Mary Allen
He hua palaoa. Ma ʻAuseturia, ʻōlelo lākou ʻo Kukuruz. He melemele ka mānoanoa, akā hiki ke loaʻa nā kala ʻē aʻe ma muli o ke ʻano. Aia ma luna o nā ʻōpū nui a lōʻihi e ulu ana ma nā kumu mānoanoa me nā lau.
ʻO ka maiʻa mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Kapa ʻia ka mea kanu mai laila mai ʻo teosinte. Ma kahi o ka makahiki 1550, ua lawe nā ʻEulopa i kekahi o kēia mau mea kanu i ʻEulopa a mahi ʻia ma laila.
I loko o nā kenekulia, ua hānai ʻia ka kulina e like me kā mākou i ʻike ai i kēia lā: ʻoi aku ka nui a me ka nui o nā kernel ma mua o ka teosinte. No ka manawa lōʻihi, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole mahi ʻia ka maile ma ʻEulopa, a inā pēlā, a laila e hānai holoholona no ka lōʻihi o nā ʻōpala. Ua ulu ka nui o ke kulina mai ka waena o ke kenekulia 20. I kēia lā, ʻo ia ke kolu o ka palaoa maʻamau i ka honua.
He aha ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kulina?
ʻOiai i kēia lā, ua ulu nui ka kulina no ka hānai holoholona. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai. No keia ua hanaia. Ma laila mai ka cornflakes, no ka laʻana. ʻO "Corn" ka huaʻōlelo ʻAmelika no ke kulina.
Mai ka makahiki 2000, akā, ua makemake ʻia ke kulina no kekahi mea ʻē aʻe: hoʻokomo ʻia ke kulina i loko o kahi mea kanu biogas me ka ʻai o ka puaʻa a me ka pipi. Hiki i kekahi mau kaʻa ke holo ma ka biogas. A i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke puhi iā ia e hana i ka uila.