I kekahi manawa i hala, ua haku au i ka hua'ōlelo "Farmie" e kaulike i ka hua'ōlelo kaulana "Foodie" ma nā kūkākūkā o ka pāʻani pāʻai / meaʻai o kēia manawa. Noho noho. A laila i ka pule i hala ua hoʻokumu au i ka huaʻōlelo: "Farmie Foodie Coalition." Ua hao au i ka wehewehe ʻana o ia mea ma luna o ka pālule, a ua ʻaʻahu au iā ia ma ka ʻaha kūkā o ka Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC, he hui i helu ʻia ma ka tee,) ma Des Moines, Iowa. Ma ʻaneʻi ua hoʻoponopono hou au a hoʻolōʻihi i ka ʻatikala Harkin no ka hoʻokomo ʻana ma ʻaneʻi, a ua hoʻohui i kekahi mau footnotes e hōʻoia pono i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻokoʻa i kaʻu mau ʻōlelo hoʻonāukiuki (a me ka huhū?) e pili ana i kēia mau neʻe nui a ʻano like ʻole.
Eia ke kiʻi o ka pālule lole: “Farmie Foodie Coalition: He Winner for Ag-Biz.”
He pōkole loa, ʻoiaʻiʻo. Pono wau i hoʻohui, e pili ana i ka hana ma ka bila mahiʻai 2007-8 US, ʻo nā hui kolamu Foodie:
Mai Kākoʻo
Kumukuai o na Lei a me ka palaoa
e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia meaʻai,
Including ʻano manaʻo meaʻai.
I kēia manawa ʻo ka Harkin Essay, kahi aʻu i hoʻomohala ai i kēia ala e hana ai i kaʻu hihia:
ʻO Harkin's Foodie-Farmie Coalition
Ua hāʻule kekahi pale. Ua haʻalele ʻo Senatoa Tom Harkin i kona noho poʻokela o ke Kōmike Mahiʻai Senate.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo ka pelekikena ʻo Harkin i kākoʻo no kāna Harkin-Gephardt Farm Bill (mai nā 1980s a me 1990s), me ka mea koʻikoʻi, ʻo ka meaʻai kūʻokoʻa e pili ana i ka Commodity Title. Ua kāhea ʻo Harkin-Gephardt i ʻehā mau mea hoʻohana no ke aupuni mōʻī: nā papa kumu kūʻai, nā kaupaku kumukūʻai, nā mālama ʻai a me ka hoʻokele waiwai.
ʻO ke kumu nui o kēia mau mea hana e hiki ai i ka US ke loaʻa kālā ma nā mahiʻai i waho. Ma muli o ka ʻike maikaʻi ʻia, nāwaliwali loa o ka "kūʻai kūʻai" o nā waiwai mahiʻai nui, ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa ma lalo o nā mākeke manuahi a me ke kālepa manuahi. Hōʻike ka ʻikepili ʻoihana noiʻi waiwai ʻo USDA i ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻo ʻAmelika e nalowale ke kālā (vs. nā kumukūʻai piha, ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia nā haʻawina) ma ke kulina, ka palaoa, ka pulupulu, ka laiki, ka soybeans, ka palaoa sorghum, ka bale a me ka oats 1981-2006. ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana o ERS i kekahi manawa i nā haʻawina waiwai (ʻo "nā ʻupena palekana,") i loko o ka hoohalike, ua hōʻike pū ʻia nā poho holoʻokoʻa no kēlā me kēia mea kanu/manawa i aʻo ʻia. (“Nā ʻupena palekana,” ʻike ʻia, e hōʻeha mau i ka poʻe mahiʻai.)
Ma kahi o Harkin-Gephardt, ua hoʻomohala ʻo Harkin i nā hoʻololi i makemake ʻia a ʻae ʻia e nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea hana nui, nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā alakaʻi hui mahiʻai, a me nā hale hana holoholona ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, a me nā hui kaiaulu, ka mahiʻai hoʻomau, ka pōloli a me nā pūʻulu meaʻai ma kekahi ʻaoʻao. Hāʻawi ka ʻae ʻana i ke kālā hoʻonui no kekahi mau meaʻai a me nā pilikia hoʻomau, e like me nā haʻawina no ka mahiʻai organik. I ka manawa like, ua mālama ʻo ia i ka nui, "ma lalo o nā kumukūʻai" no nā mea hana, nā hui hoʻokuʻu aku i waho a me nā CAFO (nā hale hana holoholona) ma US a ma nā ʻāina ʻē.
