Cov neeg hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas thoob plaws hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas tseem nrhiav tau cov kev xaiv zaub mov uas muaj feem xyuam los ntawm cov yam ntxwv ua, xws li cov khoom noj muaj nyob hauv cov tuam txhab loj uas lawv nquag. Nyob rau hauv tsab ntawv ceeb toom tsis ntev los no, Kev Tshawb Fawb Kev Hloov , tso tawm los ntawm John Hopkins Center rau lub Livable Future, kws sau ntawv Claire Fitch thiab Raychel Santo muab cov ntsiab lus ntawm kev cog lus khoom noj khoom lag luam thiab kev ua haujlwm rau kev ua haujlwm rau kev hloov kho.
Raws li Fitch thiab Santo, nyob rau xyoo 2014, peb cov khoom noj khoom haus loj tshaj plaws (Compass, Aramark, thiab Sodexo) tau ze li ntawm US $ 33 billion nyiaj hauv North America. Cov koom haum loj, xws li cov tsev kawm ntawv, cov tsev kho mob thiab cov tsev loj cuj, feem ntau nyiam nrog kev cog lus nrog cov tuam txhab kev noj mov loj rau cov nyiaj txiag thiab kev tswj hwm. Txawm hais tias qhov kev pom zoo no feem ntau muaj peev xwm muab cov txiaj ntsim kev rov qab mus rau lub tsev kawm ntawv, xws li kev txhim kho kev lag luam, txo nqi, thiab txo tus nqi rau tus neeg siv khoom, nws yog ib yam khoom ntawm kev lag luam thoob plaws hauv American khoom noj khoom haus, thiab kev cov nyom hauv zej zog. Raws li Fitch thiab Santo qhia nyob rau hauv tsab ntawv ceeb toom, txoj kev koom ua ke nrog cov khoom noj khoom haus chains yog "muaj kev cuam tshuam rau kev poob qis ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm cov nyiaj ua haujlwm, thiab poob ntawm cov neeg ua liaj ua teb 'thiab cov pej xeem autonomy tshaj zaub mov, ua, faib, thiab muag."
Raws li kev txaus siab nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas cov zaub mov loj hlob tuaj, yog li ntawd tsis txaus siab rau cov khoom lag luam khoom noj khoom haus thiab lub peev xwm rau ib cheeb tsam, muaj kev lag luam noj haus. Raws li Fitch thiab Santo tseem ceeb, txuas ntxiv mus kom hloov mus rau qhov khoom noj tam sim no yuav pib hloov ntau yam nrog kev lag luam ntau, kev noj haus thiab kev xav txog kev noj qab haus huv.
Kev tshawb xyuas qhia tau hais tias cov khoom noj khoom haus ntawm thaj tsam hauv cov koom haum yog nyob ntawm kev nce qib. Txawm hais tias qhov kev ua tau zoo no los, ntau yam kev tsis txaus siab, xws li kev tswj hwm kev lag luam ntawm kev paub thiab kev yuav los ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom hauv cheeb tsam, tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam rau khoom, thiab cov nqi qis, tseem tiv thaiv cov tsev kawm ntawv los ntawm kev siv, los sis cov khoom noj khoom haus thiab cov zaub mov. Muaj ntau qhov teeb meem tsis sib haum xeeb, thiab cov tswv yim zoo tshaj rau lawv, tau raug xa mus rau lwm qhov kev tshawb fawb. Raws li xws li, Fitch thiab Santo tsom tshwj xeeb rau ib qho teeb meem - lub nqi them tus nqi them rov qab rau hauv cov khoom noj cog lus - uas ua ntej daim ntawv qhia no tau sab laug tsis tshua zoo siab.
Qhov kev xyuam, qhov uas cov tuam txhab ua zaub mov loj yuav thov kom them tus nqi rov qab rau qee feem pua ntawm cov khoom muag, yuam kom tus neeg muag khoom "kos nqi ntawm qhov nyiaj ntawd kom tus neeg tau txais kev pab-qhov chaw ua haujlwm-them nqi ib qho nqi, thiab qhov sib txawv mus rau lub tuam txhab kev tswj hwm ", piav qhia Fitch thiab Santo hauv" Hloov Chaw ". Txij thaum pib ntawm lub 21st century, Volume Discount Allowances (VDAs), los yog nyiaj rov qab, tau dhau los ua ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm kev ua lag luam qauv kev lag luam. Lawv qhov tseem ceeb, nrog rau tsis muaj transparency surrounding tus nqi ntawm cov nyiaj rov qab tam sim no, ntxiv ib txheej ntawm complexity rau txoj kev loj hlob ntawm lub regional, sustainably produced khoom noj khoom haus system.
