OUR FOOD
Food. Who doesn't love food? Food was with us since the day we were born, Food is the source of our life and the source of our energy. About 1,500 years ago our ancestors found the Polynesian island with the navigation and knowledge they had with the stars. Our ancestors provided enough food for the journey knowing that it could last with them throughout the moths they traveled by ocean and stars. When the Polynesians found Hawaiʻi and called it home they had a quickly made a system were people work and they grow food. Systems like the aquaponics system, of Course it wasn't called aquaponics back in ancient times but The system that helped the Hawaiians thrive in the community and help them thrive in life. Hawaiians Back in the day could feed over 1 million people with the food that they grow from the Land. In the 20th century we have been overthrown of our queen Liliuokalani and our land, Things changed buildings were built on sacred grounds, Loiʻs destroyed to preserve in the white man culture of business land taken to plant sugarcane and pineapples, Food isn't grown anymore longer in these islands due to the amount of space and excessive buildings taking over. Our food is imported from the mainland and can be easily be questionable, is it clean? where in the mainland did it come from? but the main question we should be asking is If the food stopped coming and the boats stopped tugging our food then can we feed all of Hawaiʻi with the food we have now?
Cycles
Definition:
the series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment, chiefly involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide into living tissue by photosynthesis and its return to the atmosphere through respiration, the decay of dead organisms, and the burning of fossil fuels.
Why is it important?
Carbon is the most. important cycle because of its exchange, or "cycled" among Earth's oceans, atmosphere, ecosystem, and geosphere. All living organisms are built of carbon compounds. It is the fundamental building block of life and an important component of many chemical processes. Without carbon we wouldn't be anything that we are today. Carbon is very important to us because the plants produce oxygen and they take in our carbon dioxide, Like it says in the beginning its an exchange type of thing in life.
the series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment, chiefly involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide into living tissue by photosynthesis and its return to the atmosphere through respiration, the decay of dead organisms, and the burning of fossil fuels.
Why is it important?
Carbon is the most. important cycle because of its exchange, or "cycled" among Earth's oceans, atmosphere, ecosystem, and geosphere. All living organisms are built of carbon compounds. It is the fundamental building block of life and an important component of many chemical processes. Without carbon we wouldn't be anything that we are today. Carbon is very important to us because the plants produce oxygen and they take in our carbon dioxide, Like it says in the beginning its an exchange type of thing in life.
Definition:
The oxygen cycle is the biogeochemical cycle of oxygenwithin its four main reservoirs: the atmosphere (air), the total content of biological matter within the biosphere (the global sum of all ecosystems), the hydrosphere (the combined mass of water found on, under, and over the surface of planet Earth), and the lithosphere/Earth's crust.
Why its important?
During this process, the organisms release oxygen into the air. ... Oxygen helps the body's cells function normally. The cycle of carbon dioxide and oxygen on Earth is dependent on plants and animals. Plants provide the oxygen that animals and other living things need to survive.
The oxygen cycle is the biogeochemical cycle of oxygenwithin its four main reservoirs: the atmosphere (air), the total content of biological matter within the biosphere (the global sum of all ecosystems), the hydrosphere (the combined mass of water found on, under, and over the surface of planet Earth), and the lithosphere/Earth's crust.
Why its important?
During this process, the organisms release oxygen into the air. ... Oxygen helps the body's cells function normally. The cycle of carbon dioxide and oxygen on Earth is dependent on plants and animals. Plants provide the oxygen that animals and other living things need to survive.
Definition:
the series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms, including nitrogen fixation and decomposition.
Why is it important?
Plants and animals could not live without nitrogen. It is an important part of many cells and processes such as amino acids, proteins, and even our DNA. It is also needed to make chlorophyll in plants, which plants use in photosynthesis to make their food and energy. Unfortunately, human activity has altered the cycle.
the series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms, including nitrogen fixation and decomposition.
Why is it important?
Plants and animals could not live without nitrogen. It is an important part of many cells and processes such as amino acids, proteins, and even our DNA. It is also needed to make chlorophyll in plants, which plants use in photosynthesis to make their food and energy. Unfortunately, human activity has altered the cycle.
FOOD JOURNAL
DATA ANALYSIS
Food journal:
This is the link to my food journal, the food that I have eaten in the past 2 months, I have logged them down because we wanted to know if our food is better locally or better shipped in because back in the Hawaiian days we could sustain our entire culture with food produced from our land, examples Kalo, Fish, sweet potato, etc. We could go outside and there would be a loʻi patch, the main question that everyone is asking now is what are you doing to sustain locally grown food like our ancestor? And this data has shown what I have ate locally and what I have ate that was imported.
98.5% is not Locally sourced
This is the link to my food journal, the food that I have eaten in the past 2 months, I have logged them down because we wanted to know if our food is better locally or better shipped in because back in the Hawaiian days we could sustain our entire culture with food produced from our land, examples Kalo, Fish, sweet potato, etc. We could go outside and there would be a loʻi patch, the main question that everyone is asking now is what are you doing to sustain locally grown food like our ancestor? And this data has shown what I have ate locally and what I have ate that was imported.
98.5% is not Locally sourced
MAKING A DIFFERENCE?
We as a lāhui can be more responsible for our food production by growing things small in our yard. Maybe grow lettuce or tomato or eggplant, Something small that you can grow to make it big difference in life. Our food production is important to you because we have no clue where our food is imported from and many times you can find random things in the food, By growing your food you know where it was and where it has been, growing something as small as a plant can make it big difference in your food production.
WHATʻS NEXT?
The up coming growing project that our mālama honua class has been working on is lettuce. We planted over -- Lettuce plants and about all of them have sprouted with careful nourishment to it. It has been three weeks since we have planted it, and it has grown over sized and it has been sitting under the AV light and it has been soaking in water, It grew about to be 7 inches long, In time we will make a difference in this island as a lāhui and I'm pretty sure that it can start with something small just as much a seed that is being planted in the ground.
WORK CITED
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_cycle
https://www.acedarspoon.com/acai-fruit-smoothie-bowl/
http://www.wellbeinghi.com/kalo-life-of-the-land
https://earthhow.com/carbon-cycle/
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/cdc-romaine-lettuce-linked-to-e-coli-outbreak
https://www.tes.com/lessons/BGamEkjKt508VQ/making-a-difference
http://bks.carthageisd.org/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=2326282
https://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/nitrogen_cycle.php
https://www.acedarspoon.com/acai-fruit-smoothie-bowl/
http://www.wellbeinghi.com/kalo-life-of-the-land
https://earthhow.com/carbon-cycle/
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/cdc-romaine-lettuce-linked-to-e-coli-outbreak
https://www.tes.com/lessons/BGamEkjKt508VQ/making-a-difference
http://bks.carthageisd.org/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=2326282
https://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/nitrogen_cycle.php