Zaka zingapo zapitazo, sitinapeze chakudya chamagulu kuti mwa zina masitolo azaumoyo ndipo chisankho chomwe chinaperekedwa chinali chochepa. Masiku ano, njira zogawira zakonzedwa. Angapo unyolo waukulu wagolosale kukhala ndi zigawo za certified organic mankhwala: zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba, mbewu, ufa, mazira, mkaka ndi mkaka, komanso zosiyanasiyana zopangidwa kukonzedwa kuyambira pasitala ndi makeke ku zakumwa soya. Msika wa nyama ukukula pang'onopang'ono. Koma ife tikupeza, mwa zina opha nyama, nkhuku, ng'ombe, nyama yamwana wang'ombe kapena nkhumba, nthawi zina soseji, zina zonse mu mawonekedwe owuma. Ena ogulitsa nsomba perekaninso nsomba zodziwika bwino zolimidwa ndi organic.

Pamodzi ndi maukonde akuluakulu ogawa, maukonde ang'onoang'ono ogulitsa mwachindunji, kuchokera kwa opanga mpaka ogula, akhazikitsidwa. Anthu akusamukira ku munda, ngati n’kotheka, kuti apeze zakudya za m’thupi zomwe amapangidwa kumeneko. Akhozanso kulandira, kudzera mwa a limapanga kuchokera kudera lawo, dengu lachilengedwe, loperekedwa sabata iliyonse kumalo otsikira pafupi ndi kwawo. Izi zimatchedwa "Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)".

Le organic basket nthawi zambiri imakhala ndi zinthu zomwe zimalimidwa ndi wopanga, zomwe zimawonjezeredwa katundu wamba ndi ochokera kunja. Zomwe zilipo zimasiyana nyengo yonseyo, kutengera mitundu yomwe ilipo komanso mitengo yake. Mtengo wolembetsa nthawi zambiri umagawidwa m'magawo awiri kapena atatu. Choncho aliyense amapambana. Mlimi ali ndi ndalama panthawi yofesa ndipo amatsimikiza kuti apeza womutengera ku zokolola zake zamtsogolo. Wogula amapindula ndi kaphatikizidwe ka mwatsopano pamtengo wabwino popeza palibe amkhalapakati.

Kutenga nawo gawo mu netiweki ya CHW kumatanthauzanso kugula zakudya zomwe zimapangidwa m'dziko muno, zomwe zimathandizira kuchepetsa momwe chilengedwe chimakhalira pochepetsa maulendo ataliatali omwe chakudya chimayenda chisanakafike pamashelefu am'masitolo akuluakulu (onani bokosi lili pansipa).

Ku Quebec, bungwe la Équiterre limagwirizanitsa opanga ndi ogula omwe ali ndi chidwi chotenga nawo mbali pamapulogalamu a CSA.¹. Netiweki ya ASC ya Équiterre ikuphatikiza 115 “ alimi abanja Omwe amapereka zipatso za zokolola zawo kapena kuswana kwawo kwa nzika pafupifupi 10. Kuphatikiza apo, ena 800 amapereka zinthu zomwe zitha kuwonjezeredwa pazowonjezera (mwachitsanzo: uchi, zinthu za apulo, tchizi, ndi zina). Pafupifupi malo 30 otsikira akhazikitsidwa kumadera 390 a Quebec.

Samalani ndi zochitika za chilengedwe chanu!

"Organic", kodi ndizofanana ndi "zachilengedwe"? Letesi wachilengedwe yemwe wayenda mtunda wa 5 km asanakwane m'mbale yanu akhoza kukhala "ocheperako" kuposa letesi, omwe amabzalidwa m'mafakitale, omwe amachokera kwa wopanga wamba. Zomwezo zimapitanso ku California sitiroberi timagula mu Januwale.

Amene amati mtunda, ndithudi akuti kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu. Zogulitsa zamtundu wa organic zikuwoneka kuti zimapeza ogula koposa zonse m'misika yam'deralo. Izi n’zosakayikitsa chifukwa chakuti ulimi wamtunduwu makamaka ndi ntchito ya alimi ang’onoang’ono.

Zosachepera 79% zamasamba amasamba amayenda mtunda wochepera 160 km kuchokera kumunda kupita ku tebulo malinga ndi dipatimenti ya zaulimi ku US. Kumbali inayi, pafupifupi 50% yazinthu zachilengedwe zanyama, kuphatikiza mazira ndi mkaka, zimayenda mtunda wopitilira 800 km.¹¹.