Why Is Buying Air-freighted Foods Not Necessary?

Why Is Buying Air-freighted Foods Not Necessary?

Buying air-freighted foods is becoming much more popular in the recent decades. It is often believed that each and every kind of food has its country of origin, especially those foods with local specialty or very famous around the world. If you want to taste exotic foods with the best quality, you should go and buy those air-freighted which come from its original country. But personally I believe that it is not necessary to buy the air-freighted foods. Indeed, we have to commit that, it is a trend for all of us to buy imported goods so as to buy imported foods. With the air transportation system, the food are very quickly delivered and this ensures the freshness of perishable foods, especially those exotic fruits. However, in the long run, freighting foods by air is making the greenhouse gas emission produced with an increasing speed. It even causes the climate change faster to a bad result. On the one hand, when we transport goods by air, it will obviously increase the consumption of aviation fuel and result in more pollution and energy waste. This can come in the forms of air and noise pollution, which lead to higher carbon emissions and climate change. The reduction of carbon emissions and the protection of the environment are hot topics in the recent years. Recently, a British environmental groups pointed out that the climate impact of aircraft is very worrying. Aircraft engine emissions such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen and sulfur oxides, hydrocarbons and other small particles and other harmful substances. When these substances are emitted into the atmosphere, it will cause adverse effects on the climate. If the current rapid air traffic growth momentum is not controlled, aircraft emissions are very likely to become one of the major factors of the global warming in the future. On the other hand, there are many good reasons for us to buy locally grown foods, instead of buying air-freighted foods. The biggest advantage of locally grown foods is: fresh. Local food is fresher and tastes better than food shipped long distances from other states or countries, for example, the fresh milk product from the local milk brand named SANYUAN in the Your Goal Supermarket only has a shelf life for 4 days, and it is much fresher than all the other imported European milk and definitely without additives. Also, buying more locally grown foods can strengthen your local economy. Besides, the prices of the local foods are usually cheaper than those which are from the other places imported. What’s more and most importantly, buying local food can make a significant contribution to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions produced by the transporting vehicles and meanwhile save more packing materials, which is also exactly the biggest disadvantage of buying air-freighted foods. In conclusion, buying air-freighted foods is definitely not necessary. Please lend a helping hand on reducing your family’s air-freighted food consumption and on protecting the Mother Nature.