Locavore Research Paper

Locavores Not as Good as You Think Locavores are people that eat local produce to get more nutrition and to help the environment, but how good can that really be for your health and the health of the environment First let's see if being a locavore is actually healthier. Growing food locally is more nutritious, however nutrition is not a problem for most people, according to Marion Nestle, a former chair of nutrition, “obviously fresher foods… are going to have more nutrients. But people are not nutrient-deprived.”(Source B) Although locavores are getting more nutrients it does not matter as a non-locavores is still getting enough nutrition to maintain a healthy lifestyle. being a locavore means eating from a locally grown products, but “ in the United States 80 percent of us live...hundreds of miles, often thousand of miles, from major centers of food production.”(Source F) Sometimes it is almost impossible to become a locavore as you cannot get locally grown foods because the community may not have local farms, but only supermarkets.. Although you can start your own garden, but your soil may not have
the nutrition for the plants to grow, especially in the winter when there is not a lot of sunlight and it gets too cold for the plants. Furthermore, being a locavore is not more beneficial to the environment “a truck with 2,000 apples over 2,000 miles would consume the same amount of fuel per apple as a local farmer who takes a pickup 50 miles to sell 50 apples.”(Source C) It consumes the same amount of fuel per apple but the trucker gets more done in less time.
The farmer would have to take multiple trips to achieve the same amount of apples sold as the trucker. The trucker is more efficient while using the same fuel as the local farmer. Being a locavore may seem more environmentally friendly ,but it is in fact the same as not being a locavore. Overall being a locavore has no big effects on your health or the health of the environment.It is also harder to be a locavore considering that most people live in the city closer to the supermarket and it can also hurt the economy of other
countries.