ʻO nā hale kūʻai Pelekane kau palena i ka nui o nā meaʻai saladi e hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke kūʻai aku no ka nele o ka lako e waiho i nā papa me nā ʻano huaʻai a me nā mea kanu. ʻO ka nalo ʻana o nā hua hou i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia ka hopena o ka nui ʻino ʻino e alakaʻi ana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻohi ma ka hema o ʻEulopa a me ʻApelika ʻĀkau.
ʻO nā mahana maloʻo ka mea i hoʻohua ʻia ka ʻōmato ma ka ʻāina hema o Sepania o Almeria hāʻule 22% i nā pule mua o Pepeluali i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka manawa like ma 2022. Keu ʻoihana pili i ka Brexit a nā kumukūʻai ikehu lele ua hoʻonui aʻe paha i ka nui o nā hemahema.
ʻAʻole kēia ka manawa mua i hōʻike ʻia ai ka palupalu o nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu o UK, ʻaʻole hoʻi ʻo ia ka hope. Ua hilinaʻi nui ʻia ʻo UK i ka lawe ʻana mai i nā huahana hou-sourcing oi aku 40% ʻO kāna mau mea kanu a ʻoi aku ma mua o 80% o kāna mau huaʻai mai nā ʻāina ʻē i kēlā me kēia makahiki-no laila ua pilikia i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā haʻalulu kaulahao. A ʻo ke aniau ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke alapine o ka wā ʻoi loa nā hanana.
aka, oi aku 80% o na kanaka ma UK e noho nei nā kauhale. ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i nā kūlanakauhale-he hana i kapa ʻia horticulture kūlanakauhale—no laila hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka nui o ka nele o ka lako hale kūʻai i ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻO ka pālākiō o ai ʻO ka hana ʻana mai ka mahiʻai maʻamau me ke kanalua ʻole ka hana ʻana mai nā balconies, nā māla a i ʻole nā wahi. Eia naʻe, hōʻike ka noiʻi e hiki i ka horticulture kūlanakauhale ke hoʻonui i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hua hou i ka poʻe noho kūlanakauhale.
Ke ulu nei i ka meaʻai ma nā kūlanakauhale
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Therese Coffey, ke kākau ʻōlelo o ka mokuʻāina o UK no ke kaiapuni, nā meaʻai a me nā mea ʻai ʻāina, i ka lā Pepeluali e pono ai nā kānaka. "Mahalo i nā hana kūikawā a mākou i kēia ʻāina," ʻoi aku ke mele ʻana i ka turnip. Akā hiki i ka horticulture kūlanakauhale ke hāʻawi i nā ʻano hua like ʻole o ka wā mea kanu mea kanu.
ʻO kā mākou noiʻi, i paʻi ʻia ma 2020, loaʻa ma kahi o 68 mau ʻano mea kanu like ʻole e ulu ana ma nā ʻāpana ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Leicester. ʻO nā mea kanu i loaʻa i nā strawberry, nā ʻōmato, nā ʻuala a me ka letus. Ua hoʻopilikia ʻia kekahi o kēia mau mea kanu (ʻo ka ʻōmato a me ka lettuce) e ka hemahema.
Hōʻike pū ʻia nā hōʻike e hiki i nā hana horticulture kūlanakauhale ke ala maikaʻi e hānai ai i nā kamaʻāina o ke kūlanakauhale. Loaʻa kā mākou hui ma ke Kulanui o Sheffield hōʻikeʻia inā hoʻokomo ʻia ka 10% o ka ʻāina i loaʻa no ka horticulture kūlanakauhale ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Sheffield, a laila hiki iā ia ke hānai i 15% o ka heluna kanaka o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻai ʻelima i ka lā paipai ʻia e ka World Health Organization.
ʻO ka poʻe horticulturalists hōʻole
"ʻO ka ulu ʻana iā ʻoe iho" kahi mea i hana maikaʻi ʻia e UK i ka wā ma mua, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā manawa o ka pono aupuni. ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ke aupuni "Eli no ka Lanakila" i ka wā o ke kaua honua ʻelua i paipai i ka poʻe e mahi i kā lākou meaʻai ponoʻī. Ma ka hopena, ʻO 18% o nā huaʻai a me nā meaʻai i ka wā kaua o UK ua ulu ʻia e nā ʻohana.
