ʻOiai ua paʻakikī ke kūʻai aku i nā mea a pau i ka manawa hoʻokahi, ua maʻalahi kaʻike pono i ka mea e kūʻai ana i ke kino a me nā kumu e hiki ai ke hōʻoia iā lākou e kūʻai hou aku.
Nui nāʻano likeʻole o nā mea lawelawe o ka meaʻai, e kū mai ana mai nā mea hakakā paʻakikī i nā mea kānalua i hoʻololi i kekahi manawa. E hoʻomau i ka heluhelu e aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i nā hui likeʻole o nā mea kūʻai.
01 - Nā Nūhou Kūlana o nā Mea Hui Pūʻai
Ma ka makahiki 2009 iʻikeʻia e ka Hui Hartman iʻikeʻia heʻekolu mauʻikepili heluʻai meaʻai maʻamau. Nā lākou:
- Nā meaʻai pāpaʻi (14% o nā mea kūʻai huahana). ʻO kēia nā poʻe e hoʻomaka nei e hilinaʻi i ke kino, akā,ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻololi i nā loina koʻikoʻi,ʻoiaiʻaʻole lākou e kūʻai i nā hua ulu.
- Ka poʻe'aihanaʻoihana waena. Hana lākou i ka nui o nā meaʻai lāʻau (65%). He mau kānaka i hoʻololi wale i ko lākou mau hiʻohiʻona akāʻo ka mea hoʻi e hoʻololi ana i kā lākou mau mea maʻamau a me ka kūʻaiʻana i nā meaʻai.
- Kālepa Core. He hui liʻiliʻi kēia (21%) o nā kānaka i hoʻohui nuiʻia i loko o nā mea hana. Hōʻike lākou i kēia hoʻoikaika ma o ka manaʻo a me ka hana. Kūkākūkā kēia poʻe ma keʻano o nā'ōpiopio a kūʻai pinepine pinepineʻana.
Ma waho aʻe o kēia mau kumokena laulā, aia kekahi mau haʻawina e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻonaʻauao, olakino, kālā, ka moʻomeheu, kūkākūkā, nā hopena o ka nohona, a me nā mea kūʻai maikaʻi. Ma keʻano laulā, he nui nā kumu likeʻole e hana aiʻole e kūʻaiʻole ai nā meaʻai i nā hua ulu, e like me ka mea i hōʻikeʻia ma lalo nei.
02 - Mau Makua a me Kid
Hōʻike nā hōʻike hou loa i nāʻohana oʻAmelika e ulu nui nei i nā'ōpiko i nāʻano likeʻole. Keʻike nei ka Hui Organic Trade i ka 81% ka nui o nāʻohana me nā keiki e'ōlelo ana lākou e kūʻai i nā hua ulu i kekahi manawa. Ke nīnauʻia ke kumu no ka kūʻaiʻana i ka lāʻau, nā mākua i nā kumu e like me ka maikaʻi o ka olakino a me ka makemake e pale i nā lāʻauʻawaʻawa a me nā paʻapaʻa. Ke nānā nei nā mākua'ē aʻe e ho'ēmi i ka piliʻana o kaʻohana i nā meaola likeʻole (GMO) a me nā hormones ulu.
Hiki i nā mākua ke kūʻai pinepine i nā meaʻai. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo kahi o 10 mau wāhine maʻamau e'ōlelo mau lākou i kaʻai meaʻai. Eia kekahi, ke hōʻike nei kekahi mau hōʻailona e hiki i nā keiki ke hāpaiʻia ma keʻano o nā mea kelepona aʻoi aku i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā mea lōʻihi loa.
Ma muli o ka pehea eʻoki aiʻoe, e uku ana i ka nui o ke kūʻaiʻana i nā lawelawe i nā mākua a me kā lākou mau keiki.
