E tūhuratia ana e tēnei wāhanga te whanaungatanga uaua i waenga i te ahuwhenua kararehe me te haumarutanga kai o te ao. Ahakoa he maha ngā wā e tika ana te ahuwhenua wheketere hei huarahi ki te "whāngai i te ao," he nui ake te rerekētanga o te ao tūturu—ā, he raruraru hoki. He nui te whenua, te wai, me ngā hua e pau ana i te pūnaha o nāianei hei whakatipu kararehe, i te mea kei te mamae tonu te miriona o te tangata huri noa i te ao i te hiakai me te kore kai pai. Mā te mārama ki te hanganga o ā tātou pūnaha kai e whakaatu ana i te koretake me te kore taurite o aua pūnaha.
Ka tahuri te ahuwhenua kararehe i ngā rauemi nui—pērā i te witi me te pīni soya—ka taea te whāngai tika i te tangata, engari ka whakamahia hei whāngai mō ngā kararehe e whāngaihia ana mō te mīti, te miraka, me ngā hua manu. Ka whai wāhi tēnei huringa koretake ki te kore kai, inā koa i ngā rohe kua ngoikore ki te huringa āhuarangi, te pakanga, me te rawakore. Hei tāpiri, ka tere ake te whakahekenga o te taiao e te ahuwhenua kararehe kaha, ka whakararu i te hua ahuwhenua me te manawanui mō te wā roa.
Ko te whakaaroaro anō i ā tātou pūnaha kai mā te tirohanga ahuwhenua tipu, te tohatoha tika, me ngā mahi pumau he mea nui ki te whakarite i tētahi heke mai haumaru kai mō te katoa. Mā te whakatairanga i te urunga atu, te taurite taiao, me te kawenga matatika, e whakaatu ana tēnei wāhanga i te hiahia nui ki te neke atu i ngā tauira whakamahi ki ngā pūnaha e whāngai ana i te tangata me te ao. Ehara i te mea ko te rahinga anake te mea e pā ana ki te haumarutanga kai—engari ko te tika, te pumau, me te tika ki te uru atu ki ngā kai totika me te kore e whara i ētahi atu.
He maha ngā wā ka kitea te kai mīti hei whiringa whaiaro, engari ko ōna pānga ka horapa atu i tua atu i te pereti tina. Mai i tana whakaputanga i roto i ngā pāmu wheketere ki tōna pānga ki ngā hapori e noho tahaetia ana, he hononga tata te umanga mīti ki tētahi raupapa o ngā take tika pāpori e tika ana kia aro nuihia. Mā te tūhura i ngā āhuatanga rerekē o te whakaputa mīti, ka hurahia e mātou te whatunga uaua o te kore taurite, te whakamahi kino, me te pirau taiao e whakanuia ana e te hiahia o te ao mō ngā hua kararehe. I roto i tēnei tuhinga, ka rukuhia e mātou te take ehara te mīti i te whiringa kai anake engari he āwangawanga nui mō te tika pāpori. I tēnei tau anake, e kiia ana he 760 miriona tāne (neke atu i te 800 miriona tāne) o te kānga me te pīni soya ka whakamahia hei whāngai kararehe. Heoi, ko te nuinga o ēnei hua kāore e whāngai i te tangata i tētahi huarahi whai tikanga. Engari, ka haere ki ngā kararehe, ka hurihia hei para, kaua hei oranga. …
