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Kule mihla, izinto zahlukile. Ayiyomfihlo ukuba ibilixesha elingazange libonwe ngaphambili lobunzima bezoqoqosho kwabaninzi ngenxa yobhubhani we-coronavirus. Ukongezelela, usuku ngalunye ulwazi oluninzi luza kukhanya malunga nokungalingani kunye nokungalingani kwi-U.S. Ubunzima buzibonakalisa ngeendlela ezininzi, kodwa enye into ehlala ihoywa kukungakhuseleki kokutya. Ukungakhuseleki kokutya akusoloko kuthethwa ngako, ngakumbi kwishishini lokutya, kodwa kubonwa ngamaxabiso awothusayo eU.S.
Izigidi zeeponti zobisi kunye nemifuno zichithwa ngexesha lokuqhambuka kwe-coronavirus-Nasi isizathuUsenokuba ukhe waliva igama elithi 'intlango yokutya,' 'ufikelelo lokutya' okanye 'ukungakhuseleki kokutya' ngaphambili, ngakumbi mva nje ngokuba ukuxhomekeka kwiibhanki zokutya kwaye iishelufu zokutya ziyanda. Kodwa lithetha ukuthini ngokwenene? Yaye sinokuwuqonda njani unobangela osisiseko wokuza nesicombululo? Ndemba kuphando, ndathetha noJessica Jelinski, usekela mongameli wokufikelela ngokulinganayo Ukondla iMelika , kunye noTara Weaver-Missick ukusuka kwi USDA ukufunda ngakumbi malunga nokuba yintoni kwaye yintoni esinokuyenza ukunceda.
Yintoni Ukungakhuseleki kokutya kwaye ichaphazela bani?
Ukungakhuseleki kokutya kuchazwa njengokuba, 'Ubukho obunyiniweyo okanye obungaqinisekanga bokutya okwaneleyo okunesondlo kunye nokukhuselekileyo okanye ukunqongophala okanye ukungakwazi ukungaqiniseki kokufumana ukutya okwamkelekileyo ngeendlela ezamkelekileyo eluntwini.' Okanye njengoko uWeaver-Missick echaza, ‘Amakhaya angakhuselekanga ayenobunzima ngaxa lithile ebudeni bonyaka ekuboneleleni ngokutya okwaneleyo [kunye/okanye ukutya okusempilweni] kuwo onke amalungu awo ngenxa yokunqongophala kobuncwane.’
Ngokutsho kwe-USDA, ukungakhuseleki kokutya kulinganiswa ngamanqanaba amabini obunzima-ukhuseleko lokutya oluphantsi kunye nokhuseleko lokutya oluphantsi kakhulu. Amakhaya anokutya, kodwa akwanelanga ngokwesondlo ahlelwa njenganokhuseleko lokutya oluphantsi. Amanye amakhaya angenako ukutya okwaneleyo ukondla usapho kunye nokutya anako ukungonelanga ahlelwa njengokhuseleko lokutya olusezantsi kakhulu.
Ingxelo ye-USDA yamva nje Ukhuseleko Lokutya Kwasekhaya ukusuka ngo-2019 kwafumanisa ukuba i-11.1% yemizi yase-US yahlelwa 'njengengakhuselekanga ekutyeni,' ephantse ibe yinto enye kuzo zonke ezisithoba. Oku kwehle ukusuka kwi-14.9% ngo-2011, nto leyo ibiyincopho kwimbali yakutshanje ngenxa yokudodobala kwezoqoqosho. Nangona kunjalo, asothusi ukuva ukuba, kwiinyanga apho i-coronavirus yabetha kakhulu, amaxabiso okungabikho kokutya anyuka. I COVID Impact Survey ibonise ukuba kwiinyanga zika-Epreli noMeyi ka-2020, ngaphezulu kwe-20% yamakhaya axele ukuba anengxaki yokutya kwaye ama-25% athi anexhala lokuphelelwa kukutya. Ukungakhuseleki kokutya okuziswe yi-COVID-19 ngumzekelo ocacileyo wamanqanaba ahlukeneyo okungabikho kokutya kunye nokuba isiganeko sobomi esinye sinokukhawuleza sibe nempembelelo eyintlekele kwiintsapho.
Yintoni Ebangela Ukungakhuseleki Kokutya?
UJelinski uyacacisa, ‘[Ukungakhuseleki kokutya] akuyongxaki abantu abaziva bebodwa. Eminye imibandela ephathelele ubuhlwempu obusisiseko ibandakanyekile nayo. Iintsapho ezininzi zinyanzelekile ukuba zenze utshintshiselwano, kubandakanywa iindleko ezifana nezindlu, ukhathalelo lwempilo, imfundo nokunye. Ekuhambeni kwexesha, oku kunokuthintela amandla omntwana okufunda esikolweni yaye kunokukhokelela kwizigulo ezinganyangekiyo, njengesifo seswekile, isifo sentliziyo nezinye.’
Iintlango zokutya azibonakali ngobusuku, kwaye ukungakhuseleki kokutya akuyona ingxaki entsha e-US 'Ezinye zeendawo ezinamazinga aphezulu okungabikho kokutya ziindawo apho uninzi lokutya kwethu kukhula,' utsho uJelinski. Kwi Ukondla iMephu yaseMelika isifundo soMsantsa weSidlo , bafumene i-63% yamazwe ase-US ahlelwa 'njengasemaphandleni,' kodwa ezi zizwe zifumana i-87% yokungakhuseleki kokutya kwesizwe sethu. Ukongeza, kuninzi lwezi ngingqi, ubuncinci i-20% yabemi baxela ukuba behlala behlwempuzekile ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-30. Oku kunokuba yinkcazo enye yokuba kutheni uluntu lwemibala, ngokukodwa Abantu abamnyama nabaLatino , zichaphazeleka ngendlela engafanelekanga, ngenxa yemiqobo yenkqubo yemithombo yobutyebi abajongene nayo.
