Hoʻonuiʻia ka ulu o nā meaʻai āpau e like me ka hopohopo nui o nā kānaka e pili ana i ke olakino a me ka palekana o ka meaʻai a lākou eʻai ai. Akā, pehea keʻano o ka meaʻaiʻai a pehea ka inoa?
Wahi a ka 'Oihana HuiʻaiʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa (USDA), ua weheweheʻia nāʻano meaʻai i ka meaʻai:
ʻO nā meaola holoholona, nā moa, nā hua a me nā hua puaʻa e loaʻa mai i nā holoholona i hāʻawiʻoleʻia i nā lāʻau'alopero a iʻole nā hormones ulu. Kūkuluʻia ka meaʻai me ka hoʻohanaʻoleʻana i nā'ōpala kino nui loa, nā mea kanu i hanaʻia me nā mea hana'alapili a me nā'alehu wai, ka bioengineering a me ka hoʻouluʻana i ka lāʻau.
Hōʻike nā haʻawina i ka nui o nā koena o nā wai iʻa i loaʻa ma luna o nā mea kanuʻole i ke kikowaenaʻole e pilikino i kou olakino, akā ua'ōlelo ka meaʻai i nā mea kanu iʻoi aku ka palekana ma mua o nā meaʻai i hanaʻia me nāʻoihana mahiʻai maʻamau. No ka mea,ʻo nā meaʻai a pau i hanaʻoleʻia e nā mea i hanaʻoleʻia, he mau koena o nā pesticides, nā mea kanu a me nā meaʻokoʻa'ē aʻe, ke ala hoʻokahi e pale aku ai iā lākou.
No ka hōʻoiaʻana i meaʻoihana manu, pono nā huaʻai mai nā mahiʻai a me nā mea kanu kanu i'āponoʻia e ka USDA. Ke nānāʻia nei nā māla e nā luna aupuni i hōʻoiaʻia e hōʻoia i ka hōʻoiaʻana i nā US standards. Nānā nā Luna Nana e hoʻohana waleʻia nāʻano meaʻai aʻaʻole hoʻi i hoʻopiliʻia ka'ōpuni me nā lāʻau'ōpiopio, nā mea kanu hoʻokipa a me nā mea hana'ē aʻeʻole.
Ke hoʻopiliʻana i ka wai
Hiki i nā meaʻai e ulu i ke kino ke haʻi i kēlā meaʻoiaʻiʻo ma ka pepa inoa, kahi e maʻalahi ai ka kūʻaiʻana i nā mea kūʻai e makemake ana e kūʻai i nā meaʻai.
Akā, he mea nui e maopopo i keʻano o nā hua liʻiliʻi. I kēia manawa,ʻekolu mau koi i hiki ke paʻiʻia ma nā papa inoaʻai:
"'Okahi 100-Pū"
ʻO nā meaʻai i kapa inoaʻia e like me ka 100-Percent Organic pono e komo i nā mea ulu a pau iʻole nā wai a me ka paʻakai.
"Hui"
ʻO nā meaʻai i kapaʻia e like me ka Organic e pono e komo i loko o 95 mau meaʻai meaʻai, koe wale no ka wai a me ka paʻakai hou, aʻaʻole lākou e hoʻokomo i nā sulfites i hoʻouluʻia e like me kahi mālama.
Uaʻikeʻiaʻo Sulfites e hoʻoulu i ka allergies a me ka hānō i kekahi poʻe. E hiki i ka 5 pakeneka o nā meaʻai i hanaʻoleʻia.
"Hanaʻia me nā meaʻai'enelā"
ʻO nā lepili huahana e koi ana i hanaʻia me ka meaʻai Pono ka pono e komo i loko o 70% mau meaʻai meaʻai, koe wale no ka wai a me ka paʻakai hou. ʻAʻole pono lākou e hoʻokomo i nā sulfites hou, a hiki i ka 30 pakeneka o nā mea i hanaʻia pahaʻaʻole hanaʻia me keʻanoʻole.
ʻO ka hopena,ʻo nā meaʻai i hanaʻia me ka liʻiliʻi he 70% o nā meaʻai meaʻai paha e hiki ke hōʻike i nā meaʻai i maʻalahi, akā,ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke koi aku he meaʻai meaʻai.
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ʻO kaʻoihana mahiʻaiʻoʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa. "Hui Agriculture." Loaʻa iā Malaki 20, 2016. http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=organic-hawaiian.html.