ʻAʻole wale nā huakaʻi i ka hale kūʻai lilo i mea hoʻonāukiuki ikaika no nā ʻAmelika maʻamau, akā i kēia mau lā ua lele nā kumukūʻai o ka ʻiʻo, nā hua manu, a me nā ʻuala hoʻi i ka wā i hoʻoweliweli ai ka coronavirus i ka hana maʻamau o nā mea kanu a me nā kaulahao kūʻai.
Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ua piʻi ka uku o nā meaʻai i kūʻai ʻia no ka ʻai home i kahi kiʻekiʻe loa i nā makahiki 46, a ua aʻo ʻia nā loea, ʻo kahi laʻana, hiki ke kiʻekiʻe ke kumukūʻai o kaʻiʻo e like me nā hale luku, ʻoiai e hoʻāʻo nei e mālama i ka hana i kā lākou pae maʻamau. e hana i nā hana i mālama ʻia i ke olakino o nā limahana i kahi maʻi ahulau.
ʻOiai ʻo nā kui i nā kumukūʻai no nā meaʻai staple e like me nā hua manu a me ka palaoa i lilo i mea emi pinepine i ka wā e hemo ai nā pae o nā mea kūʻai, nā kumukūʻai no nā kāloti, ʻuala a me nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe e mau ana ma muli o nā pilikia o ka halihali a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka maʻi ma waena o nā poʻe ʻohiʻohi. a i ka hana ʻana i nā mea kanu.
I ka pōkole, ʻaʻole pono nā mea kūʻai aku i nā mākeke nui a me nā mea hale ʻaina e manaʻo e hāʻule ke kumu kūʻai i kēlā me kēia manawa.
"ʻO kā mākou hopohopo nui ka uku nui o nā meaʻai i ka wā lōʻihi. Manaʻo wau e piʻi mau ana nā kumukūʻai, ”i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Julie Kalambokidis, ka hoa noho o Adriano's Brick Oven ma Glenwood, Iowa.
ʻO Tamra Kennedy, ka mea nona ka lālani franchise o nā wahi meaʻai i Iowa a me Minnesota, i ʻōlelo ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā mea pono e pono ai.
"Hiki iā ʻoe ke inoa i kekahi mea hana a e haʻi wau iā ʻoe aia ka hemahema," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Hoʻomaka ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai meaʻai i loko o Malaki i ka wā i kahili ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e ka maʻi ahulau coronavirus.
Ua hōʻike ka 'Oihana Hana i ka piʻiʻana o 2,6% i nā kumukūʻai meaʻai i ʻApelila ka piʻi nui o ka mahina i 46 mau makahiki. ʻO nā kumukūʻai no kaʻiʻo, nā moa, nā iʻa a me nā hua manu i hoʻonui i ka mea nui loa, e hoʻonui ana i ka 4,3 pakeneka. ʻOiai ʻo ka lele ʻana o nā kumukūʻai no nā cereala a me nā huahana bakery e 2,9% ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka nui, ʻo ia nō naʻe ka piʻi nui loa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka ʻāpana.
ʻO nā kumukūʻai no ka waiū a me nā huahana e pili ana, a me nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i piʻi i ka 1,5 pakeneka i ʻApelila.
Ua kuʻi ʻia nā kumukūʻai hua manu i kahi kiʻekiʻe loa o $ 3 no kēlā me kēia kakini i ka hopena o Malaki, akā ua iho lākou i lalo o $ XNUMX i kēlā me kēia kakini.
ʻO ke kūlana maikaʻi loa me nā kumukūʻai o kaʻiʻo, ma muli o ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka maʻi i waena o nā mea hana luku. Ua pā ka paʻakikī o ka maʻi coronavirus i nā mea kanu hana puaʻa, akā ua hoʻopili pū ʻia nā mea hana pipi a me nā moa no ka mea ua ʻike ʻia he mau kaukani limahana me ka coronavirus a ua ʻōlelo ʻo United Food and Trade Workers Union i ka Pōʻalima mai COVID-19 Ua make nā limahana he 44.
ʻO nā kumukūʻai kūʻai o ʻApelila no nā ʻoki puaʻa a me nā ham i aneane 6% ke kiʻekiʻe ma mua o Malaki, ʻoiai nā kumukūʻai kūʻai no hamburger a me sirloin steak i piʻi aʻe ma kahi o 4% i kēlā manawa, i ʻōlelo ʻo USDA. Aia ma luna o 12 pākēneka nā kumukūʻai o ka moa hou.
Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā mea kanu hana puaʻa, ua wehe hou ka hapa nui o lākou, akā, ma ke ʻano he kūlana, ʻaʻole lākou e hana ana ma ka piha piha, kahi e hoʻokau nei i nā mahi puaʻa e hoʻopili i nā holoholona i hiki ʻole ke hoʻoponopono ʻia ka ʻiʻo.
