He pilikia nui ka ʻōpala no nā mahiʻai a me nā mea kūʻai aku. Hoʻolei aku ka poʻe kūʻai ʻAmelika i ka hapa nui o nā mea a lākou e lawe mai ai mai nā hale kūʻai mai - he 133 biliona paona meaʻai i kēlā me kēia makahiki - he $ 161 biliona, e like me ka USDA. Hana pinepine kēia ma muli o ka pōʻino o ka meaʻai ma mua o ka ʻai ʻia.
Hoʻopau pinepine ka poʻe mahiʻai i kekahi o kā lākou mau mea kanu i nā pests a me nā pathogens-ma ka awelika, ʻo nā poho mai ka 30 a kokoke i 2019 pakeneka o ka mea kanu, ma muli o ka mea kanu i ulu (e like me kahi noiʻi XNUMX).
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopau i nā pilikia me nā pests a me nā maʻi inā mālama ʻoe i kāu mau māla me nā pesticides. Akā i kēia lā, hopohopo nui nā mea kūʻai aku i ka maʻemaʻe a me ka palekana o ka huahana, a ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kemika e pili ana i nā kānāwai koʻikoʻi. I kēia mau kūlana, ke koho nui nei ka poʻe mahiʻai i nā mea i kapa ʻia he biopesticides, e like me ka US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi.
Ma kēia māhele o ka Genetic Literacy Project's Scientific Facts and Misconceptions, ua hui pū ʻo Jamie Bacher, molecular biologist a me ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka biotech startup Boost Biomes, ka mea hoʻoponopono GLP ʻo Cameron English e kūkākūkā i ke ala hou o kāna hui i ka mālama ʻana i nā pest a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka mahiʻai hoʻomau.
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