Ua hoʻohana pū ʻia nā hanauna i hala nā ʻenehana like ʻole e mālama i kā lākou hua no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mahina hoʻoilo i ka liʻiliʻi o nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu. Eia naʻe, ua loli ka makemake o ka poʻe Pelekania. Loaʻa nā huahana waho o ka wā i nā manawa a pau o ka makahiki, a ua maʻa nā kānaka i kā lākou lako mākaukau.
Nui ka ʻāina i loaʻa ma nā kūlanakauhale e hoʻonui i ka hana ʻai. Loaʻa nā ʻāpana i kēia manawa no ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 2% o nā wahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo i loaʻa iā Sheffield. Akā ʻo ka paipai ʻana i ka poʻe e hoʻohana i kēia wahi e ulu ai i kā lākou meaʻai ponoʻī he paʻakikī.
ʻO ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka meaʻai ma nā ʻāpana a me nā kīhāpai e hānai i ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa he manawa nui. Research a mākou i alakaʻi ai i ka makahiki 2021, ua ʻike ʻia he 87 mau kipa makahiki a ma kahi o 150 mau hola o kou manawa. No laila, i kēia manawa, ulu nā meaʻai maʻamau i nā ʻāpana hānai 3% wale no ke UK kamaaina o ke kulanakauhale.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā ʻano like ʻole
Eia nō naʻe, ke hoʻonui nei ka hiki ke ulu i nā mea kanu a puni ka makahiki i nā ʻōnaehana kaiapuni i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia i loko o ka ʻāina kūlanakauhale ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā wahi e like me nā hale palahalaha a i ʻole nā hale i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia. Hiki ke hoʻoulu ʻia kēia mau mea kanu i loko o kahi substrate lepo ʻole me nā meaʻai pono i hoʻolako ʻia i ka wai me ka hoʻohana ʻana ʻōnaehana hydroponic a i ʻole aquaponic.
ʻO kahi pōmaikaʻi nui o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka meaʻai i kēia mau ʻōnaehana ʻo ia ka hiki ke ulu i nā mea kanu a puni ka makahiki me nā ʻohi nui. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui nui i ka hua makahiki. Hoʻokahiʻike ma ka hana ʻana i nā mea kanu kūlanakauhale ma Kanada kulanakauhale ʻIke ʻia ʻo Montreal e pili ana nā hua tōmato ma nā ʻōnaehana hydroponic ehiku kiʻekiʻe ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hua i loaʻa ma ka ulu ʻana i nā tōmato i ke kau ma nā ʻāpana.
Hiki paha ke hoʻohui i ka polytunnel-based hydroponics i loko o nā mahiʻai ma nā kihi o nā kūlanakauhale i hoʻokumu mua i nā kaulahao lako kūloko. Akā, e like me nā mea kanu i ulu ʻia i loko o nā kaiapuni i hoʻomalu ʻia e like me nā polytunnels a me nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i nā mahiʻai kuaʻāina, ʻo ka paʻakikī pehea e hana ai i ka hoʻokele waiwai a hoʻomau. ʻO nā kumukūʻai ikehu e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā kūlana ulu maikaʻi loa no nā mea kanu i nā ʻōnaehana hydroponic he kiʻekiʻe loa, no laila ke ʻano like ʻole ikehu ikehu he kumu nui paha.
Akā naʻe ʻepekema, ʻenekinia a me ka ʻenehana hiki ke kākoʻo i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o kēia mau ʻōnaehana huahua. Nā hana e hoʻohana ai i ka wela o ke kūlanakauhale a hoʻihoʻi hou i ka wai ʻōpala o ke kūlanakauhale a i ʻole e hōʻiliʻili i ka wai ua, e hoʻohana i ka ikehu hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia i nā kukui uila, a e ulu mau i nā substrate aia nā mea a pau i ke kūkulu ʻia.
Pono e noiʻi hou aʻe ma mua o ka hoʻohui ʻia ʻana o kēia mau ʻōnaehana i nā wahi kaona. Akā, ua maopopo ka pono-pono mākou e hoʻomohala i kahi lako ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu mea kanu ma UK Pono kēia i kahi hoʻololi ma UK i ke ʻano o kā mākou ulu ʻana i kā mākou mea horticultural. ʻO ka horticulture kūlanakauhale, ka lepo a me ka lepo ʻole, a me ka neʻe ʻana i ka ʻai ʻana i ka wā, hiki ke hana i kahi kōkua koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kūpaʻa o UK i nā hua e hiki mai ana a huaʻai lako lako.