Ukuthengiswa kwemveliso ye-Organic kuphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi- $ 3 billion ngo-2002 ukuya kwi- $ 6 billion ngo-2006, ngokwe-Organic Trade Association. Elo nani kulindeleke ukuba linyuke liye kwi-8.1 yezigidi zeerandi ngo-2010. Ngaphezulu nje kwe-6% yazo zonke iimveliso zentengiso eziwela kwicandelo lezinto eziphilayo, ukusuka kwi-2.5% kwishumi leminyaka elidlulileyo. Ukutya okungaxutywanga kunika izibonelelo kokusingqongileyo, ekuhlaleni nakwimpilo yoluntu. Ayixhomekeki kwimichiza yokubulala izinambuzane okanye izichumisi esekwe kwi-petroleum, neziphumela kuyoamanzi kunye nongcoliseko lomhlaba ngenxa yokubaleka. Ukuthenga i-organic kwintengiso yamafama endawo, kunciphisa ikhabhoni yakho. (Phuma Oku kubhaliwe ukusuka kwi-EcoStreet ngeendlela zokunciphisa iikhilomitha zakho zokutya.) Ukongeza:
- Ukutya okulinywe kwalapha ekhaya kunciphisa umndilili okhoyo ngoku wee-1,300 zeekhilomitha zokutya ukusuka kwintsimi ukuya kwipleyiti.
- NgokweBhunga lezeNdalo esiXekweni seNew York (CENYC), Ukuhambisa ukutya okude kumgama omde kusetyenziswa amandla amakhulu: kuthatha ama-435 eefossil-fuel calories ukubhabha i-strawberry zekhalori ezi-5 ukusuka eCalifornia ukuya eNew York.
- NgokweBhunga lezendalo esiXekweni seNew York (CENYC), Kule minyaka ingama-50 idlulileyo, kufutshane nesigidi seehektare zomhlaba wefama walapha ungcwatyelwe phantsi kwesamente kunye netela. Iifama eziya kwiGreenmarket zigcina iihektare ezingama-30,000 zendawo evulekileyo yengingqi.
IBhunga lezokusiNgqongileyo kwiSixeko saseNew York (CENYC) liqhuba iiGreenmarkets zedolophu kwaye lichaze ezinye izizathu zokuba zilungile eNew York:www.cenyc.org/greenmarket/whygreenmarket
- Ukhuseleko Lokutya. IGreenmarket ithatha inxaxheba kwiNkqubo yeNondlo yeeNtengiso yamaFama i-NYS, ibonelela ngokutya kwiintsapho ezisemngciphekweni wesondlo. Ngo-2005, phantse i-250,000 yamakhaya anjalo ahlawulela iivawutsha ezixabisa i-3 yezigidi zeedola kwizityalo ezitsha ezikhuliswe kunye nemifuno kwiimarike zamafama e-NYC. Ngo-2005, iGreenmarket yanikela ngaphezulu kwama-300,000 eepawundi zokutya kwiSivuno seSixeko.
- Ukuphucula uqoqosho lobumelwane. Ngexesha lokuphakama, i-Union Square Greenmarket itsala abathengi abangama-60,000 ngosuku; kuvavanyo lwamva nje, i-82% ikhankanye iGreenmarket njengesona sizathu siphambili sotyelelo lwabo, kwaye i-60% ichithe ukuya kuthi ga kwiidola ezingama-50 kumashishini endawo.
- Iintlobo ngeentlobo zezinto eziphilayo. Abalimi baseGreenmarket bakhulisa amawaka eziintlobo zeziqhamo kunye nemifuno, kubandakanya ngaphezulu kwe-100 yeentlobo zeapile kunye neetumato. Ngokwahlukileyo, ishishini lezolimo lolimo lukhulisa imveliso eneebridi eziphezulu ezifuyelwe ukukhula okukhawulezileyo kunye nezikhumba ezomeleleyo ukumelana nokuvuna ngomatshini kunye nokuhambisa. I-UN Food and Agriculture Organisation iqikelela ukuba ngaphezulu kwama-75% ezolimo ezahluka-hlukeneyo kulahleka kwinkulungwane yama-20. Iifama ezincinci, ezinezinto eziphilayo zigcina ilifa lethu lokutya.