Pono kēia mau mea a pau e kūpono loa, ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO nā alakaʻi o nā hui ʻoihana mahiʻai nui (ʻo ia hoʻi. ʻo ka poʻe i hui pū me ka hui hui, ʻo ia hoʻi. nā mea kūʻai aku) a me nā hui e like me ka American Farm Bureau Federation, (ka poʻe aʻu i kapa ai ʻo "farmies), ua hopohopo nui ʻia e ka neʻe ʻana o ka meaʻai ("foodies" ). ʻIke lākou iā lākou he ʻenemi, ʻaʻole he mau hoa. Pēlā nō ka ʻike nui ʻana o ka ʻai ʻana i kēia mau hui mahiʻai conservative i ʻenemi. ʻO ka hihia koʻikoʻi a lāua i ʻae pinepine ai, akā naʻe, (ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha e ʻae ʻia,) ʻo ia kekahi ʻano o ka "ʻupena palekana," (he haʻawina mahiʻai me kekahi pae o ka pāpale kālā), ma kahi o ka hoʻihoʻi. i nā papahana mahiʻai kuʻuna, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma luna o nā loina o ke kūʻokoʻa meaʻai (me ke kālā ʻole) e like me nā manaʻo Harkin-Gephardt o nā makahiki i hala iho nei. Ua ʻae pinepine lākou, ʻo ia hoʻi, ma kahi "upena palekana" mahiʻai e kūpono i nā lula o ka World Trade Organization (WTO) no ke kālepa manuahi. E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia (ʻaʻole, he "ʻaʻole,") e ka Hui Hana Hoʻomana ma ka Bill Farm, (he lālā kūpaʻa o ka ʻaoʻao Foodie o ka hui hui), no ka laʻana, ua ʻimi lākou i kahi bila mahiʻai e "hoʻolako i nā hoʻololi no nā mahiʻai. i nā ʻano kākoʻo ʻē aʻe i ʻoi aku ke kaulike a ʻaʻole e hoʻohuli i ke kālepa ma nā ala e hoʻoulu ai i ka pōloli a me ka ʻilihune. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana, ʻoiai ʻo lākou ka pūʻulu alakaʻi ma hope o ke kākoʻo ACRE hou "safety net,") i ʻōlelo ʻia, makemake lākou i nā mea hana kulekele inoa waiwai ʻaʻole "Trade Distorting [ma lalo o] WTO," ʻo ia hoʻi "(WTO) Compliant - Kūpono i loko o ka Green Box," e hāʻawi ana i "kahi ʻupena palekana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi ..."2
ʻO ka poʻe kākoʻo hoʻomau i ka ʻeke ʻeke kulekele ʻo Harkin-Gephardt (ka meaʻai sovereignty) ʻo ka National Family Farm Coalition (me Iowa CCI), Food and Water Watch, Grassroots International, The American Corn Growers Association, The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, a ka hui mahiai honua La Via Campesina.
ʻO ka ʻae ʻana o Harkin i ka makemake o ka meaʻai a me nā mea mahiʻai, (ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia i nā mea pono āpau o ke aupuni mōʻī o ka meaʻai ʻAmelika,) i hui pū ʻia me nā ʻaelike kālepa manuahi e like me NAFTA a me WTO, i hiki ai i nā mea kūʻai aku ke hoʻoikaika i nā waiwai ma lalo o ke kumu kūʻai i nā ʻoihana mahiʻai kūloko o ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ma waena o nā mea pohō nui loa, ʻo ia nā mea hana holoholona US, nā kūlanakauhale kuaʻāina a me nā ʻāina, a me "Least Developed Countries." ʻOi aku ka awelika o nā LDC ma mua o 70% kuaʻāina. ʻO ka hōʻemi ʻana a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā mea hana mana o ka meaʻai ma US a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, i hui pū ʻia me nā kuʻikahi kālepa manuahi, ua alakaʻi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana aku i ka mahiʻai nui, a i kēia manawa hou, ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai o ka mahiʻai.
1. "Foodies vs Farmies: He nānā i ke kālai'āina mahiʻai," Brad Wilson, Ian 2, 2009, https://znetwork.org/zblogs/foodies-vs-farmies-a-look-at-farm-politics-by-brad-wilson/
2. faithprinciples.pdf, Puʻulu Hana Hoʻomana ma ka Bila Mahiʻai, Nā Kuʻuna, a ma nā ʻaoʻao pūnaewele o nā ʻaoʻao nui. E nānā hoʻi, Bread for the World, "Healthy Foods, Farms and Families: Hunger 2007," no ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā "ʻupena palekana" ʻaʻole e hoʻololi i ke kālepa, mokuna 1; American Farmland Trust, “Healthy Farms, Healthy Food, Healthy People: AFT's 2007 Farm Policy Campaign: Agenda 2007: A New Framework and Direction for US Farm Policy,” Mei 8, 2006, “new safety net… that would be less distorting … kūpono me nā lula kālepa honua."
3. “National Corn Growers Association, National Farm Security Act proposal,”
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