Ko ngā kai ka whakaputaina, ka hokona e te tangata, e te whānau, e te ahuwhenua, e te ahumāra, e te umanga, e wai ake rānei, engari kāore e kainga. Ka waiho noa kia pirau, ka tukuna rānei ki te pū wairākau, ki te ruapara rānei, ki reira pōpopo ai.
Food that is produced or purchased by a person or family, by the agriculture and horticulture industries, by companies, or other groups, but is not eaten. It is left instead to rot or is put into the compost heap or sent to landfill where it decay.
E whai ana te kura i tētahi kaupapa whakaiti i te moumou kai a ngā ākonga.
Ko te ahumahi whakaputa kai tētahi takenga nui o te tukuwaro e whakamahana nei i te ao, nō reira mā te whakaiti i te moumou kai e iti anō ai te tukuwaro a tēnei ahumahi.
Nāna i rangahau te nui o te moumou kai i ia wāhanga o te ara tukutuku kai.