Iimpahla ezinelebheli eQinisekisiweyo yeOrganic zilawulwa ngokungqongqo. Ngaphandle kwabalimi abancinci abathengisa ngaphantsi kweedola ezingama-5 000 kwimpahla ngonyaka, amafama ezinto eziphilayo ahlolwa kube kanye kube kanye ngonyaka ukuqinisekisa ukuthotyelwa kwemigangatho yeNkqubo ye-Organic yemveliso nemveliso. Igama organic liphakathi kwinkqubo yokuqinisekiswa kunye nentengiso. Le nkqubo igxekwa ngabanye. Iqinisekisiwe ngokwendalo ukukhula, inikezela ngenkqubo engenye inzuzo yokufaka iilebhile kwiifama ezincinci ezikhula zisebenzisa iindlela ze-USDA ze-Organic kodwa aziyonxalenye yenkqubo ye-USDA eQinisekisiweyo yeOrganic. (Indawo yendalo.org)
Ngokwe-American Farmland Trust, iNew York ilahlekelwe ziihektare ezili-127,000 zeefama phakathi konyaka we-1997 nowe-2002-umndilili weehektare ezingama-70 zomhlaba wefama ngosuku. Kwakukho iifama ezingama-36,000 ezisebenzayo ngo-2004. Uphando olwenziwe ngoMeyi ka-2005 liSebe lezoLimo neeMarike laseNew York labika ukuba iNew York imele i-30 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ngonyaka yokuthengisa ukutya. Imfuno yentengiso yeemveliso ezikhuliswe apha ekhaya kunye neemveliso ezigqityiweyo zingaphezulu kwe- $ 866 yezigidi ngonyaka.
Inew Yorkumthetho uyenza ukuba ibe ngumgaqo-nkqubo wombuso wokukhuthaza ukudala nokusetyenziswa kwamafama ’ Iimarike ekukhuthazeni ezolimo. Umthetho uthi: Indlu yowiso-mthetho ifumana kwaye ichaze ukuba iimarike zamafama zibonelela ngendlela ebalulekileyo nesebenzayo yokuthengisa kumawakawaka eNew York amafama, phucula ukufikelela kubathengi nakwiivenkile ezinkulu eNew York iimveliso zefama, kwaye zinegalelo ekuvuseleleni uqoqosho lweendawo apho iimarike zikhona. (Imithetho eManyeneyo kaMcKinney yaseNew York, Umthetho wezoLimo kunye neMakethi § 259, 2001)
Umthamo wokutya ofunekayo ukondla isixeko sobungakanani yenza ukuveliswa kokutya okusemgangathweni kube yimfuneko. Okwangoku, kufanelekile ukuba kuqinisekiswe ukuba ubuncinci i-10% yokutya kwethu kulinywa ekuhlaleni kwaye i-10% ikhule ngokwasemzimbeni. Ekuhambeni kwexesha, kufuneka siqinisekise ukuba ishishini lokutya lithatha amanyathelo okunciphisa ifuthe lokusingqongileyo. Ekuqhubekekeni ukusuka ekutyeni okutyala okunezinto eziphilayo kwalapha ekhaya ukuya kwezolimo ezinamandla amakhulu kukho umhlaba ophakathi. Kufuneka siyifumane loo ndawo kwaye siphucule indlela esikhula ngayo kwaye sithumele ukutya kwethu. Umoya, amanzi, inkunkuma nokutya kusikhumbuza ukuba thina bantu zizidalwa eziphilayo. Zombini iibhiliyoni kunye nabantu abangenamakhaya bayayidinga le planethi ukuze baphile. Ngokwenene kukulingana okukhulu. Njengokuba watshoyo uJohn Kennedy… elona khonkco lethu liqhelekileyo kukuba sonke sihlala kulo mhlaba mncinci. Sonke siphefumla umoya ofanayo… Sikwadinga le planethi ukuba isibonelele ngokutya. Mhlawumbi kufanele ukuba sifumane indlela yokuyinyamekela.
