Usuku Lomhlaba Lwezemvelo lwango-2023: Amaqanda Omhlaba Ongcono
Amaqanda angomunye wemithombo yokudla okunomsoco, etholakala ngokwemvelo. Igcwele amaminerali, amavithamini nama-antioxidants, iqanda linikeza ukondliwa okudingeka kakhulu emhlabeni wonke. Kodwa-ke, akusanele ukucabangela kuphela inani lokudla okunempilo kokudla kwethu.
Manje, kunanini ngaphambili, umthwalo wemfanelo wokunakekela iplanethi yethu, kanye nempilo yethu siqu, useqhulwini ezingqondweni zabantu abaningi. Ngaleso sici, amaqanda angabhekwa njenge umngane ophelele wokudla okunomsoco kanye nemvelo – Nazi izizathu ezimbalwa zokuthi kungani:
1. Umthelela ophansi kwezemvelo
Amaqanda angase abe mancane, kodwa umthelela wabo omuhle wemvelo unamandla! Uma kuqhathaniswa neminye imithombo edumile yamaprotheni, amaqanda asebenzisa amanzi amancane; amantongomane, ngokwesibonelo, adinga amanzi angaphezu kokuphindwe kane ukuze akhiqize igremu ngalinye lamaprotheni.1
Ucwaningo luphinde luveze lokho ukukhiqizwa kwamaqanda kudala ukukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa (GHG) embalwa igremu ngalinye lamaprotheni kuneminye imithombo eminingi yamaprotheni edumile.2 Lokhu kusho ukuthi ukufaka amaqanda ekudleni okunomsoco kunomsoco ngendlela emangalisayo FUTHI kusekela ukusimama kwemvelo kweplanethi yethu.
2. Umthombo wokudla osimeme
Kuyaziwa kabanzi ukuthi ukudla ukudla kwendawo, ngezikhathi ezithile zonyaka kunenzuzo emhlabeni wethu. Amaqanda angakhiqizwa emhlabeni wonke, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yisiphi isikhathi sonyaka, adlala indima ekwenzeni lokhu kwenzeke!
Ucwaningo lwakamuva luvumela ukufakwa kwamaqanda ekudleni kwethu kwansuku zonke njengendlela ingxenye ebalulekile yempilo yomuntu kanye neplanethi. Ucwaningo lukhuthaza ukuthi abantu abadala kufanele badle iqanda elilodwa ngosuku, ukuze bathole ama-micronutrients anele ukuze babe nempilo enhle.3
Ngaphezu kwalokho, amaqanda adala udoti omncane wasekhishini, ngoba igobolondo kuphela alidleki kubantu. Ngenhlanhla, amagobolondo alahliwe ayavuthwa, ayakha ubukhulu bezakhi umhlabathi wezitshalo.4
Yamukela i amandla angavamile wamaqanda ngalolu suku Lomhlaba Lwezemvelo enomthombo wokudla okufinyeleleka kakhulu, okunomsoco lapho ukusimama kuthatha indawo emaphakathi.
3. Izinqubo zokukhiqiza eziguqukayo
Ngaphambi kokufinyelela epuletini lakho, izinyathelo zokusimama kwamaqanda ziqala epulazini. Abalimi bamaqanda bathatha izinyathelo ezibalulekile zokunciphisa umthelela wabo nge ukubeka phambili ukukhiqizwa okulungele iplanethi ngenqubekelaphambili ebalulekile eyenziwa emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngonyaka odlule, isitolo esikhulu sase-UK, i-Morrisons, yethula amaqanda e-carbon neutral. Lamaqanda aphuma ezikhukwini eziphakelwa a ukudla okungenasoso kwezinambuzane, ezaziphakelwa ukudla kwasezitolo ezinkulu.5 Le ndlela entsha iqeda ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ekuthuthweni kwesoya futhi kunciphisa ukugawulwa kwamahlathi okubangelwa ukukhiqizwa kwesoya. Ucwaningo olwenziwe ngamaqanda ase-Australia luqinisekisa ukuthi ukudla kwezinambuzane kungenye yezindlela ezisebenzayo zesoya, ezinikezayo ukwehla okukhulu kwe-carbon footprint.6
Sibonga intuthuko kwezobuchwepheshe ikhono lethu lokwenza ukulima ngokuzinzile kuyafezeka kabanzi. Ithuluzi eliku-inthanethi lokusimama lenzelwe abalimi baseCanada ukukhuthaza ukuqhubeka phambili imithelela encishisiwe kwezemvelo kanye nokwamukelwa kobuchwepheshe obusha, obulungele iplanethi.7 I-National Environmental Sustainability and Technology Tool (NESTT) ivumela abalimi bamaqanda ukuthi ukukala, ukuqapha nokuphatha umkhondo wemvelo wamapulazi abo.8
Ukwengeza, umkhiqizi wamaqanda ozinze e-Netherlands ukhuphule ngempumelelo ibhizinisi lakhe eliyimodeli eyindilinga eligxile kakhulu ukungathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni, inhlalakahle yezilwane kanye nokuphakela izikhukhukazi ezizalela ekudleni okuyinsalela.9 Ukwanda kwenkampani kukhombisa inzuzo nokusebenza kwemodeli.
Ngenxa yokuqamba okusha nokuthuthuka okuqhubekayo, abalimi bamaqanda bangaqinisekisa ukuthi umkhiqizo wabo uhlala unomsoco ngokwemvelo, kuyilapho bengeza njalo emininingwaneni yemvelo yeqanda.
Amaprotheni alungele iplanethi
Ngezinzuzo zawo zemvelo ezihlukahlukene kanye nokusetshenziswa kahle kwezinsiza, amaqanda amelela ukukhetha okuqaphelayo kwabantu abazinikele ekusaseni eliluhlaza. Khetha amaqanda ngalolu suku Lomhlaba Lwezemvelo, nangale kwalokho, ukuze usize ukwakha indlela eya kusasa elinomsoco neliqhubekayo!
Okubhekwayo
1 I-Mokonnen MM & Hoekstra AY (2012)
2 I-World Resources Institute (WRI)
3 I-Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (2023)
9 Isikhwama Sezilwane Zasendle (WWF) (2023)
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