Ka tūhuratia e tēnei wāhanga te huarahi e ārahi ai tātou ki tētahi heke mai tauwhiro me te aroha ki ngā kōwhiringa mohio, te whakarerekētanga o te pūnaha kai, me te whakaaro anō ki ngā tikanga whakaputa. E whakaatu ana i ngā huarahi e kore e whakaiti noa i te mamae o ngā kararehe engari e āwhina ana hoki ki te whakaora i te ao, e whakaiti ana i tō tātou tapuwae taiao, me te whakatairanga i te hauora o te tangata. I roto i tētahi ao e akiaki ana te ahuwhenua kararehe ahumahi i ngā raruraru āhuarangi me te taiao, kāore anō kia nui ake te hiahia mō ngā otinga maia me te pūnaha.
Mai i ngā kai tipu me te ahuwhenua whakaora ki ngā hangarau kai hou pēnei i te mīti kua whakatipuria me ngā kaupapa here ā-ao e anga whakamua ana, e whakaatu ana tēnei kāwai i te whānuitanga o ngā ara mahi. Ehara ēnei otinga i te whakaaro utopian—he rautaki tūturu hei hanga anō i tētahi pūnaha kai pakaru. He mea ka taea te whāngai i te tangata me te kore e whakamahi i ngā kararehe, e whakaiti ana i te taiao, e kino ake ana rānei te kore taurite o te ao.
Ehara te tauwhiro i te whāinga taiao noa iho; ka hanga i te turanga mō te hanga i tētahi heke mai matatika, hauora, me te tika mō ngā mea ora katoa o tēnei ao. E wero ana i a tātou ki te whakaaro anō i tō tātou whanaungatanga ki te taiao, ki ngā kararehe, me tetahi ki tetahi, me te whakanui i te kawenga me te aroha hei mātāpono ārahi. E tono ana tēnei kāwai kia whakaarohia he ao e noho ai ā tātou whiringa takitahi me ā tātou mahi tahi hei kaiārahi kaha mō te whakaora, te whakaora, me te taurite—kaua e whai wāhi ki te whakangaromanga me te kore taurite tonu. Mā te whakanui ake i te mōhiotanga, te whakapau kaha, me te mahi tahi o te ao, ka whai wāhi tātou ki te whakarerekē i ngā pūnaha, ki te hanga anō i ngā rauropi, me te waihanga i tētahi heke mai e poipoi ana i te tangata me te ao. He karanga tēnei kia neke atu i ngā whakatikatika rangitahi, kia anga atu ki ngā huringa pumau e whakahonore ana i te hononga o ngā mea ora katoa.
I ngā tau tata nei, kua piki haere te āwangawanga mō te pānga ki te taiao o ā tātou whiringa kai. Ko tētahi wāhanga motuhake kua tirotirohia ko te hanga mīti me tōna takoha ki ngā tukunga waro. Nā te pikinga ake o te kai vegan me ngā kai tipu, kua nekehia te tūhura i ngā huarahi kē atu i te kai mīti tuku iho. Heoi, he kaupapa uaua, he kaupapa matatini hoki te tapuwae waro o te hanga mīti me ngā huarahi kē atu tipu. Kei roto ko ngā āhuatanga maha pēnei i te whakamahinga whenua, te kai wai, me ngā tukunga hau kati kōtuhi. I roto i tēnei tuhinga, ka rukuhia e mātou te tapuwae waro o te hanga mīti, ka whakataurite ki ngā huarahi kē atu tipu. Mā te tirotiro i ngā rangahau me ngā raraunga hou, ka tūhuratia e mātou te pānga taiao o ēnei puna kai e rua, ka whakamāramahia hoki ngā painga me ngā wero pea o te neke ki tētahi kai tipu. Mā te mārama ki te tapuwae waro o ēnei whiringa kai, …
