ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Milets ua kū i ka hoʻāʻo o ka manawa a ua ola ma mua o ka Indus Valley Civilization. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ma nā puke Yajurveda kahiko loa e like me priyan gava (foxtail millet), aanava (barnyard millet) a me shyaamaka (finger millet), ka mea ma mua o ka Bronze Age o 4500 BCE.
No ka ʻāpana meaʻai palaoa, ʻike ʻia no ka meaʻai kūloko e pili ana i kēlā ʻāina ʻāina. I nā lā ma mua, ma mua o ka Green Revolution, ʻo ka raiki a me ka palaoa ka mea nui i loaʻa. Ma muli o nā pono hana like ʻole, hiki i kekahi poʻe ma kekahi mau wahi ke loaʻa a loaʻa i kēia mea kanu. I ka wā mahiʻai, pono nā hua millet i kahi hoʻopukapuka liʻiliʻi o nā ʻanoʻano me ka nui o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana, a hiki iā lākou ke ulu maʻalahi ma ke ʻano he mea hānai ua, e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka mahiʻai.
Ma kēia ʻatikala, ʻO Dr Karthiyayini Mahadevan, ke poʻo, ke olakino a me ka maikaʻi ma Columbia Pacific Communities, kōkua iā mākou e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka hoʻohui ʻana i kēia mau meaʻai liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i kāu ʻai i kēlā me kēia lā ke kōkua i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa.
Ua lilo ia i mea ʻai kaulana i waena o nā hui liʻiliʻi i hana i ka hana koʻikoʻi a puni ka lā ma muli o kona waiwai ʻai. ʻO nā millet he mau huaʻai ikaika loa me ka waiwai nui o ka meaʻai, a ua lawe kēlā me kēia māhele ʻāina i kekahi mau millet no ka hoʻohana mau ʻana. Ma Inia, ʻo nā millets ka palaoa kaulana loa a hiki i 50 mau makahiki i hala.
ʻO nā millet nā hua liʻiliʻi e pono ai ka hoʻoikaika liʻiliʻi, nā pesticides, a me nā mea kanu e ulu ma nā ʻāina marginal.
Ua māhele ʻia lākou i ʻelua ʻano, nā millets nui a me nā millets liʻiliʻi, e like me ko lākou nui a me ko lākou wahi mahiʻai. Sorghum (jowar) a me ka momi millet (bajra) ua hoʻohana nui ʻia ma ka ʻāina ʻo India. ʻO ka māhele millet liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka manamana lima (ragi), millet huelo alopeke (kangni), little millet (kutki) etc.

Me nā mīkini e lawe ana i ka hapa nui o ka hana lima lima paʻakikī, ua hoʻololi ʻia ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana, a ua emi ka meaʻai a hiki i ka piʻi ʻana o ka heluna kanaka. Ua hoʻokō ka Green Revolution i ka ulu ʻana o ka noi ma o ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā hua o ka ʻohi me nā mea kanu a me nā kemika, e hāʻawi ana i ka meaʻai no nā ʻohana he nui. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hua raiki a me ka palaoa. Akā, ʻo kēia mau hoʻololi ʻana a me nā hoʻololi ʻana i ke ʻano o ke ʻano he nui nā pilikia olakino.
ʻO ka maʻi maʻi diabetes, kekahi o nā maʻi maʻamau, he maʻi ahulau e ulu nei a he hopohopo olakino koʻikoʻi e kaumaha nei i ka honua. Eia nō naʻe, he hanu hou ka millet e hoʻoponopono ai i kēia mau pilikia olakino.
ʻOiai ua loaʻa nā millets mai ka wā kahiko, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia lākou mai ka ʻai ʻana ma muli o ka loli ʻana o nā ʻano meaʻai a me ka honua holoʻokoʻa a ua nānā ʻia ʻo ia he ʻai na ke kanaka ʻilihune. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā maʻi o ka nohona ua hoʻomaopopo iā mākou i ka pono o kēia cereal.
Ua hoʻololi ʻo Millets i ka ʻoihana olakino. Loaʻa nā millet i nā antioxidants e like me quercetin, catechin, curcumin, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, e kōkua i ke kaua ʻana i nā radical manuahi. He nui nā pono o ka ʻai ʻana i ka millet, akā aia ka naʻauao i ka ʻai ʻana. ʻAʻole ia he pale akā he mea kūʻē inā hoʻohui ʻia nā kīʻaha a ʻai ʻia e like me ka multigrain. Pono ka ʻōnaehana metabolic o ko mākou kino e hoʻokaʻawale i kēlā me kēia kīʻaha a me kāna mau hopena kikoʻī. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana me hoʻokahi ʻano palaoa no ʻelua mahina ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā millet i nā papa ʻaina awakea ma nā kula. He ala maikaʻi ia e lawe ai i ka meaʻai kūpono i nā keiki ulu.
Me ka liʻiliʻi o ka lepo i waiho ʻia no ka irrigation a me ka nui o ka heluna kanaka, he mea ho'ōla ka millet a he hana mana no ka millennium hou. He kuleana koʻikoʻi kona maikaʻi o ka hoʻomau i ka mālama ʻana i ka makemake o ka meaʻai o ka ulu ʻana o ka heluna kanaka.