ʻO nā hua a me nā huaʻai e kūʻai ai i ka hua

No ke aha e kūʻai ai i ka lāʻau?

Nui nā kumu e kūʻai ai i ka lāʻau. ʻO ka mea mua,ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka'ōlohelohe. ʻAʻohe lāʻauʻauʻau eʻike i ka lepo maikaʻi, ka wai, a me nā mea hihiu. ʻO ka kūʻaiʻana i nā mea laulima e kōkua i nā mea mahiʻai liʻiliʻi Hiki i nā mea mahiʻai ke loaʻa i ka uku kūpono no nā mea ulu lāʻau i ka hoʻohālikeʻia i kaʻoihana mahi puaʻa. He maikaʻi ka mahiʻai lāʻau no nā meaola likeʻole. Ke ulu nei nā mea mahiʻai i nāʻano hua likeʻole a me nā huaʻai iʻole i hoʻopiliʻia (non-GMO).

Ma kahi o kaʻoihana mahiʻai e hoʻonui i kā mākou mau koho ma ka supermarket i hoʻokahi aʻelua paha mauʻano o nāʻano huahana likeʻole, e ho'āla ana nā mea kanu mahiʻai i nāʻano heirloomō he nui.

ʻO ka hope,ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā meaʻai meaʻai. ʻO ka noiʻi e pili ana inā eʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kaʻaiʻana i ka meaʻai meaʻai i nā mea ola. Eia naʻe,ʻo nā ho'āʻo pono'ī a ke USDA e hōʻike mai i ka nui o nā huaʻole me ka meaolaʻole i loaʻa i nā hua'ōpiopio o ke koena ma hope o ka holoiʻana . ʻO nā hopena lōʻihi o ka hoʻohanaʻiaʻana o kēia mau mea lapaʻau,ʻaʻole i lawa pono ke aʻoʻia, akāʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke maikaʻi noʻoe.

I ke ao kūpono, e kūʻai mākou i kā mākou mau meaʻai a pau. ʻO ka mea nui,ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka meaʻai i ka meaʻai (ʻoiai e hāʻule mau ana ke kumukūʻai) aʻaʻoleʻole i loaʻa. No ka hanaʻana i nā koho kohoʻoi aku ka maʻalahi, eia ka papa inoa o ka mea hana me ka kiʻekiʻe loa o ka pesticide contamination. ʻO ka papa inoa ma lalo nei e pili ana i kaʻike a me nā noiʻi a ka HuiʻAmelika Huipūʻia (USDA), Consumer Reports, a me ka Hui Hana Hana.

Eia ka papa inoa o nā huaʻai a me nā huaʻai i loaʻa i loko o ka hapa liʻiliʻi o nā pesticides. Eʻike i ka nui o kēia mau mea heʻeleʻele lahilahi, aʻeleʻele hikiʻole ke pale i ka hua.