"Aia nā palena biological, a no laila ke manaʻo nei wau e mau ana ke kumukūʻai, ma ka liʻiliʻi no kekahi manawa," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Agroeconomist a me ke Kulanui ʻo Michigan State University ʻo Trey Malone. "Inā ʻoe euthanize i nā holoholona he mau kaukani, a laila pono ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo he ʻeono mau mahina e hoʻoulu ai i nā mea hou, a maopopo leʻa nō e lohi ana kekahi mau hoʻoluhi a me nā haunaele i loko o ke kaulahao."
Ma ke kau waena o Mei, ke hoʻohana nei nā hale luku ma kahi o 60 pākēneka o ka piha piha, ʻoiai ua piʻi aʻe kēlā helu a kokoke i ka 90 pākēneka, i ʻōlelo ʻia e Jason Lusk, he kālaihonua ma ke Kulanui ʻo Purdue. ʻOiai ʻo Lusk e lana ka manaʻo ʻo ka ʻoi loa o ka ʻokiʻoki o nā lako meaʻai i ka wā i hala, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he hiki i ka nalu ʻelua o ka maʻi ke alakaʻi i kahi hanana ʻoi loa.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kekahi o nā kui kumukūʻai o nā meaʻai e ka poʻe e hoʻomaka nei e hoʻopaʻa i nā meaʻai i ka wā i puka mua ai ka coronavirus. Akā i ka wā i hāʻule ai nā kumukūʻai no nā meaʻai he nui, ʻo ke kumukūʻai o kaʻuala, aniani a me nā kāloti i koe ma mua o nā kumukūʻai o ka makahiki i hala.
ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia hoʻonui e pili ana i ka nui a me ka nui o ka poʻe e kuke ana i ka home.
No ka kālika, ka mea i lawe nui ʻia mai Kina, ʻo ka 278 pakeneka ke kumu kūʻai i hoʻonui ʻia ma mua o ka makahiki ma muli o nā haunaele lako i Kina.
ʻO Jeff Dunn, ʻo ia ka CEO o Bolthouse Farms, kahi mea hoʻolako kāloti nui a me ka mea hāʻawi i nā kālaki saladi a me nā mea inu hua a me nā mea kanu, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole i ʻike mua i kekahi pilikia hou aku. Akā ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia i kekahi o nā limahana o kāna ʻoihana ke waiho lā ma ka maʻi a aia kekahi mau kumukūʻai e pili pū ana me ka hana ʻana i nā hana e hōʻoia i ka palekana o ke koena o nā limahana.
Pono kekahi e lawe i kēia mau koina, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
"Ke hōʻiliʻili nei nā kumukūʻai maoli i loko o ka pae lako. ʻAʻole wale me mākou wale nō, akā me nā mea kūʻai aku e pili ana i nā kumukūʻai hou aʻe e pili ana me COVID, i ʻōlelo ʻo Dunn. "I kekahi manawa, inā makemake ʻoe e loaʻa i kahi manawa kūpono e mālama i ka uku o ka hoʻihoʻi, e kau ʻia kēia mau koina ma luna o kekahi a i uku ʻia paha ma kekahi ʻano ma o ke kākoʻo aupuni."
ʻOiai ua emi ka hapa o nā uku ʻAmelika i hoʻolilo ʻia i ka meaʻai i nā makahiki he 50 i hala aku nei, nui ka poʻe e ʻumeʻume nei e kāpae i nā piʻi kumukūʻai hou. Akā ua waiho ka coronavirus ma kahi o 41 miliona mau ʻAmelika i hana ʻole, a no lākou, ʻo ka hoʻonui iki ʻana o nā kumukūʻai hiki ke makaʻu.
"Ua ʻike mākou āpau i ka piʻi ʻana o kēia moʻolelo i nā kuleana hana ʻole, a he nui nā poʻe e makaʻu i ka hana ʻole a me ke kālā e kūʻai i ka meaʻai a lākou e kūʻai ai," wahi a Malone. "No ka poʻe i kū i kahi kūlana paʻakikī, ua hoʻonui hou ʻia kēia kumukūʻai."
He manawa paʻakikī hoʻi ia no nā mea hānai holoholona, i manaʻo e hala ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki o ke kūleʻa ʻana, e pōmaikaʻi lākou i nā hana kālepa hou a me ka ʻoihana hoʻokele kūloko ikaika.
"Ua manaʻo ka poʻe mahiʻai ua ʻike lākou i ke kukui i ka hope o ke ana," wahi a Lusk. "ʻO ia ke kukui o kahi kaʻaahi e hiki mai ana."