Ma keʻano he mea hoʻohana, aia paha e noʻonoʻo anaʻoe i ka kūʻaiʻana i nā huahanaʻoi aku. He alakaʻi maʻalahi kēlā. ʻO nā huahana huahua he nui nā pōmaikaʻi no nā mea kūʻai, e like me:
- ʻO ka meaʻai i loko o nā meaʻai he mau homoniʻino a me nā pesticides ma mua o ka meaʻai maʻamau.
- ʻO ka mea hana hana e mālama a mālama i ka wai .
- Hoʻopilikia ka meaʻai i ke kalapona'okikene a kōkua i ka hoʻololi i ke aniau.
- ʻO nā mahiʻai lāʻau e kōkua i ke pale i nā pilikia o ka lepo, e like me kaʻale. ʻAʻole e like ka'ōpili i ka hopena o nā mea kūʻai, akā, pili maoli nō ia i ka honua, e hoʻopilikia i ka'āina, ka meaʻai, a me nā kānaka.
ʻO ka'ōlelo i'ōleloʻia ma luna nei, he nui nā lālā e hoʻohana i ka hua'ōlelo hoʻopunipuni i hikiʻole ke hoʻonui i ka uku. Inā makemakeʻoe e kūʻai i nā kino maoli me ke kāpaeʻana i nā mea kani huikau, e nānā i ka'ōlelo ma lalo nei.
01 - Eʻike i keʻano o ka mea pono maoli
Hoʻohana pūʻia nā māla a me nā hana i nā huahana i hoʻoponoponoʻia, e like me ka momona i hanaʻia mai nā hua ulu aiʻole nā mea hānai pēpē i hanaʻia me nā kāloti a me ka palaoa. Eia kekahi laʻana, inā hōʻailonaʻia ka mīkini heʻano meaola, nui nā māmā a me nā mea additives iʻaeʻoleʻia ma ka hua i hoʻopauʻia.
I loko o ke kaumaha,ʻo ka'ōlelo hoʻolālā kūpono wale nō ia i hoʻoponoponoʻia i ka wā e mahiʻia ai ka huahana , no ka mea, ua hoʻoholo nuiʻia ka'ōlaʻi manu e ka National Organic Program (NOP), akā he mau kaulike ka NOP no kahi hamo manu i loko o kekahi mau mea mahiʻole.
MaʻAmelika Huipūʻia, ua manaʻoʻia he huahana i ka huahana i ka huahana:
- laweʻiaʻo USDA Organic Seal
- ua hōʻoiaʻia ka pilina, a
- Aia he 95% aʻoi aku paha o ka meaʻai.
ʻO kahi'ē aʻe i nā kulekeleʻekolu i luna: He mea nui ka loaʻaʻana o ka hoʻolālā organic a no lailaʻaʻole i'āponoʻia kekahi mau mahiʻai ,ʻoiai lākou e ulu pono i nā mea ulu.
Eia naʻe, hoʻohana pinepineʻia ka hua'ōlelo "organic" i kaʻole e nā poʻe e ho'āʻo ana e kūʻai aku i nā huahana e like me "organic" i ka wāʻaʻole pono ka huahana. Ma mua o ka ukuʻana i ke kālā no ke kino, he mea pono ke imi hou e pili ana i keʻano o ka meaʻai.
02 - E heluhelu i kāu mau lepili
Inā hoʻohana ka hui i ka lepili laula aʻaʻole pono ka huahana a loaʻa iā NOP, hiki ke ukuʻia ka hui e like me $ 11,000.
ʻOiaiʻaʻole nā hui a pau a me nā mea kanu e koho e kau i ka sila i kā lākou huahana, nui ka hana. No laila, eʻimi ana i ka pepa inoa palahalaha kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa e hōʻoia ai ke kūʻai neiʻoe i nā hua iʻa maoli.