03 - Nā mea hoʻohana hou a hiki ke kūpono
ʻO ka mea kūʻai aku i ka mea kūʻai aku ma muli o ka maikaʻi o ka kūʻai. Eia nō naʻe, he mea paʻakikī ke kāpiliʻana i nā mea hou aku a mālama iā lākou e like me ke kūʻaiʻana o kāu mea kūʻai no ka nui o nā kumukūʻai a me ka haʻalulu i nā mea āpau.
No ka loaʻaʻana i nā mea kūʻai hou, pono kaʻike kumu kūʻai pono. Heʻano kānalua paha nā mea kūʻai i nā mea kūʻai aku aʻole iʻole e maopopo i ka mea e nānā aku ai. Eia kekahi laʻana, he nui nā hōʻailona hōʻailona e like me "nā mea maoli" a me "hou" no ka meaola, no laila e kūʻai lākou i nā hua kūponoʻole,ʻoiai inā makemake lākou i nā mea hana. Hōʻike kekahi mau noiʻi hou i ka hōʻailona o nā mea kūʻai i ka hui, e pili ana i ka hōʻailona o ka 'Oihana Hoʻonaʻauao oʻAmelika me keʻano he ala e hoʻonui ai i ka uku. ʻO kaʻoi aku, he nui nā huahana kūʻai nui, akā, ināʻaʻoleʻoe e hoʻolaha i kēlā mau pōmaikaʻi ,ʻaʻoleʻike nā mea kūʻai e pili ana iā lākou.
Eia kekahi mau'ōlelo kōkua e hiki ke kōkua iāʻoe e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻohuliʻana i nā mea kūʻai maʻamau i ka hana houʻana aku i nā mea kūʻai o ka meaʻai:
04 - Ka inoa o nā mea hoʻohana a me nā mea kūʻai lima
Nui nā kālepa maʻamau i pili pono i nā mana kūikawā. Eia kekahi laʻana,ʻo nā mea nuiʻo Honey Nut Cheerios nā mea e pili ana e pili kokoke ana i kēlāʻaina. Ma muli o kēia, he mea maʻalahiʻole ka kūʻai pinepineʻanaʻo General Mills i ka "ʻai i ka mea nui," akā, ua hana ikaikaʻo ia e hoʻolaha iki iā Honey Nut Cheerios, no ka mea e hana ana lākou i nā mea nui o kēlā mīkini hoʻokahi.
I kēia manawa, nui nā mea kūʻai hou aʻoihana hou pahaʻaʻole eʻimi ana i nā'āpanaʻano'āpana. Akā, keʻimi nei lākou i keʻano o ke kino. ʻAʻole kēia mau mea kūʻai eʻimi i ka noiʻiʻana iʻoi aku ke kūlana kūpono aʻoi aku paha ke kūlana o nāʻoihanaʻenehana. Ke kali wale nei lākou i kēlā lepili palahalaha, maʻalahi a maʻalahi.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea kūʻai kūʻai lōʻihi e like me kēia. Eia kekahi laʻana,ʻike wau i nā kānaka e kūʻai mau ana i ka waiū lapalapa, ka meaʻai a me ka wai'alapili'ōpala, akā,ʻaʻole i kahi momona o ka waiū lapalapa, meaʻai a wai paha. Keʻimi nei lākou i kahi maikaʻi loa e hiki ai ke loaʻa iā lākou e hōʻike ana i ka hōʻailona USDA. Me kēia ma ka noʻonoʻo, he mea kūpono ia e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i kaʻikeʻana o nā mea kelepona iāʻoe he "hui pūʻali," me ka kū'ē i ka "Brand XYZ" company.
ʻOiai he ponoʻoe eʻikeʻia heʻanoʻoihanaʻoihana,ʻoi aku ka hewa. I ka wā lōʻihi, makemake ka poʻe hoʻonaʻauao eʻike i keʻano o ka maikaʻi o kāu kānana iʻoi aku ma mua o nā mana o nā meaola. ʻO wau i loko o kēia hui o nā mea hoʻohana. Ma muli o koʻuʻike nui i nā mea kanu, hiki iaʻu ke kūʻai aku i nā meaʻai i hanaʻia e Nature's Path, kahiʻoihanaʻoihana iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me keʻano kiʻekiʻe, ma mua o kaʻu kūʻaiʻana i ka kīʻahi Cascadian Farm, nona nā mākua i mālama pono Kamupene Nui Mills.
