Locally grown food is more expensive than food that is imported and this causes a problem because people rather buy the cheaper food without them knowing that they might be putting chemicals that are used on these imported plants inside of their body when eating the imported food. Way back then, before missionaries came to Hawaii, my ancestors that lived here were fully sustainable off the land and they had enough food for everyone that lived here. Everything that you ate back in the ancient days was either grown or caught on this island not imported. Overtime, farm lands have been closing and on top of these lands are real estate and buildings being built. Without the lands growing food and instead bringing more people to the island, we have lost our full sustainability and took a full 180 degree turn. Nowadays almost 80% of the food that people eat here in Hawaii are imported and local farmers only supply the other 20%. This is a growing problem and the only way to turn this around is by people supporting local farmers and buying local. This will keep the money circulating in Hawaii and help farmers grow their business and hopefully produce more food.
After looking over our classes data about the food chart I noticed that a lot of people ate mostly processed food. In fact, our class had almost 85% processed food. This is above average and I find this as a problem because by coming to Kamehameha, we should take this more seriously as a problem and I think we should try to support local or grow our own foods. I also noticed that if people ate locally sourced meals more than they more than likely have a garden or grew what they ate in their own yard.
I was assigned an outdoor aquaponics system. In my system we have 5 fishes that we feed every two days when we have class. We have kalo, lettuce and two other plants inside of our system that I do not know the name of. This aquaponic system works by recirculating water from the fish to the plants. The fishes waste is used as nutrients and helps to feed the plants when the water circulates. The plants also filter and clean the water to help keep the fishes alive and healthy.
Carbon Cycle- When carbon is exchanged through different atmospheres. Carbon is also a major component in many minerals.
The carbon cycle affects healthy systems because it pollutes the air and makes it very bad and dangerous for humans to breathe in.
Nitrogen Cycle- When nitrogen and its compounds interconvert between the environment, living organisms, including nitrogen fixation and decomposition. Humans are affecting the Nitrogen cycle when we burn fossil fuels in our cars that we drive and factories. when we burn these fossils fuels more nitrogen is released which messes up the already going nitrogen cycle.
After looking over our classes data about the food chart I noticed that a lot of people ate mostly processed food. In fact, our class had almost 85% processed food. This is above average and I find this as a problem because by coming to Kamehameha, we should take this more seriously as a problem and I think we should try to support local or grow our own foods. I also noticed that if people ate locally sourced meals more than they more than likely have a garden or grew what they ate in their own yard.
I was assigned an outdoor aquaponics system. In my system we have 5 fishes that we feed every two days when we have class. We have kalo, lettuce and two other plants inside of our system that I do not know the name of. This aquaponic system works by recirculating water from the fish to the plants. The fishes waste is used as nutrients and helps to feed the plants when the water circulates. The plants also filter and clean the water to help keep the fishes alive and healthy.
Carbon Cycle- When carbon is exchanged through different atmospheres. Carbon is also a major component in many minerals.
The carbon cycle affects healthy systems because it pollutes the air and makes it very bad and dangerous for humans to breathe in.
Nitrogen Cycle- When nitrogen and its compounds interconvert between the environment, living organisms, including nitrogen fixation and decomposition. Humans are affecting the Nitrogen cycle when we burn fossil fuels in our cars that we drive and factories. when we burn these fossils fuels more nitrogen is released which messes up the already going nitrogen cycle.