Inā loaʻa ka hōʻailona ma ka hua, eia keʻano o ka huahana me 95% ka 100% meaʻai. Inā loaʻa ka huahana ma lalo o 95% mau meaʻai,ʻaʻole kaʻenehana NOP eʻae i kēlā huahana e kau i ke sila.
Ma hope aʻe o ka hōʻailona,ʻike pahaʻoe i ka'ōlelo hua'ōlelo ma kahi huahana. Eia kekahi laʻana, hiki i ka huahana hua iʻikeʻia he 100% i "100% Organic" i kākauʻia ma luna o ka hōʻailona. Aia kekahi huahana i loaʻa i 95% mau meaʻono wale nō e'ōlelo ai "Organic" ma ka hōʻailona.
Ināʻikeʻoe i kahi huahana me ka hua'ōlelo hoʻopihapiha e'ōlelo ana, "Hanaʻia me ka Mea Mea Ola," a laila aia nā huahana he 70% o nā meaʻai.
Eʻike i ka nui o nā hui e ho'āʻo e hana i nā mea hoʻohana ma o ke kauʻana i nā lepili kiko a me ka hōʻailona a me nā'ōlelo hoʻopunipuni, no laila eʻole e hoʻopunipuni. E nānā i ka hōʻailona i ke kūʻaiʻana a nānā aku i nā loulou i lalo nei e aʻo hou i nā mea pili pololei i ka māmā.
03 - E nānā i ka PLU Code
ʻO nā PLU ka helu liʻiliʻi ma luna o nā mea kope i komo i ka wā e kūʻai aiʻoe i kāu mauʻoihana. ʻO kēia mau PLU ka helu helu no nā huahana, a he'ē aʻe nāʻano laulā PLU āpau i nā kānāwai kūikawā.
Inā he mea ola ka hua, e hoʻomaka ka helu me ka helu 9 a e ukaliʻia eʻehā mau helu. Ināʻole ka pilikino o ka huahana, e lilo ana kāna PLU i helu helu 4 e hoʻomaka me ka helu 4 .
04 - E kākoʻo i nā hui kaiaulu
Hiki iāʻoe ke kūʻai i ka meaʻai i ka meaʻai, akā, e like me kaʻu iʻike ai ma luna o ka paukū inoa,ʻaʻole nā mea kanu a pau e kapa i kā lākou huahana i meaʻoihana.
ʻAʻohe inoa o kekahi mea kanu lāʻau e hōʻailona i kā lākou huahana no ka mea,ʻaʻole i'āponoʻia. ʻO ka hopena pinepine no kēia no ka uluʻana o nā hua liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki, no lailaʻaʻole pono ke kumu kūʻai no ka hōʻoiaʻiʻoʻana. I kahi laʻana, hiki paha iāʻoe ke loaʻa nā huahana kūpono ma nā mākeke a nā kānaka'āina o ka'āina a iʻole nā'āina'āina aiʻole ma o kahi polokalamu mahiʻai'Alahui i kākoʻoʻia, akā,ʻaʻole pono e kau inoaʻia nā hua me ka sila. ʻAʻole kēia manaʻoʻaʻole maikaʻi nā huahana, akā.
Ke kūʻai akuʻoe ma kahi o ka'āina, e noi aku i ka mea hana lole e pili ana i kā lākou mau hana. E nānā i ka pehea e mālama ai lākou i nā mea hōʻemi (me nā kinikona aʻaʻoleʻole) a nīnau iā lākou inā hoʻohana lākou i nā mea kanu maikaʻi. No ke kōkua hou aku i ke kūʻaiʻana i nā'ōpū o ke kaiaulu, e nānā i nā kumuwaiwai ma lalo:
- E huli i ka meaʻai pono ma ka Market of the Farmer
- Eʻai i kahi alakaʻi maikaʻi
- Ka Hoʻoulu Ula
05 - E mālama i ka 'Greenwashed' Products
Nui nā kamaliʻi, me ka manaʻo e loaʻa ke kālā ma ka holomua o ka lāʻau, e hana paha i kēia mau mea:
- E hōʻaika i kā lākou huahana me nā hua'ōlelo laulā me ka'ōleloʻoleʻia nā huahana
- Hoʻohana i nā hua'ōlelo ma luna o kā lākou hōʻailona e hoʻohui pinepine pinepineʻia e nā poʻe me nā meaʻai, e like me keʻano kūlohelohe aʻoleʻole
- E ho'āʻo e hoʻololi iāʻoe ma ka hoʻolālāʻana i nā hoʻopihapiha e like me ka hoʻolālā kiko iʻa
Hōʻaloʻia kēia "greenwashing." ʻO Greenwashing ka manawa e ho'āʻo ai kahi hui e hoʻolimalima i ka pilina, aiʻole ma kēiaʻano, hua'ōlelo aʻanoʻano paha, e kūʻai aku a kūʻai aku i nā huahana ināʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻaʻole pono ka huahana.
