III. He aha nā mea ʻai
A. Ka wehewehe a me nā hiʻohiʻona o nā mea ʻai
Hiki ke hoʻopili i nā meaʻai. A pono e hahai kāna hana i nā kūlana maʻemaʻe a me nā koi palekana. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona o nā meaʻai meaʻai e like me kēia. ʻO ka mea mua, pono e hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mea maka a me ka mana kaʻina hana. A pono lākou e lilo i mea ʻawaʻawa a maikaʻi ʻole. ʻO ka lua, maikaʻi ka mīkini a me ka hoʻoili waiwai, kūpono no ka hana ʻana a me ka hana ʻana. ʻO ke kolu, hiki iā ia ke hoʻokō i ke ola papa a me nā koi palekana o ka meaʻai. ʻO ka ʻehā, loaʻa iā ia ke kūpaʻa kemika maikaʻi, kūpaʻa, a me ka glossiness.
B. Nā mea e pono ai no ka meaʻai
ʻO nā koi nui no nā meaʻai meaʻai e like me kēia. ʻO ka mea mua, ʻaʻohe mea ʻawaʻawa a maikaʻi ʻole. ʻAʻole e hana ka mea i nā mea ʻino a i ʻole e hōʻeha i ke olakino kanaka a me ke kaiapuni. ʻO ka lua, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka pōʻino. Pono ka mea e hoʻomau i ka paʻa, ʻaʻole e hoʻopili me ka meaʻai, a ʻaʻole e hoʻāla a pohō paha ka meaʻai. ʻO ke kolu, he kūpaʻa ia i nā wela kiʻekiʻe. Hiki i ka mea ke kū i ka hoʻomehana wela. ʻAʻole ia e decompose a hoʻokuʻu paha i nā mea ʻino. ʻO ka hā, ke olakino a me ka palekana. ʻO ka hana ʻana, mālama ʻana, hoʻopili, a me ka lawe ʻana i nā mea pono e hahai i nā kūlana maʻemaʻe a me ka palekana. A hiki iā ia ke mālama i kahi kūlana sterile i ka pilina me ka meaʻai. ʻO ka lima, ka mālama kānāwai. Pono nā mea hana e hahai i nā kānāwai a me nā lula pili.