Synthesis Essay About Eating Locally

What's wrong with caring where your food comes from? If eating locally grown food has so many benefits then what's wrong with someone basing their daily life around it? Have you ever walked into a place that gave you goosebumps due to the site of wondrous arrays of freshly picked vegetables ? All the colors of the rainbow surrounding you in fruits? What seems like an infinite amount of dazzling, mouth watering smells filling your nose. Locavores experience this sensation every day they purchase their groceries. When you think about the concept of only buying foods that are locally grown you don't usually think about what eating locally can do for the community. However, it has been proven that eating locally is better for air quality and pollution compared to eating organically.(Source A) Of course when you think about locally grown foods, thoughts of bettering the environment aren't number one on your list. But what if “eating [locally protected you] from bio-terrorism?”(Source A) If your doubting this then take a minute to think about it. If the food you're buying traveled a smaller distance from a farm to your house then the odds of
Healthy living has “gradually [reshaped] the business of growing and supplying foods to Americans.” (Source E) The business of growing food around the world has been at a stand still and had not been expected to prevail for the past few years. However recently the actions of buying locally grown food has not only benefitted the customers buying these products but also the economy. Small farms have been declining at a rapid rate and since the locavore movement various small farms have increased their business in a magnificent way. With more farms to grow our foods we are able to feed many more people and bring a smile to their faces when they are given healthy and beneficial options in their