ʻO kekahi mau huahana eʻoi aku ka'ōmaʻomaʻo ma mua o nā mea'ē aʻe. ʻElua mau hua nui nui e nānā aku no nā mea penei:
- Nā huahana o ka kino a me nā mea hoʻoponoponoʻana, e like me ka lole, ka lipopō a me ka shampulu. Eʻikeʻoe i kēia mau hua'ōlelo hoʻolauleʻa pili e like me "Organical Awesome" aiʻole "Organic Wear," ināʻaʻole maikaʻi loa ka huahana. Hiki ke kōkua iāʻoe ma waho ma kahi o kaʻIke ma ka Food Food, no ka mea,ʻoi aku kaʻoihana koʻikoʻi e kākau ana i nā kānāwai ma mua o nāʻoihana'ē aʻe.
- E kūʻai i nā mea kanu lāʻau. Nui nā kumukūʻai kūʻai i kā lākou iho pono'ī o nā mea maoli a me nā mea ulu, a ponoʻoe e makaʻala i ka wā e kūʻai ai. ʻOiaiʻo kekahi o kēia mau huaʻai wana puaʻai ka mea i'āpono maoliʻia,ʻaʻole ka nui, aʻo ka hale kūʻai e hele i waho eʻike ponoʻoe he mea ola. ʻO kekahi laʻana,ʻo Kroger kahiʻona pono'ī o nāʻano kūlohelohe a me nā huahana i kapaʻiaʻo "Simple Truth." ʻO ka lainaʻoʻoleʻa pololei nā'ōpū maoli, i hoʻopaʻa inoaʻia me ka sila seal. Ke lawe pū nei ka laina i nā "natural" non-organics, akā ua hoʻopiliʻia me ka aneane like me ka hōʻailonaʻana i ke organics, pololei a hiki i ka pōʻai'ōmaʻomaʻo. Me nā'ōleʻa hale kūʻai, ināʻaʻoleʻoe eʻike i ka hōʻailona USDA, mai manaʻoʻoe he mea ola.
ʻO nā huahana i hoʻouluuluʻia e like me nā'ōpala e pili ana i nā hua hānai pēpē, nā huahana a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻeʻana i nā huahana. No ka hōʻoleʻana i nā huahana i kūʻai hewaʻoleʻia e like me ka meaʻai, he mea maikaʻi loa ke nānā a kūʻai aku i nāʻano meaola e halihali ana i ka laikiniʻoihana.
06 - E kōkua i ke kālepa
Inā hopohopoʻoe e hoʻopoinaʻoe i keʻano o ka meaʻai maʻamau a loaʻa i ka hale kūʻai, e lawe wale i kahi pepa ulaula meʻoe. Aia ma lalo iho kekahi mau momona meaʻai nui e hiki ai ke kōkua iāʻoe e kūʻai i nā mea pono maoli.
- ʻO ka EWG's Shopper o ke alakaʻiʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hana
- ʻO ke alakaʻi alakaʻi poho o Organic Center
- Nā mea kūʻai kōkua hou aku no nā mea kūʻai pū