Pono e mahiai ka poʻe mahiʻai a emi iki ke ʻano o ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke kulekele

Tractor protests aren’t enough.

Ê»O ke kalaiwa Ê»ana i nā pono mahiÊ»ai ma o nā kikowaena kaiāulu e hōʻike i ka hōʻole Ê»ana i ke kulekele aupuni he ala maikaÊ»i loa ia e lanakila ai i nā poÊ»o inoa. I ka manawa a mākou e hoÊ»ohou ai i kā mākou Ê»enekini, nae, we’ve already lost.

That’s why farmers must resolve to become more active and less reactive as public officials design regulations that determine the way we go about our work.

Pono kÄ“ia i ke alakaÊ»i mai kākou āpau, women and men working together for a better outcome is the better focus for us all. As a farmer and a woman, ManaÊ»oÊ»iÊ»o wau aia kahi koÊ»ikoÊ»i maoli e komo ai mākou i loko, Ê»oiai mākou e māka International Women’s Day ma Malaki 8.

We’re learning this the hard way here in the hills on the South Island of New Zealand, kahi e hānai ai māua me kaÊ»u kāne i nā hipa a me nā bipi ma ka pā. Hana mākou i kaÊ»iÊ»o a hoÊ»olako i nā hipa kāne a me nā bipi kauo i nā hoa mahiÊ»ai i ko mākou ʻāina a me Ê»Aukekulia hoÊ»i.

We’re also committed to conserving the environment. We’ve planted 200,000 kumulāʻau ma luna o kā mākou waiwai, hoÊ»olauna i nā kumulāʻau ʻōiwi, a pa Ê»ia i nā kahawai. KÅ«leÊ»a mākou i ka Ê»aÊ»ai Ê»ana o ka lepo ma ka mālama Ê»ana i ka mahi Ê»ai i kahi palena iki loa. We’ve sworn off antibiotics and anthelmintic medicines because we believe this practice contributes to human and animal health.

Ma luna o kÄ“lā, we’ve let science show us how to do more with less. Ê»O ka hoÊ»ohana Ê»ana i nā genetics maikaÊ»i e Ê»ae iā mākou e mālama i kā mākou pae hana a Ê»oiai mākou e holo nei i nā holoholona liÊ»iliÊ»i. Kōkua kÄ“ia iā mākou e hoÊ»okō i ka hoÊ»omau Ê»ana o ka nohona a me ka hoÊ»okele waiwai—a ke manaÊ»o nei mākou e hana Ê»oi aku ka maikaÊ»i ma kÄ“ia wahi, Ê»oiai ke hoÊ»omau nei ka hoÊ»omaikaÊ»i Ê»ana o ka Ê»enehana.

Ê»Oiai kÄ“ia mau mea āpau, New Zealand’s government wants to micromanage our use of freshwater with a “HoÊ»okahi ka nui i kÅ«pono i nā mea āpau” hoÊ»okokoke i ka mahiÊ»ai.

Ê»O kahi lula hou o ka wai wai rula e kau kānāwai i ka hana no nā mea a pau o NÅ«hōlani. These decrees impose mandatory dates for forage crop sowing without regard to our country’s vast differences in climate, nā kÅ«mau kau, a me ka ikaika mahiÊ»ai. Ê»O ka mea kÅ«pono no kahi mahiÊ»ai waiÅ« kokoke i kahakai o ka Ê»Akau Ê»Akau Ê»aÊ»ole kÅ«pono no kahi mahiÊ»ai he haneli mau mile ka mamao a kokoke i nā kuahiwi ma ka South Island.

Ê»AÊ»ole mālama nā kuhikuhi hou i ka mahalo i ka hana a nā mahiÊ»ai i kā mākou iho e pale ai i kā mākou wai. Me nā luna āpana a me nā hui kaiapuni, we’re working to achieve better outcomes. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, o kahi laÊ»ana, New Zealand’s farmers have fenced off more than 25,000 km o nā kahawai, no ke kumu o ka hemo Ê»ana i nā holoholona.