Santo thiab Fitch xaus rau hauv daim ntawv tshaj tawm hais tias, "Qhov kev cia siab ntawm kev them rov qab rau cov khoom noj khoom haus tswj kev lag luam tuaj yeem txhawb kom cov neeg tsim khoom tsim tshwj xeeb los tsim lawv cov nqi kom nkag tau mus rau qhov chaw ua hauj lwm khoom noj khoom haus, lossis-yog tias cov neeg muag khoom tsis txaus siab nce lawv cov nqi thiab muab cov nyiaj thim rov qab-yuav txwv tsis pub cov thawj coj ntawm thaj chaw ntawm cov neeg ua liaj ua teb. "
Fitch thiab Santo lees paub txog kev ua haujlwm ntawm tsoom fwv cov kev pab cuam, xws li USDA Paub koj tus neeg ua teb, Paub koj cov Khoom Noj, Paub Cov Khoom Noj, thiab cov koom haum xws li Kev Kho Mob Tsis Muaj Kev Raug, Lub Tebchaws Ua Neeb Zej Zos rau Tsev Kawm Ntawv Lub Npe, Cov Khoom Noj Khoom Noj, thiab School Food FOCUS.
Cov kev siv zog, uas tau muaj ntau lub koom haum los ntawm qhov chaw me me thiab nruab nrab ntawm cov chaw ua liaj ua teb, foster transparency thiab muaj peev xwm los ua kom muaj zog tshaj plaws los tsim cov khoom noj khoom haus ntau tshaj qhov qub.
Daim ntawv ceeb toom ua tiav nrog kev pom zoo rau cov tib neeg, cov tsev kawm ntawv thiab cov neeg tsim khoom tsim muaj peev xwm pab txhawb kev hloov kho ntawm lub tuam txhab khoom noj khoom haus. Cov tswv yim muaj xws li:
- Cov neeg txais kev pab ntawm cov tsev kawm ntawv txuas ntxiv rau lawv lub tswv yim txog kev txhim kho lawv qhov chaw ua haujlwm cov cai yuav khoom. Finch thiab Santo hais txog kev siv cov cuab yeej uas twb muaj lawm, xws li Kev Pab Khoom Noj Muaj Tseeb (Real Food Challenge), uas muaj kev sib tw rau cov menyuam kawm ntawv uas nyiam mus kawm lawv lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab lossis cov tsev kawm ntawv cov cai. Ntxiv mus, Cov Kev Pab Zaub Mov Ntawm Tseem Ceeb muaj kev taw qhia txog kev tsim cov qauv rau kev yuav khoom noj khoom haus ntawm lub regional, sustainability.
- Cov neeg ua hauj lwm kev noj haus thiab cov neeg txiav txim siab hauv cov tsev kawm ntawv tau saib xyuas cov cai thiab cov ntawv cog lus, thiab txuas ntxiv rau lawv cov lus thov kom tau txais kev txhim kho khoom noj khoom haus tuaj.
- Policymakers txhawb cov kev cai lij choj ntawm cov kev cai muab khoom siv uas tau ua tiav hauv lwm lub xeev, xws li kev cai xaiv rau cov khoom noj khoom loj tuaj lossis tsim hauv xeev hauv Massachusetts .
- Koom nrog pawg noj haus hauv kev noj haus hauv kev noj qab haus huv, sau ntawv hauv cov nom tswv hauv zos, koom cov txheej xwm los txhawb kev ras txog cov teeb meem ntawm lub tuam txhab kev cog lus, los yog txoj haujlwm pub dawb nrog lub koom haum uas tab tom ua haujlwm rau cov teeb meem no.
Ntxiv rau cov tswv yim tshwj xeeb, Fitch thiab Santo tshaj tawm qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev txhim kho thiab nce cov pej xeem cov kev nkag mus rau cov kev cai muab khoom siv hauv tsev kho mob thiab cov ntaub ntawv. Raws li lawv pom tias hauv "Hloov Poob Hloov", "nce siab tuaj yeem ua rau cov kev coj ua zoo tuaj."
Ntxiv cov cuab yeej thiab cov kev pab rau cov neeg uas xav ua kom yooj yim rau kev ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv cov kev cai yuav ua tau nyob rau hauv tshooj kawg ntawm tsab ntawv (pg 31-32). Daim ntawv qhia tag nrho muaj nyob ntawm no.