ʻAiʻia ka meaʻai, ka meaʻai, ka liʻiliʻi-pehea keʻano o kēia mau hua'ōlelo a pau? E noʻonoʻo i ka meaʻai meaʻai me kēia kulekele i nā inoa o nā meaʻai. Eʻikeʻoe i ka nui o kēia mau papahana maʻamau i maʻaʻole aiʻole hoʻololiʻoleʻia. ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e kūʻai aku i nā meaʻai i hānaiʻia me nā kulekele kūikawā,ʻo ia keʻimi i ka mea hana a meaʻai paha e hahai ana i nā hana iʻoi aku iāʻoe.
Aia kekahi mau papa no "nā palena kūʻokoʻa" (a "ʻole-holo kaʻa") no ka moa, akā,ʻaʻole no nā meaʻai'ē aʻe. E pono i nā mākini e kapaʻiaʻo "nā kūʻokoʻa liʻiliʻi" i kaʻikeʻana i waho, akā,ʻaʻole pono kēia wahi e hānai ai, a lilo paha i mau lepo a iʻole kālepa. Inā he mea nui iāʻoe ke ola e alakaʻiʻia ka moa, e noiʻi i ka māla a mea paha e kau nei ma ka pepa.
No ka meaʻaʻohe kānāwai kūpono no nā "kūʻokoʻa liʻiliʻi" i ka manawa e hoʻohanaʻia ai i nā hua aiʻole i ka meaʻai'ē aʻe ma mua o ka moa,ʻaʻole ni niho o kaʻaha i ka manawa ma ia mau huahana. I ka nui o nā hihia, akā,ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki i ka holoholona ke komo i waho.
Hāʻawiʻia i kā lākou mau mea pono'ī, eʻai ka pipi i ko lākou ola a pau. ʻAiʻia nā meaʻahaʻaina (a me nā pipiʻai nui) e hānaiʻai i ka hopena o ko lākou mau ola i ka momona i ka palaoa. ʻO ka pipi mai nā bipi i hānaiʻia ma kahi mauʻu wale nō ka momona momona aʻoi aku nā meaʻai e pono ai ka pipi palaoa .
ʻO ka pipiʻai hānai he USDA wale nō kaʻai ākea a me ka loaʻa i kahi hānai makahiki. He haʻawina haʻahaʻa ka papahana, akā naʻe, me ka hōʻoiaʻole o kaʻaoʻaoʻekolu. ʻO nā hōʻailona e heluhelu i ka "100% mea hānai" aiʻole "mau meaʻai" a hōʻoiaʻiʻoʻia e kekahi poʻe'ē aʻe, e like me ka American Grassfed Association, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka pipi he mauʻu wale nō a hānaiʻia i ka mea hānai.
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Kūlohelohe
Pigs. Kālepa Ink / Getty Images ʻO "Natural" paha,ʻo ia paha ka hōʻailonaʻoi loa i kaʻiʻo. Hoʻololi ka USDA i ka "natural" a me "nā mea āpau" i meaʻai i hoʻoponopono ikiʻia aʻaʻole e mālamaʻia nā mea mālamaʻole a me nā mea hana. No ka meaʻo kēiaʻanoʻoiaʻiʻo maoli o nā meaʻai hou, he meaʻole kēia lepili.
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Hoʻomākaukau Kūpono
ʻO nā kaʻula no "hoʻouluulu maoli" e hoʻokumuʻia ana e ka USDA. Eia paha e pāpā lākou i nā homoni, nā lāʻau'alopelo, a me nā mea hua holoholona. No ka manawa,ʻaʻohe kumu kānāwai a iʻole mau hōʻailona hōʻoia.
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ʻAʻohe'Akikino
Pono nā mea hana e hoʻouna i nā palapalaʻaʻole i mālamaʻia nā pipi lāʻau i ka inoa o kā lākou pipi "i ho'ālaʻoleʻia me nā lāʻau'alopelo," akā,ʻaʻohe hōʻike aʻekolu paha. Hoʻokahi nō ia no ka moa a me ka puaʻa.
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ʻAʻohe Hormones
ʻO kaʻai i kapaʻia "ʻaʻole hoʻonāmu i mālamaʻia" e like me ka mea hana,ʻaʻole i hāʻawiʻia he mau hormones ulu. ʻOiaiʻo ka mea e hana nei e waiho i ka pepa kākau i kēlā hana,ʻaʻole ia i hōʻoiaʻia e nāʻaoʻaoʻekolu.
E noʻonoʻoʻoe i nā lepili e'ōlelo "holmone free" aiʻole "ʻaʻohe hormones," no ka mea, aia nā meaʻai a pau i nā hormones e pili ana i nā holoholona e ola a hana.
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ʻO Organic
ʻO ka hōʻoiaʻana o ka USDA no nā meaʻai āpau e hoʻohana i nā hormones ulu, nā mea'alopelo, ka hānai maʻamau, aiʻole nā holoholona āpau i ka hānaiʻana i nā holoholona. Ma waho aʻe o kēlā mau hana,ʻaʻole ia e hoʻoponopono i ka hōʻailona aiʻole ka nohona olaʻana o nā holoholona.
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Paule
ʻAʻohe kānāwai kūpono no "pastured," akā hoʻohana mauʻia e hoʻokūkino i ka hānaiʻana o ka holoholona i waho ma kahi nohoʻai kahi hiki i nā moa ke loli a puaʻa i nā puaʻa.