Eia kekahi, ua hoÊ»olilo kā mākou poÊ»e mahiÊ»ai waiÅ« ma mua o $1 piliona ma nā hanana kaiapuni. They’ve volunteered these investments, ke hana pÅ« nei me ka poÊ»e i ko lākou mau kaiaulu ponoʻī e Ê»ike i nā hāʻina i nā pilikia kÅ«loko. Ê»AÊ»ohe o ke aupuni aupuni i haÊ»i iā lākou i ka mea e hana ai.

Eia naÊ»e, manaÊ»o paha kekahi ma ka mana koi mākou i ke alakaÊ»i lima kaumaha, ke ala e pono ai nā keiki i ka nānā Ê»ana a nā mākua. The difference is that while parents tend to know what’s best for their kids, these regulators don’t appear to understand the huge gains farmers have already made in the environmental space and the fact that when we are left to come up with our own proactive environmental solutions, Ê»ike mākou he mea maikaÊ»i kÄ“ia mau mea hou i ka hoÊ»okele waiwai, ke kaiāulu a me ke kaiapuni. Ê»O kā lākou lula wai e hoÊ»oulu ai i nā kumukÅ«Ê»ai meaÊ»ai, hoÊ»ouluÊ»ai i ka hana, a me nā hopena o ke kaiapuni e luhi.

Ê»O kā mākou hopohopo me kÄ“ia mau rula i kahi, e hoÊ»olōʻihi ka poÊ»e mahiÊ»ai i kÄ“ia manawa, kālā a me ka nānā Ê»ana i ka hoÊ»opiha Ê»ana i nā hōʻike hoÊ»okō a me ka noi Ê»ana no nā Ê»ae e hoÊ»okō i nā lula—ma kahi o ka nānā Ê»ana a me ka hoÊ»omohala Ê»ana i nā hāʻina kÅ«ikawā e hoÊ»omaikaÊ»i i ko lākou kaiapuni, Ê»anuÊ»u ma kÄ“lā me kÄ“ia Ê»anuÊ»u.

Ê»O kā mākou kūʻē tractor ua kāhea i ka nānā i kÄ“ia conundrum, but they aren’t enough. Pono mākou e hana i kahi Ê»oi aku ka maikaÊ»i o ke kali Ê»ana i nā mea hoÊ»oweliweli i ka mahiÊ»ai a kūʻē iā lākou ma mua o ka manawa e hōʻike ai iā lākou iho.

Ê»O kekahi o nā mea nui e hiki iā mākou ke hana haÊ»i i kā mākou mau moÊ»olelo. Hiki iā mākou e ʻōlelo aÊ»e i ka lehulehu, e hele ma nā hōʻike lekiō, a lilo i mea hana ma ka pāpaho. Every farmer’s voice counts. Ê»O mākou nā mea e kākoÊ»o pono ai. Ê»O Apathy ko mākou Ê»enemi.

Ke wehewehe nei mākou i ka mea a mākou e hana ai e hana i ka meaÊ»ai a mālama i nā kumuwaiwai, we’re able to make well-balanced arguments that build understanding between those of us who work in agriculture and those of us who don’t, no ka pono pÅ« kekahi.

New Zealand’s farmers already are world famous for our commitments and innovations. We possess the planet’s lowest carbon footprint per kilogram of meat, waiÅ«, a me ka puluniu huluhulu kÅ«lohelohe. We’ve achieved much of this without financial inducements: We’ve farmed without government subsidies since 1984.

Inā mākou e nānā nui aÊ»e i ka pale Ê»ana i kÄ“ia manawa, we won’t have to scramble for cures later.

Papahana Papakaukau Roundtable a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kamaʻilio Global Farmer Network Papahana Papakaukau Roundtable a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kamaʻilio Global Farmer Network 2021 Global Farmer Network Roundtable and Leadership Training. Tentatively scheduled to be held during summer 2021, the next Roundtable will include a virtual component prior to meeting in person in Brussels, Pelekiuma. The face-to-face event date is dependent on when travel is allowed and people feel safe. Papahana Papakaukau Roundtable a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kamaʻilio Global Farmer Network iiiai.

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