I ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kauwela, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mahiʻai, nā ʻoihana mahiʻai kūloko a me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe e hāʻawi nei i nā huahana kau hou i hiki ke kūʻai ʻia ma ke kihi wale nō. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka lawe ʻana i nā mea āpau āu e pono ai i hoʻokahi manawa ma ka supermarket, akā ma kēia ala e haʻo ana ʻoe i nā keu pono he nui e hāʻawi ai nā mākeke kūloko. ʻO kahi laʻana, ua lohe paha ʻoe i nā hua o nā kau i ulu i kāu ala i loaʻa nā meaola ʻē aʻe. He aha hou aʻe kāu e loaʻa ai ma ka hele ʻana ma ka mākeke o nā mahiʻai?
1. E hoʻokaʻawale i kāu papaʻai
Hāʻawi pinepine nā hale kūʻai nui i nā huahana like makahiki āpau me ka nānā ʻole i nā ʻano kau, ʻoiai ke kūʻai aku nei nā mākeke mahiʻai i nā ʻano hua hou i kūlike i ke kau. Hāʻawi kēia iā ʻoe i ka manawa kūpono e ʻono ai i nā huaʻai, nā hua, nā mea kanu a me nā mea kanu laha ʻole no nā supermarkets, e like me nā gooseberry a me nā mea ʻulaʻula, nā pua kālika a me nā rhubarb, kaʻi a me ka radish. A me lākou pū, e loaʻa i kou kino ka nui o nā huaora.
2. Lohe i nā moʻolelo hoihoi a maikaʻi hoʻi
Nui ka ʻike o ka poʻe mahiʻai e pili ana i nā mea a lākou e kūʻai aku nei a makemake lākou e kaʻana like i ko lākou ʻike no ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hōʻiliʻili maikaʻi, pehea e kuke ai i nā ipu mai kēia mau hua a mālama paha iā lākou.
3. E ʻike i nā meaʻai palekana
Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mea kūʻai aku "anonymous" no nā mea kūʻai aku, ʻoi aku ka pili o ka poʻe mahiʻai mai nā mākeke kūloko me kā lākou mea kūʻai aku, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kuleana nui o lākou i ka ulu ʻana i nā mea kanu. Eia kekahi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēia mau huahana ma ke alanui, e hōʻemi ana i ka hiki ke hoʻohaumia i ka wā o ka lawe ʻana.
4. Kākoʻo i nā mahiʻai liʻiliʻi
Inā he mea maʻamau ʻoe i nā mākeke kūloko, e hōʻoia ʻoe e kākoʻo ana i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻoihana ʻohana, ʻo ia hoʻi, loaʻa iā ʻoe a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i nā ʻano huahana like ʻole. No ka poʻe mahiʻai, he mea koʻikoʻi kēia kākoʻo ma muli o nā pilikia nui e pili ana i ka mahiʻai. Ma ke kālepa ʻana i ka mākeke, pale ka mea mahiʻai i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā kumukūʻai kūʻai aku, e loaʻa ana ka uku kūpono no kāna hana, ʻo ia hoʻi e hoʻolilo pinepine i ka huahana no ka mea kūʻai aku.
5. Kōkua e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kaiapuni
Mālama nā mahiʻai kūloko i nā mea kanu a emi iki ka hōʻino ʻana i ke kaiapuni no ka mea koi lākou i ka wahie a me ka ikehu e lawe i nā meaʻai a nele pinepine i ka wahī.