Na’e fuofua fakaava ‘a e Karma Kitchen ‘i Berkeley ‘i he ‘aho 31 ‘o Ma’asi 2007, ‘e ha kau ngaue tokoni ‘e ni’ihi na’e ue’i kinautolu ke nau fakatupu ‘a e mahu’inga ‘o ha “’ikonomika me’a’ofa”. Kuo mafola ia he taimí ni ‘i he kolopé. ‘Oku fakalele ‘e he kau ngāue pole, ‘oku tunu mo ‘oatu ‘emau me‘akaí ‘i he ‘ofa, pea ‘oatu ia ki he fakaafé ko ha me‘a‘ofa mo‘oni. Ke fakakakato ʻa e siakale kakato ʻo e foakí mo poupouʻi ʻa e ʻahiʻahi ko ʻení, ʻoku fai ʻe he kau fakaafé ha ngaahi tokoni ʻi he laumālie ʻo e totongi-ki-muʻa kiate kinautolu ʻe hoko mai hili kinautolú. ʻI hono tauhi ʻo e seini ko ʻení, ʻoku tokoni ʻa e nima-homo ʻa e kau fakaafé mo e kau ngāue tokoní fakatouʻosi ke faʻu ha kahaʻu ʻoku ngaʻunu mei he fefakatauʻakí ki he falalá, mei he nofo mavahe ʻoku fakatefito ʻiate kitautolú ki he tukupā vahevahé, pea mei he manavasiʻi ki he siʻisiʻí ki he kātoangaʻi ʻo e lahi ʻo e meʻakaí.