Abanye iingcali azikholelwa ukuba igama elithi 'ukungakhuseleki kokutya' ngokwalo libanzi ngokwaneleyo ukuquka eyona nto iqhubekayo. Kukho izinto ezininzi zokusingqongileyo, intlalo kunye nezoqoqosho ezidlala ekufikeleleni komntu ekutyeni. 'Ngokuqinisekileyo kukho ukutya okwaneleyo eMelika ukondla ilizwe lonke. Imiba ebangela ukungakhuseleki kokutya inzima kwaye inxulumene nokufikelela 'utsho uJelinski. 'Ngaphaya kofikelelo kwingeniso kunye nemithombo eyaneleyo, kukho imiqobo eyongezelelweyo efana nokwazisa [ngeenkqubo onokuthi ukufanelekele ukuzifumana], ukufikelela ngokwasemzimbeni [njengokuthuthwa ukuya ekutyeni kunye nemiqobo yeshedyuli], ibala [malunga neenkqubo zoncedo lokutya] kunye namava okuba kufuneka jonga inkqubo.'
Kwakhona, imiqobo yolwimi, ucalucalulo kunye nokuba izisombululo zifanelekile ngokwenkcubeko zizinto ezongezelelweyo ezinobunzima ekusebenzeni kwenkqubo kwabo iyilelwe ukubakhonza. Oku kubaluleke ngakumbi, kuthathelwa ingqalelo abantu abaninzi bajonga inkqubo okokuqala ngenxa yobhubhani we-coronavirus.
Nantsi indlela onokunceda ngayo
Ukufikelela ekutyeni yingxaki enkulu, kwaye luxanduva lomntu wonke. Singenza njani ke impembelelo entle kwiindawo esihlala kuzo nakwisizwe ngokubanzi?
Ukuvotela abantu abaxhasa ufikelelo lokutya
UJelinski uthi, 'Enye yezinto ezinamandla kakhulu esinokuzenza kukusebenzisa amazwi ethu ukukhuthaza imigaqo-nkqubo kunye neenkqubo ezivumela ukhuseleko lokutya okukhulu.' Iipolisi ezinxulumene nokutya zicacile, kodwa ezinye iipolisi, ezifana ukwakhiwa kweendlela neziseko ezingundoqo , ikwaphembelela ukufikelela kokutya, ngakumbi kwiindawo zasemaphandleni. Hlala unolwazi kwaye usebenzise ilungelo lakho lokuvota kunyulo lwasekhaya, lwelizwe nolwesizwe. Iinkqubo ezinde ezinesiseko sophando esiluqilima, njenge WIC kwaye UQHAWULE , zifumana ithuba elibalulekileyo ukuhlehla ngolawulo lwangoku . Yazi abameli bakho bakarhulumente kunye neeseneta, kuba ukukhetha abantu abenza izigqibo ohambelana nazo kubaluleke kakhulu ngoku kunangaphambili.
Zibandakanye noluntu lwakho
Ukujolisa kuluntu lwakho, zininzi iindlela ezibambekayo zokubandakanyeka kunye nokwenza umahluko. Njengoko kukhankanyiwe ngasentla, i-pantries yokutya igxininiswe yimfuno kwimozulu yethu yangoku. Nikela ngokutya okanye ngemali ukuba unako. Ukuba awukho, cinga ngokunikela ngexesha lakho ukuze ube livolontiya, njengoko uninzi lweebhanki zokutya kunye neepantries zokutya zixhomekeke kumavolontiya ngokusebenza kwabasebenzi. Kukho nemibutho ethile efana Ukondla iMelika , UKUPHILISA Ukutya koManyano kwaye i I-National Black Food and Justice Alliance owenza umsebenzi omangalisayo kwaye unokuxhamla kwinkxaso yakho.
Funda malunga nezibonelelo ezikhoyo
Ukuba wena okanye umntu omaziyo unobunzima bokufumana ukutya okwaneleyo, zininzi izixhobo ezifumanekayo . Ngaphandle kwendawo yokutya yasekhaya okanye ibhanki yokutya, iinkqubo ezifana WIC kwaye UQHAWULE zenzelwe ukongeza kumvuzo womntu kwaye zincede ukukhulula imali yokutya okunempilo. Kwiinyanga zasehlotyeni, amazwe amaninzi anezandiso zeSNAP ezibizwa ngokuba ' Ukuphinda kabini iiBucks zokutya. ' Eli linyathelo elihambelana nedola yakho ngedola xa uthenga kwiimarike zamafama afanelekileyo. Oku akuncedi nje abantu ukuba bafumane imveliso emnandi esandul' ukuvunwa, kodwa kukwanceda nokomeleza inkqubo yokutya yasekuhlaleni.
Okukwintsusa
Ukufikelela kokutya kuhlala kungahoywa e-US, kodwa kufanelekile ukuba siqwalaselwe. Njengoko singena kwindawo yokuguquka ngenxa yobhubhane wehlabathi, sikwimeko ekhethekileyo apho sinokujonga ukuba yintoni esebenzayo, engekhoyo kunye nendlela esinokuba yinxalenye yesisombululo. UJelinski wakubeka kakuhle oko ngokuthi, ‘Sinako ukuqhubeka sisondla abantu, kodwa kwangaxeshanye kufuneka silungise oonobangela [bokungakhuseleki kokutya].