Hiki iāʻoe ke kūʻai aku i nā huiʻelua i ka manawa like. I kaʻikeʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku i kāuʻoihana organic, e hōʻoia hoʻi eʻike pū lākou i ke kumu no kouʻokoʻa aʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā mea likeʻole e like me keʻano o nā mea like. ʻO Organic Valley kahi hui i loaʻa i kēia kaulike. Ke hoʻolako nei ka hui i nāʻano o ka mea ola i keʻano maʻamau a ke kūʻai pinepine aku nei i nā pono āpau i nā mea kūʻai, kahi e hōʻiliʻili ai i nā meaʻai hou i loko o. Ma waho o kēlā, ua hoʻonohonohoʻo Organic Valley i kahi kūʻokoʻa olaolaola e kākoʻo ana i nāʻoihanaʻohanaʻuʻuku, akāʻo ka mea koʻikoʻi nui ka pūʻulu o nā mea kūʻai maʻamau e nānā ana ma'ō aku o ka hōʻailona USDA no kekahi meaʻoi aʻe.
He lālā maikaʻi ia no ka kūʻaiʻana i nā mea kūʻai mea hou aʻelua a me nā mea kōkuaʻoihanaʻoihana'ē aʻe, akā, inā makemakeʻoe e kūʻai i nā mea ola'ē aʻe, e ho'āʻoʻoe eʻike i kēlā laina.
05 - Nānā Hua'ōleloʻo Organic
Ua kūʻai pinepineʻiaʻo Savvy, nā mea kūʻai i nā mea kūʻai i ka mea e ola ai no kekahi manawa, i keʻano o nā mea ola, a keʻimi nei i ka meaʻoi aku ma mua o kaʻeke. He kūlana maikaʻi kēiaʻano o nā mea kūʻai aku no ka mea ua makemake lākou e uku i nā mea hou no nā mea o ke kino no ka maopopoʻana o ka waiwai i ka hanaʻana pēlā. ʻOiai he laʻana,ʻo nā mea hoʻolahaʻoihana nui aʻu eʻike nei,ʻaʻole lākou e kūʻai i ka wai o ka waiū lapaʻau aiʻole i ka wai wai laulāʻo Horizon. Hoʻomaopopo pono nā mea hoʻoponopono pono i ka uku nuiʻana no ka waiū o Organic Valley no ka meaʻike lākou heʻanoʻoihanaʻano pono loa.
No ke kūʻaiʻana i kaʻoihana i nā mea hoʻolaha ola lōʻihi, ponoʻoe e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i kāu kūpaʻa pono, i kāu hana ola a me ka manaolana, ma luna o kekahi me nā kumu'ē aʻe e hoʻopili i nā mea hoʻolaha e like me keʻano o keʻano o ka meaola (GMO), Trade Fair , a me ka hoʻomauʻana.
06 - Mea Hoʻolālā Ola-Minded
No ke noiʻana i ka poʻe e ola ana, e nānā i nā kumukūʻai kūʻai aku i nā meaʻike olakino i ka poʻe kūʻai, e like me keʻano o ka waina iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke ola, pehea ka nui o ka waiū o ka waiū iʻoi aku ka nui o nā huaʻona momona. ka'āpana antioxidant. Makemake nā kānaka olakino i kēiaʻike, akā,ʻaʻole lākou eʻimi wale aku iā lākou iho, e like me ka mea kūʻai aku i ka mea kūʻai,ʻo kāu hana ia e haʻi aku ai.
