I kī te kāwanatanga hou o Biden ka mahi tahi rātou me te ahuwhenua o Amerika ki te whawhai ki te huringa āhuarangi. He mea whakamere tēnei mō Iowa: he nui te hinu pūmua e tahuna ana i tēnei wā hei whakaputa kai kararehe me te wahie etanoru, koinei te hua matua o te mahi ahuwhenua i te kawanatanga. He waimarie, he nekehanga noa iho te mahere a Biden ināianei. Mā tēnei ka whai wā tātou ki te whakaaro me pēhea te hanga anō i te whenua i roto i te huarahi e whai hua ai ki te taiao me ō tātou hoa tangata.
Tērā pea ka taea e ngā whanaketanga hangarau te tuku i ngā pūtake pūngao whakahou (te hau me te rā) ki te pupuhi i roto i ngā wahie pūmua hei whakatutuki i te whakaputa hiko whai hua. I te taha o te putanga mai o ngā waka hiko, ka whakaitihia te hiahia mō te etanoru, e hiahia ana ki te neke atu i te haurua o te kānga o Iowa me te haurima o te whenua. E mōhio ana te iwi kei roto te etanoru i tēnei wā. Ahakoa i nāianei tonu, i whakamārama a Monte Shaw, te kaiwhakahaere matua o te Iowa Renewable Fuel Association, i te tau 2005 ko te etanoru witi he "piriti" noa iho, he wahie whakawhiti rānei, ā, e kore e noho tonu. Nā te korenga o te etanoru cellulosic e tutuki ana, kua tae ki te wā ki te mahi. Engari, mō te taiao i Iowa, kāore te umanga i haina i tētahi puka "kaua e whakaora".
Whakaarohia e 20 ngā kaunihera i Iowa he nui ake i te 11,000 maero tapawha te rahi, ā, ka whakaputa hiko whakahou, me te kore e horo te oneone, te parahanga wai, te ngaronga o ngā patu pepeke, te ngaronga o te nohoanga, me te whakaputa hau kati kōtuhi nā te whakato kānga. Kei roto i a tātou te whakapai ake i te taiao nui nei. Kia mahara ko te whenua e whakamahia ana mō te hau me te hiko o te rā ka taea te whakatutuki i ētahi atu whāinga taiao nui, pērā i te whakaora i ngā mania tarutaru roa, ka whakarato nohoanga mō ngā momo kararehe taketake, tae atu ki ngā pūrerehua monarch, i kitea tata nei i roto i ngā ratonga ika me te kararehe mohoao kua tohua mō ngā momo e tata ana ki te ngaro. Ko ngā pakiaka hohonu o ngā tipu tarutaru tau-roa e here ana i ō tātou oneone, e hopu ana, e pupuri ana i ngā hau kati kōtuhi, ā, e whakahoki mai ana i te kanorau koiora ki te whenua e rua noa iho ngā momo e whakahaerehia ana i tēnei wā, ko te kānga me te pīni soya. I taua wā anō, kei roto i a tātou te hikoi whenua me te ngau waro o Iowa: ki te whakaputa pūngao whai hua me te whakaiti i te mahana o te ao.
Hei whakatutuki i tēnei moemoeā, he aha e kore ai e tirohia tuatahitia te neke atu i te 50% o ngā whenua pāmu o Iowa e puritia ana e te hunga ehara i te ahuwhenua? Tērā pea kāore ngā kaipupuri moni e aro ki te āhua o te whiwhinga moni a te whenua - he ngāwari noa te whakapau i te kotahi tāra hiko ki West Des Moines, Bettendorf, Minneapolis, Phoenix rānei, ā, koinei te wāhi e noho ana te nuinga o ā tātou kaipupuri whenua pāmu, ā, kotahi tāra ka puta mai i te whakato me te whakatō kānga.
Ahakoa he pai ake te waiho mā ētahi atu e whakamahi ngā taipitopito kaupapa here, ka taea e tātou te whakaaro ko te taake auaha, ko te whakahekenga taake rānei ka whakatairanga i tēnei panonitanga. I roto i tēnei mara, ka whakamahia ngā mara kānga e ngā tāpoi hau, ka hangaia anō rānei ngā mania e karapoti ana i ngā panera rā. whakakapi. Ae, ka āwhina te taake whenua ki te pupuri i ō tātou tāone iti me ō rātou kura, engari kāore te whenua ahuwhenua i Iowa e nui rawa te taake, ā, ka whai hua mai i tētahi kaupapa here taake tuku iho pai. Ka taea e ngā rīhi whenua me ngā kamupene pūngao te whakataetae i a rātou ki ngā reti mō te whakaputa hua whenua, ā, ka taea te tango i ngā mahi hei pupuri i ō tātou tāone tuawhenua. Ā, kaua e wareware i roto i ngā tau o mua, ko te whenua o Iowa i roto i te ahua o ngā tautoko ahuwhenua maha he whakahekenga o ngā taake ā-motu: mai i te tau 1995, kua tata ki te $1,200 ia eka a Iowa, neke atu i te 35 piriona tāra te tapeke. Tāra. Koinei te mea pai rawa atu ka taea e tō tātou whenua te mahi? Ki tā mātou whakaaro ehara.
Ae, ka taea e tātou te whakaaro kei te tino whakahē te umanga ahuwhenua i tēnei huringa o te whakamahinga whenua. Nā te mea, ko te whenua e whakamahia ana mō te whakaputa hiko, kāore e nui rawa ngā purapura, ngā wahie, ngā taputapu, ngā matū, ngā maniua, ngā inihua rānei e hiahiatia ana. Tērā pea ka tangi mai rātou ki a tātou. Ki te roto rānei. He mea pouri mō te iwi o Iowa, kāore rātou i aro ki tētahi o rātou tae noa mai ki tēnei wā. Tirohia te mahi i mahia e rātou i te taiwhenua o Iowa i ngā tau 50 kua hipa. Koinei te mea pai rawa atu ka taea e tētahi umanga kaha, e hono ana ki te ao tōrangapū te mahi mō tētahi tāone iti i Iowa? Ki tā mātou whakaaro ehara.
Ka taea e te pūngao hou te hanga i ngā rohe tuawhenua o Iowa kia hou te āhua: te whakapai ake i te mahi, te whakapai ake i te hau, te whakapai ake i ngā puna wai, me te whakapai ake i te āhuarangi. Me te kingi hoki.
He ahorangi tuarua a Erin Irish mō te koiora i Te Whare Wānanga o Iowa, ā, he mema hoki nō te poari tohutohu o te Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. He miihini rangahau a Chris Jones i te Kura Pūtaiao me te Hangarau Wai IIHR-Te Whare Wānanga o Iowa.