Pili nā huaʻai i nā meaʻai a mākou eʻai ai i meaʻai no nā kaʻa
Akā, hoʻohana nui nā kānaka i nāʻoihana mahiʻai i kēlā me kēia lā no nā kumu'ē aʻe, mai nāʻaʻahu a mākou eʻaʻahu nei i ka pepa a mākou e kākau nei.
Hoʻonani mākou me nā pua i hana pinepineʻia e ka mahiʻai a hoʻoholo mākou i kā mākou kaʻa ma kahi hapa ma ka éthanol i hanaʻia e ka mahiʻai. Hoʻohana pū mākou i nā huahana mahiʻai e hana i nā plastic. I ka hoʻonuiʻana o kaʻenehana i ka wā wāwae, e mau ana ka hoʻohana houʻana i nā huahana mahiʻai.
Nā lālā o nā mea mahiʻai
Hoʻomoʻaʻia nā mea kanu i hoʻokahi o nā hāhā: nā meaʻai, nā momona, nāʻili, a me nā mea ulu. Eia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona o kēlā me kēia:
- ʻAi. Hoʻonuiʻia nā'ōpuʻu a me ka palaoa i ka hapalua o ka mahiʻai mahiʻai o ke ao, e like me ka US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Akā,ʻo kaʻoihana mahiʻai i nā meaʻoi aku iʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā'ōpala e like me ka palaoa a me ka palaoa. ʻO nā meaʻai a me nā mea laʻa e like me ka waiū he meaʻai nō hoʻi ia meaʻai, e like me ka meli a me ka iʻa mahiʻai.
- Nā kūkiki. ʻO ka Ethanol, i huaʻia mai ka kānana, ke kōkē, a me ka sorghum,ʻo ia ka huahana mahiʻai mahiʻai ma ka hoʻohana nui loa. Eia naʻe, ua puhiʻia nā mea kanu mahiʻai e like me ka mauʻu kōma i ka mana.
- Nā hoʻopili. ʻO nā hua ulu me ka'ōpū (ʻo ia kekahi o nā kumukūʻai 10 he nui i hanaʻia ma ka US i kēlā me kēia makahiki), ka huluhulu, a me ka lole silikino. Hoʻohana nā mea kanu lāʻau i ka hemp e hana ai i ke kaula a me ka lino no ke olonā. Hiki ke hoʻohana i ka fiʻiliʻohe no ka lole.
- Nā mea lawaiʻa. ʻO kēia nā huahana mahiʻai i hoʻohanaʻia no ka hanaʻana i nā huahana mahiʻai. Eia kekahi laʻana,ʻo ka hānai holoholona, iʻikeʻia he huahana mahiʻai, hoʻohanaʻia e hoʻolako i nā meaʻai i nā holoholona e huahua i nā hua meaʻai.
Nā Huahana Meaʻai Ola
ʻO ke National Organic Program (NOP) wale nō ka mea e hōʻoia ana i nā huahana i hāʻule i kahiʻano kiko'ī. ʻO ka māhele kulekele no ka mea e pili ana i ka huahana mahiʻai penei:
"ʻO kekahi meaʻai a mea huahana paha, inā pahaʻo ka'ōpala a iʻole i hoʻopiliʻia paha, me nā huahana a huahana paha i loaʻa mai i nā holoholona, i kūʻaiʻia ma ka United States no ke kanaka a me ka hānai holoholona."
Nā hōʻailona o nā mea mahiʻai i hoʻolakoʻia e ka Polokalamu Polokalame'Oihui i nā mea e like me nā textiles, pua nani , nā meaʻai, nāʻanoʻano, nā mea kanu, a me ka hānai.
Nā Huahana Meaʻaiʻole
ʻO kaʻikeʻo NOP wale nō ka hōʻoia a mālama i nā huahana mahiʻai i kūʻaiʻia no kaʻaiʻana, e hoʻokumu i kekahi pilikia ma ka māhele kūʻai huahana. Eia kekahi laʻana,ʻaʻole i hana mauʻia nā huahana ola kino me 100 mau huahana mahiʻai.
