ʻO ka New York Times Magazine kahi hiʻohiʻona liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Meh List" i loaʻa nā mea e hoʻoulu ai i nā manaʻo lukewarm ("meh" he ʻōlelo i unuhi ʻia ʻo "pehea?"). Ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā papa inoa hou i nā mea e like me nā stocking stuffers, Giants Stadium, nā mea pāʻani me ka mahalo ʻole ʻia a me nā kiʻi male kaulana.
Hiki iā "The Meh List" ke kamaʻilio kamaʻilio no ka mea, ʻoiai nā manaʻo o ka mea nāna i hana, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i nā mea pale a me nā mea hoʻowahāwahā i kāna mau mea āpau (mai hoʻomaka iaʻu e pili ana i nā mea pāʻani pampered a me ke kuleana). A i ʻole hiki i nā mea ʻē aʻe ke ʻae e pili ana kēlā me kēia mea me ka tagline o ka hiʻohiʻona o "Not Hot, Not Not, Just Meh."
ʻAʻole maopopo mākou i ka ʻoihana ʻoki hou. A ʻaʻole hoʻi nā alakaʻi ʻoihana a mākou e hōʻike nei i kēia mahina a me ka mahina e hiki mai ana i kā mākou hiʻohiʻona "state of the industry" makahiki. I kēia mahina, loiloi nā alakaʻi e like me Gina Nucci, Karen Caplan a me Bob Swartwout i ka ʻoihana e hoʻomaka ana ma ka ʻaoʻao 8. Ua hāʻawi mākou iā lākou i ka papahele a ʻae iā lākou e haʻi iā mākou ma kā lākou ʻōlelo ponoʻī i ka mea e hana nei, kahi o nā pilikia a me nā manawa kūpono.
ʻO ka Food Safety Modernization Act ʻaʻole ia he kumuhana. Ua loaʻa i ka FDA he 17,000 manaʻo e pili ana i ke kānāwai palekana huahana wale nō. No ka hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo o ka United Fresh and the Produce Marketing Association i kēia lula a me nā lula hoʻomalu e pili ana, e nānā i ka ʻaoʻao 6.
Ma nā wahi a pau aʻu i nānā ai i ka makahiki 2013, loaʻa iaʻu ka ʻokoʻa loa o ka meh. Akā, ua hālāwai au me nā poʻe me nā lima ʻōwili a me nā bākeke o nā manaʻo a me nā manaʻo e pili ana i kēia ʻoihana, inā paha i hana ʻia nā kamaʻilio ma United Fresh, PMA Summit, ke kula ʻoki hou ʻo UC Davis a i ʻole ma kahi ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ke kūpaʻa, ka ʻike a me ka hana hou e lilo kēia i hana leʻaleʻa.
Manaʻo mākou ʻaʻohe mea liʻiliʻi mai ka makahiki 2014 ʻoiai ke hele mai nei nā lako hou, nā huahana a me nā manaʻo kūʻai aku a ke kū nei nā pilikia hou a ke kū nei. E ʻimi i nā ʻike he nui e pili ana i kēia mau pilikia āpau, a me kekahi mau manaʻo ikaika, ma nā ʻaoʻao o Fresh Cut i kēia makahiki.