RALEIGH, NC — ʻO ka hana ʻana i nā moa ke kumu nui o ka ʻoihana mahiʻai o ka mokuʻāina.akā, ua hoʻoweliweli mai kahi mea ʻino i kēia ʻāpana koʻikoʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ka North Carolina Poultry Federation ʻo ia ka waiwai nui loa o ka mokuʻāina, e hāʻawi ana i kahi kokoke i $40 biliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka mokuʻāina.
Eia nō naʻe, hoʻoweliweli nā mea ʻino i kēia ʻoihana koʻikoʻi, e koi ana i nā mahiʻai e hoʻohana i nā ʻano hana kaohi pest kemika, hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ke olakino kanaka.
I kēia manawa, ke pāʻani nei ke kālā aupuni i kahi kuleana koʻikoʻi i ka noiʻi hou e hoʻohiki ana e loaʻa nā hopena maikaʻi aʻe.
ʻO nā pahu palaki ma ke Kulanui ʻo Fayetteville State kahi home o nā pepeke liʻiliʻi e hoʻopilikia nei i kahi ʻoihana piliona kālā.
Ke aʻo nei nā kānaka noiʻi i nā ʻōpū lau ʻeleʻele e loaʻa ai kahi ʻike maikaʻi aʻe o nā mea ʻino e kau nei i ke kaomi ma ka ʻoihana moa.
Hoʻowalewale ʻia kēia mau pepeke i ka ʻai moa a hoʻohua koke lākou, e waiho ana i nā hua ma loko o ka ʻīlio moa, a laila e puka i loko o nā ʻenuhe.
I loko o kekahi mau mahina, lilo lākou i pupae a laila ulu a lilo i mau mākua e hoʻopili iā lākou iho i nā manu.
"Loaʻa pinepine iā lākou nā moa, a pipili nā pepeke iā lākou. ʻAe, ʻai lākou i nā moa," wahi a Shirley Zhao, he polopeka biology ma ke Kulanui ʻo Fayetteville State.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Zhao e ʻike paha nā manu iā lākou he meaʻai māmā, akā ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i ka nui o kēia mau pepeke hiki ke hoʻoulu i kahi pilikia ʻē aʻe.
"Aia kahi i kapa ʻia he mea kanu, he ʻano ʻōpū, kahi e mālama ai lākou i ka meaʻai," wahi āna. "Nui nā pepeke i loko a ʻaʻole lawa nā meaʻai."
Ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe mahiʻai e hoʻohana i nā pesticides e pepehi i nā pepeke, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kokoke i nā manu, e kaupalena ana i ka hiki o ka poʻe mahiʻai ke kāohi i nā pepeke.
"ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau mea a me nā kemika ʻē aʻe hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena koʻikoʻi i ko mākou olakino," wahi a Kendall Wimberly, ka luna hoʻomalu kulekele no Drug-Free North Carolina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Wimberly ua ʻoi aku ka pōʻino mai kēia mau pesticides ma mua o nā paia o nā hale moa, ʻoiai ʻo ka wai kahe mai kēia mau mahiʻai e pau ana i loko o ko mākou mau muliwai a me nā kahawai.
"ʻO nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia i loko o nā hale moa a i ʻole nā hale i kekahi manawa e pau i loko o kā mākou mau kahawai," wahi a Wimberly. "Ke hoʻomau lākou i ke kaiapuni, hoʻokumu lākou i nā pilikia maoli."
"Hoʻopaʻa lākou i ka ʻōnaehana nerve, no laila hoʻouka pololei lākou i kēlā," wahi a Chao. "ʻO ka pilikia, ua like loa ka ʻōnaehana nerve o ka pepeke me ko kākou."
"Pono lākou e ʻimi i kahi ala e hoʻonui ai i ka nui o nā pepeke a lākou e mālama nei," wahi a Zhao. "(Ua makemake kekahi haumāna) e hāʻawi iā lākou i ka mariuana. I kekahi mau mahina ma hope mai, ua ʻike mākou ua make lākou a pau. ʻAʻole lākou i ulu aʻe."
Ua loaʻa iā Chao kahi haʻawina kālā NCInnovation he $1.1 miliona no ka pae aʻe o kāna noiʻi: kahi haʻawina kahua.
Ua kūkākūkā mua ʻo ia me nā ʻoihana e like me Tyson lāua ʻo Perdue, nāna i hōʻike i ka makemake e hoʻohana i ka insecticide inā hōʻoia ʻia he pono a ua ʻae ʻia e ka Environmental Protection Agency. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki ke hana ʻia kēia kaʻina hana me ka ʻole o ke kālā a ke aupuni i kāna noiʻi.
"ʻAʻole au i ʻike i ka nui o nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e mākaukau e hoʻolilo i $10 miliona e hoʻopaʻa inoa i kahi pesticide," wahi āna.
ʻOiai paha he mau makahiki ma mua o kona hiki ʻana aku i ka mākeke, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Wimberly he hoʻomohala hoʻoikaika ia.
"Ke lana nei ko mākou manaʻo e ʻike i nā koho ʻē aʻe palekana aʻe i nā pesticides ʻawahia pinepine," wahi a Wimberly.
Ke hoʻomākaukau nei ʻo Zhao a me kāna hui e kūkulu i kahi hale moa a me kahi hale broiler ma nā kuaʻāina ʻo North Carolina e hoʻomaka ai i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i kā lākou ʻano hana pepeke.
Inā holomua kēia mau hoʻokolohua, pono e hoʻāʻo ʻia ka ʻano hana ma mua o ka hiki ke hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia me ka EPA.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻOkakopa-13-2025