He aha ka mea eʻai ai i kaʻai "Organic"?
ʻO "Organic" keʻano maʻamau i kekahi mea i hanaʻia ma ke kalapona. ʻO kēlā'ōlelo, nā mea i hoʻonuiʻia i ka mea i kūkuluʻia e like me keʻano o nā hana i ho'ākākaʻia e likeʻole ma nāʻano likeʻole mai kaʻoihanaʻoihanaʻoihana.
ʻO nā'āina mahiʻai wale nō e hele i nā papa hana hōʻoia o ko lākou'āina aiʻole ka moku'āina e hiki ai ke hōʻailona i kā lākou meaʻai. He mea uku ka hana. He mau pāʻani liʻiliʻi e pili ana i nāʻoihana mahiʻai hoʻomauʻana e koho i ka haʻaleleʻana i ka palapala hōʻoia ināʻo kaʻoihana a lākou e kū ai aʻoi aku paha ma mua o ka mea i makemakeʻia.
Hoʻokaʻawaleʻia nā papahana papahana mai kēlā me kēia'āina ai kekahi'āina, akā, pono e ho'ālaʻia nā meaʻai i kākauʻia i loko oʻAmelika Huipūʻia ma hope o kekahi mau kuhikuhi kūikawā, e like me:
- ʻAʻole hoʻohanaʻia nā kinikona
- ʻAʻole hoʻohanaʻia o ka ākea
- ʻAʻohe mea hoʻohana i nā naluʻehu (yep, hoʻohanaʻia i kekahiʻoihana mahiʻai)
- ʻAʻohe'ōnaehana genetically (GMOs)
- Hoʻolālāʻia i ka'āina mahiʻai no ka mea ua hoʻokuʻuʻia ia no nā mea i luna no nā makahikiʻekolu aʻoi aku paha *
- Nā moʻolelo kiko'ī o nā hana i hoʻohanaʻia, e like me ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā mea i'āponoʻia, nā'ōkoʻomaʻa manu aiʻole nāʻano palapala noi'ē aʻe
- Nā nānāʻana ma kahi pūnaewele
- ʻO ka hōʻoiaʻana o ka USDA-no ka meaʻai āpau e hoʻohana i nā hormones ulu, nā lāʻau'alopelo, ka hānai maʻamau, aiʻole nā holoholona āpau i ka hānaiʻana i nā holoholona
- Hiki pono nā hua manu e hele mai mai nā moa a pauʻole i ka hale me ka liʻiliʻiʻole
- Pono e mālamaʻia ka meaʻai i nā meaʻaiʻole me ka meaʻaiʻole ka meaʻai i ka'āina hoʻokahi a iʻole i mālamaʻia ma kahi hoʻokahi
MaʻAmelika Huipūʻia, no ka mea e kākau inoa ana i ka meaʻaiʻai "organic" e komo i loko o ia mau mea he 95% mau mea ulu; Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i ka inoa "i loko o nā meaʻaiʻaila" inā lōʻihi he 70% o nā meaʻai i'āponoʻia.
No ka 'ike hou aku, eʻike i ka mea a ke Kuhina Waiwai oʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa e'ōlelo ai.
Eʻikeʻoe i kekahi mau māhele (ke nānā aku nei au iāʻoe, Oregon!) A he nui nā'āina iʻoi aku kaʻoihanaʻoi aku ma mua o kēia mau mea no ko lākou hōʻailona hōʻoiaʻana, no ka mea, he nui nā paepae kūpono e hoʻokuʻu i ka'āina i nā meaʻenehana synthetic a me nā mea'ē aʻe i pāpāʻia no nā makahikiʻelima ma kahi o ekolu.
No ke aha eʻimi ai i ka lāʻau?
ʻO nā meaʻai i hānaiʻia ma hope o nāʻoihana o kaʻoihana a me ka halihaliʻana i ka lekaʻoihana,ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka meaʻai i kūkuluʻia me nāʻanoʻenehana. No ke aha e uku hou ai?
He nui nā kānaka e pane no ko lākou olakino, iʻole e waiho i ke kinowika (ma ke ano o ka pesticide) i loko o ko lākou kino. ʻAʻole kēlā he kumu kūponoʻole.
Akā,ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea kōkua i ke ola, e kuhikuhi i nā mea nui. ʻO ka'āina mahiʻai maikaʻi, ka'āina liʻiliʻi i ka mea maʻamau, nā kānaka mahiʻai a me nā mea mahiʻai mahiʻai, a me nāʻoihana olakino aʻoi aku kaʻoi akuʻoi aku o nā kumu no ka nānāʻana i nā meaʻai i'āponoʻia.
*ʻO kēia mau lā pale kaukūʻekolu ma waena o ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka mahiʻai ma muli o nā hanaʻoi akuʻoi aku kaʻoihana a hiki i ka wā e hiki ai iā ia ke hōʻiliʻili i ka pono o ka lakaʻana i ka meaʻai "organic" kekahi o nā mea e hina ai i kahi mahiʻai e hoʻololi maoli ana i ka hana maʻamau.