayeleni enesikhumba samakhowe ngaphakathi.
UGorden Wagener, isikhulu esiyinhloko sokuklama kwaMercedes-Benz, uchaze ukusebenzisa komenzi wesikhumba we-vegan “njengesipiliyoni esivuselelayo” esikhipha imikhiqizo yezilwane kuyilapho sinikeza ukubukeka okunethezeka.
"Bakhomba indlela eya phambili yokuklama okunethezeka kwezinsiza," kusho u-Wagner.Ikhwalithi yayo nayo ithole amamaki aphezulu kubaholi bezimboni.
Indlela izikhumba zamakhowe ezakhiwe ngayo ivumelana nemvelo ngokwayo.Yenziwe empandeni yekhowe elibizwa ngokuthi i-mycelium.I-mycelium ayivuthwa nje emasontweni ambalwa nje, kodwa futhi idla amandla amancane kakhulu njengoba ingakudingi ukukhanya kwelanga noma ukuphakelwa.
Ukuze iyenze ibe isikhumba samakhowe, i-mycelium ikhula ezintweni eziphilayo ezifana ne-sawdust, ngokusebenzisa izinqubo zemvelo zebhayoloji, ukuze yakhe iphedi eliwugqinsi elibukeka futhi lizwakale njengesikhumba.
Isikhumba samakhowe sesivele sidumile eBrazil.Ngokocwaningo lwakamuva olwenziwe yi-stand.earth, izinhlobo zemfashini ezinkulu ezingaphezu kwe-100 zingabathengisi bemikhiqizo yesikhumba yaseBrazil abavela emapulazini ezinkomo osekuyiminyaka engamashumi amabili egawula ihlathi lemvula lase-Amazon.
USonia Guajajara, umxhumanisi omkhulu weFederation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), uthe imikhiqizo ye-vegan efana nesikhumba samakhowe isusa isici sezombusazwe esivuna abafuyi ukuvikela amahlathi.
Eminyakeni emihlanu selokhu yasungulwa, imboni yesikhumba samakhowe isihehe abatshalizimali abakhulu kanye nabasiki bengqephu abadumile.
Ngonyaka odlule, u-Patrick Thomas, owayeyi-CEO yakwa-Hermes International, eyaziwa emhlabeni wonke ngokugxila kwesikhumba sikanokusho, kanye no-Ian Bickley, umongameli we-brand brand Coach, bobabili bajoyine i-Mycoworks, engomunye wabenzi ababili base-US abakhiqizi besikhumba sekhowe.
"Ithuba likhulu, futhi sikholelwa ukuthi ikhwalithi yomkhiqizo engenakuqhathaniswa ehlanganiswe nenqubo yokukhiqiza, ekhulayo igcina i-MycoWorks ikulungele ukuba umgogodla woguquko olusha lwezinto zokwakha," kusho uDavid Siminoff, umlingani jikelele wale nkampani, esitatimendeni. kusho phakathi.
I-Mycoworks isebenzisa le mali ukwakha indawo entsha e-Union County, eNingizimu Carolina, lapho ihlela ukukhulisa izigidi zamamitha-skwele esikhumba samakhowe.
I-Bolt Threads, omunye umenzi wesikhumba wamakhowe wase-US, usesungule umfelandawonye wezimpahla zesikhumba zamakhowe eziningi ukukhiqiza imikhiqizo yesikhumba yamakhowe ehlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa ne-Adidas, esanda kuhlanganyela nenkampani ukuze kulungiswe kabusha isikhumba sayo esidumile ngesikhumba se-vegan. Siyakwamukela amateki esikhumba e-Stan Smith. Le nkampani isanda kuthenga ipulazi lamakhowe e-Netherlands futhi yaqala ukukhiqizwa ngobuningi besikhumba samakhowe ngokubambisana nomkhiqizi wesikhumba wamakhowe waseYurophu.
I-Fibre2Fashion, i-tracker yomhlaba wonke yemboni yezendwangu yendwangu, muva nje iphethe ngokuthi isikhumba samakhowe singatholakala maduze emikhiqizweni eminingi yabathengi.” Maduze, kufanele sibone izikhwama zemfashini, amabhantshi ebhayisikili, izithende kanye nezinsiza zesikhumba zamakhowe ezitolo emhlabeni wonke,” yabhala lokho ekutholeni kwayo.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jun-24-2022