Hiki ke hōʻoiaʻia nā mea mālama i ke kino e hoʻohana wale ana i nā meaʻai mahiʻai ma keʻano he USDA organic. ʻO nā huahana i hanaʻia me "nā mea lāʻauʻole"ʻaʻole i uhiʻia e ka National Organic Program. ʻO nā kolaki, nā mea kanu bacteria, nā'āpana, ka waikawa citric, pectin, a me nā mea'ē aʻe i manaʻoʻia he mau meaʻilikai a hoʻohanaʻia i nā huahana iʻole mākou eʻai.
Ma muli o ka mālamaʻoleʻiaʻana o nā huahana o nā kino olaʻole i lalo o ka hoʻoponopono NOP,ʻaʻole i hāʻawiʻia ka USDA no ka nānāʻana iā lākou. No laila, hiki i nā mea hana ke'ōlelo aku he mea paʻakikī kā lākou huahana ināʻo ia mau huahana e hiki ke komo i loko o nā mea kānalua.
Ka wehewehe kānāwai a me ka waiwai o nā mea mahiʻai
Mai kaʻaoʻao o kaʻauhau, pono eʻike kekahi i ka mea e kūpono ai he huahana mahiʻai no ka hoʻoholoʻana i kahi mea e pono ke unuhiʻia me he kālā a me ka mea e loaʻa ai ka uku.
Wahi a ke KeʻenaʻOihanaʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa,ʻo ka hanaʻana i ka mahiʻaiʻo ia he papahana o nā hana (iʻikeʻoleʻia he kaʻina hana) e hopena i kahi huahana e kūʻai hopeʻia ma ka kūʻai. Hoʻomaka ka hana hanaʻai i ke kūʻaiʻana a iʻole ka hānauʻana i kekahi holoholona kūpono a hoʻomākaukau paha i ka lepo no ka kanuʻana i nā mea kanu.
Hoʻopau ka hopena i ka manawa e hoʻonoho aiʻoe i nā holoholona a me nā mea kanu (i hoʻopaʻaʻia aiʻoleʻole i hoʻopaʻaʻia) i loko o ka papa inoa maikaʻi maikaʻi a iʻole paha i kāu huaʻai a iʻole paha ma ke kahua e hiki ke hoʻohālike.
Aia nā hana i loko o ka mahiʻai i loko o nā mahiʻai:
- Ka mahiʻai: mahi i ka lepo; kanu; ke ho'ālaʻana, a me kaʻohiʻana i nā mea kanu; ka hānai, hānai, a me ka mālama holoholona
- Nā mea kanu: hōʻiliʻili i nā iʻa iʻaʻokoʻa.
- Nā mea kanu: nā mea kanu ulu
- Ka uluʻana: nā hua e ulu ana, nā mea kanu, a me nā mea kanu
- ʻO ka hoʻouluʻanaʻo ka meli syrup
- Ka ulu lāʻau: ulu a mālama i nā lāʻau hou
ʻO nāʻoihana i komo i ka hana mahiʻai,ʻo:
- Nā hana hoʻohui
- ʻO nā pā kanu,ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea kanu a me kekahi mau holoholona
- Ke kūʻaiʻia nā kūʻaiʻana i nā hua'ōmaʻomaʻo a me nā mea kanu e ulu ana i kā lākou huahana
- Hoʻouka
- ʻO ka lāʻau a me ka palaoa hānai (inā kūʻaiʻia nā mea kūʻai ma ke kūʻai liʻiliʻi aʻaʻole i hoʻokomoʻia e ka mea hōʻailona)
ʻAʻole i komo i loko o ka mahiʻai nā hanaʻai:
- Ka mālama a mālamaʻana i nā mea waiwai ma mua o ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke kaʻina hana
- Ka mālama, mālama, mīkini, a hoʻoili paha i nā mea i paʻa
- Ka mālama a mālamaʻana paha i nā huaʻai mahiʻai ma nā huihuʻi, nā mea hoʻouluʻai, nā lawaiwa, a me nā meaʻai meaʻai
- Nā holoholona hānai no kāu pono pono'ī