Kodi mukuyang'ana mawu oti "zachilengedwe" muzakudya zomwe mumagula? Masiku ano, ambiri amatero. Kufuna kwa ogula kukukakamiza ogulitsa kuti azigulitsa zinthu “zachilengedwe” pamashelefu awo.
Zogulitsa zomwe kale zinali kupezeka m'masitolo ogulitsa zakudya kapena malo ogulitsira akatswiri (monga Sprouts Farmers Market, Whole Foods kapena Natural Grocers) tsopano zikupezeka m'masitolo akuluakulu.
Zolemba zachilengedwe zimalimbikitsa malonda
International Food Information Council (IFIC) imapanga kafukufuku wapachaka wa ogula pamitu yosiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza momwe kusiyanasiyana kwakomwe kumakhudza momwe amagulitsira. Malinga ndi Kafukufuku wa 2019 Food & Health Survey, oposa 1/3 a ogula adasankha chinthu china chifukwa mankhwalawa adatchedwa "zachilengedwe". Lingaliroli lidakhala lofunikira kwambiri kuposa "organic product" kapena "non-GMO product".
Mawu amakhala ndi mphamvu pamachitidwe. Sikuti ogula okha omwe angathe kugula malonda ndi zilembo "zachilengedwe", amatinso chifukwa ichi chimakhala ndi zinthu zinanso zambiri. IFIC idafunsa ogula kuti, malingaliro awo, ndiwotani omwe amabweretsa phindu lalikulu kuumoyo wawo: chinthu chomwe chili ndi zilembo "zonse zachilengedwe" kapena chinthu chomwecho popanda chizindikiro? Chodabwitsa, 70% ya ogula omwe adafunsidwa adasankha yankho loyamba.
Ndizosavuta kumvetsetsa chifukwa chake ogula amaganiza kuti zinthu zonse zachilengedwe ndizabwino. Tsiku lililonse timawona nkhani zokhudzana ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo m'zakudya ndi kumwa madzi akumwa. Tazunguliridwa ndi mankhwala ndi zida zokonzedwa bwino (zokhala ndi zinthu zambiri zopanga ndi kupanga). Timada nkhawa za thanzi ndi chitetezo cha ana athu ndipo tikufuna tisinthe zina ndi izi. Kuthana ndi zosakaniza ndi zida zopangira komanso utoto wopanga zinthu zimawoneka kwa anthu ena njira yabwino yoyambira.