I kekahi mau makahiki aku nei, ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike meaʻai kūlohelohe i kekahi hale kūʻai meaʻai olakino a ua kaupalena ʻia ka koho i hāʻawi ʻia. I kēia lā, hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā ala hoʻolaha. He mau kaulahao nui ohale kūʻai loaʻa nā ʻāpana o nā huahana kūlohelohe i hōʻoia ʻia: nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu, nā kīʻaha, ka palaoa, nā hua manu, ka waiū a me nā huahana waiu, a me kahi ʻano o nā huahana i hana ʻia mai ka pasta a me nā kuki a i nā mea inu soy. Ke ulu mālie nei ka mākeke ʻiʻo. Akā ʻike mākou, ma kekahi poʻe huaʻahuʻu, moa, pipi, pipi a puaa paha, i kekahi manawa he sausages, a pau loa i ke ano hau. ʻO kekahi mea kuai i'a hāʻawi pū i nā iʻa mahiʻai organik.

Me nā pūnaewele hoʻolaha nui, ua hoʻokumuʻia nā pūnaewele kūʻai liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, mai ka mea hana i ka mea kūʻai. Ke neʻe nei nā kānaka i ka ka mahiʻai, inā hiki, e kiʻi i nā meaʻai kūlohelohe i hana ʻia ma laila. Hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa, ma o a ka hoʻohua mai ko lākou ʻāina, he hīnaʻi kūlohelohe, hāʻawi ʻia i kēlā me kēia pule i kahi wahi hoʻokuʻu kokoke i ko lākou home. Kapa ʻia kēia "Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)".

Le hīnaʻi lāʻau maʻa mau nā huahana i mahi ʻia e ka mea hana, i hoʻohui ʻia nā huahana kūloko a laweia mai. ʻOkoʻa ka ʻike i ke kau, ma muli o nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā kumukūʻai. Hoʻokaʻawale pinepine ʻia ke kumukūʻai o ke kau inoa i 2 a i ʻole 3 ʻāpana. No laila, lanakila nā kānaka a pau. Loaʻa i ka mea hana ke kālā i ka wā lūlū a ʻike maopopo ʻo ia e loaʻa kahi mea lawe no kāna ʻohi e hiki mai ana. Pōmaikaʻi ka mea kūʻai mai ka lako o hawaiian ma ke kumu kūʻai maikaʻi ʻoiai ʻaʻohe mea hoʻopili.

ʻO ke komo ʻana i kahi pūnaewele CHW, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kūʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai i hana ʻia ma ka ʻāina, e kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka wāwae kaiaola ma ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā huakaʻi lōʻihi e hana ai ka meaʻai ma mua o ka pau ʻana ma nā papa o nā hale kūʻai nui (e nānā i ka pahu ma lalo).

Ma Quebec, hoʻopili ka hui ʻo Équiterre i nā mea hana a me nā mea kūʻai aku makemake e komo i nā papahana CSA.¹. Aia ka pūnaewele ASC o Équiterre i ka 115 “ ʻohana mahiʻai Hāʻawi i ka hua o kā lākou ʻohi a i ʻole kā lākou hānau ʻana i kahi kokoke i 10 kamaʻāina. Eia kekahi, hāʻawi nā mea ʻē aʻe 800 i nā huahana hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia i nā kauoha hou (e laʻa: ka meli, nā hua ʻāpala, nā cheeses, etc.). Ma kahi kokoke i 30 mau wahi hāʻule i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 390 mau wahi o Quebec.

E makaʻala i kāu kapuaʻi kaiaola!

"Organic", he mea ia e like me ka "ecological"? ʻO ka letus organik i hele i 5 km ma mua o ka pau ʻana ma kāu pākaukau ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka "ecological" ma mua o ka letus, i ulu ʻia ma ka ʻoihana, mai kahi mea hana kūloko. Pēlā nō i ka strawberry Kaleponi a mākou e kūʻai ai i Ianuali.

ʻO wai ka ʻōlelo mamao, ʻōlelo maoli ka hoʻohana ikehu. ʻIke ʻia nā huahana mahiʻai organik i nā mea kūʻai aku ma mua o nā mea āpau ma nā mākeke kūloko. ʻAʻole kānalua kēia ma muli o ka hana nui o kēia ʻano mahiʻai a nā mea hana liʻiliʻi.

ʻAʻole liʻiliʻi ma mua o 79% o nā mea kanu kūlohelohe e hele ma lalo o 160 km mai kahi mahiʻai a i ka papaʻaina e like me ka US Department of Agriculture. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, kokoke i 50% o nā huahana holoholona organik, me nā hua manu a me nā huahana dairy, e huakaʻi ma mua o 800 km.¹¹.