07 - mau mea lawelawe kaiāulu a me nā kaiāulu
08 - Mea Kūʻai Kū'ē Kū'ē-GMO
He mau kumuhana hoʻomehana honua (GMOs) kekahi, aʻo ka huahana GMO e hoʻoulu ana i nā mea hoʻohana he nui i nā mea hana. ʻO ka'ōleloʻana,ʻaʻole nā mea hoʻohana a pau iʻike i keʻano o nā mea olaʻole me ka freeʻole o ka GMO, no laila e kūʻai aku i kēia hui e ponoʻoe e pīpī i kāu mau mea e pili ana i nā GMO.
ʻIkeʻia kahi'ōnaehana MamboTrack ™ i kēia manawa,ʻo ka mea nui ka poʻe eʻimi ana i nā meaʻaiʻole GMO e hōʻoia pololei i kā lākou mau meaʻai e like me kaʻole GMO, no laila e hōʻoiaʻia ma o ka Polohana Non-GMO kekahi mea e noʻonoʻo pono. Ināʻoe he meaʻai meaʻaihue a meaʻai paha, hiki paha iāʻoe ke noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻolauleʻaʻana i ka mahina Mākahi-GMO i kēlā me kēiaʻOkakopa.
09 - Mau Kūʻai Noʻonoʻo
Eia nō naʻe, mai hoʻopololei i nā mea kānalua - kekahi e hana i ka hoʻololi organic. ʻO kekahi manawa no ka hopohopo o lākou i ka hopohopo ola pilikino, i kekahi manawa no ka hoʻomakaʻana o kaʻohana, aʻo nā manawa'ē aʻe no ka mea he mea weliweli i loko o ka mālaʻai maʻamau. Eia kekahi laʻana, i ka manawa o ka nui o ka hua iʻa e hoʻomanaʻo i ka makahiki 2010, ua ulu nui nā hua manu manu, a he mea like paha, kūʻai nā kānaka i ka meaolaʻole i manaʻoʻole e hana lākou pēlā ma mua o ka hanaʻana.
Mai hoʻohana i nā pilikia e like me ka hoʻomanaʻoʻana he "ha, ha, ua haʻi wau iāʻoe i kēia manawa." Akā e hoʻomaopopo hou i kēlā mea'ē aʻe, ua hoʻomanaʻoʻia nā meaʻai maʻamau, no lailaʻaʻole e ho'āʻo i ka meaʻai?
10 - Mai Kaohi iāʻoe iho: Ka kūʻaiʻana i nā Hui Loa Loa
Eia kekahi laʻana, i ka manawa o kekahi mau haʻawina e'ōlelo ana i nā mea waiwai waiwai kūʻai aku i nā mea nui loa,ʻikeʻia kekahi mau haʻawina'ē aʻe, nā mea kūʻai i waena o nā mea kūʻai nui e kūʻai hou aku i nā mea nui. Ua hōʻike pūʻia kaʻikeʻana o ka lāhui i ka hoʻololi, akā,ʻaʻole i maopopo kaʻikeʻana o nā lāhui i keʻano o nā mea ola - i kekahi manawa aiʻole kekahi, uaʻike pinepineʻia ka noiʻiʻana i nā lāhui a pau.
Ma muli o nā hopena noiʻiʻokoʻa, he paʻakikī e hiki i ka hopena hope e pili ana i ka hopena o nā hopena e pili ana i ka kūʻaiʻana i nāʻoihana lāʻau, aʻo nā māloka ka mea i hoʻolaha nuiʻia. I ka manawa, he mea naʻauao ke kau aku i ka kūʻaiʻana i nā hui lehulehu,ʻaʻole hoʻokahi aʻelua wale nō.
No kaʻike houʻana e pili ana i nā kuhi kūʻai o nā mea kūʻai kikoʻo, manaʻo wau e heluhelu i ka hōʻike kālā USDAʻo ka US Marketing Organic Foods - skip to the section titled "Consumers Fuel Market Growth but Defy Easy Categorisation."