Summary of “On Buying Local” by Katherine Spriggs Having the luxury of eating any fruit or vegetable at any time is amazing but it can come at a cost to our bodies and our environment. Buying local is a way we can counteract this because local farms are more sustainable and overall better for the environment. The United States play a huge part in global warming. But this is an international problem and many companies are putting billions of pounds of pesticides and chemicals into our water‚ air
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of food and the effect on its consumers and the community. Mass production of food and the effect on its consumers Abstract Where does the food we consume come from? We go to the grocery store and always know that the products we want will be there. Nothing runs out and we can pick up whatever we need. Meat‚ eggs‚ produce and even convenient frozen pre-made meals. But before we pick it up in the grocery store we never see how the food was
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Industrialized Food Production: A Dangerous Path When visiting the grocery store‚ shoppers are bombarded with pleasant photos of farmers in their fields. This idyllic agricultural way of life may have existed in the past‚ but today’s farms are much different. In our modern era‚ a revolution has taken place and food production has changed dramatically. The industrialized method of food production has created a dangerous and unsustainable system. Choosing locally sourced foods is beneficial to the
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o’clock news of SBS‚ cabbages that were harvested in Nam-Yang-Joo went directly to the local market without any middlemen’s intervention. It didn’t even take 2 hours for the newly harvested vegetables to arrive on the shelves. Also the price of these vegetables is 20% lower than others. By just looking at this we can see that local farming is very beneficial. But not only it is fresh and cheap‚ it supports the locals and reduces the environmental cost. First‚ it is beneficial for the consumers. Typical
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This essay aims to investigate about importing of food supplies and will specifically weigh the benefits and the drawbacks (on the Agricultural and the Economics perspectives). Firstly‚ it is important to understand what importing is. For the purpose of this essay‚ importing will be defined as acquiring food supplies from foreign countries or regions. It should be noted that importing is a decision that is made by a certain country to compensate for a lack of or shortage of a particular product
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Does Buying Local Organic Grown Foods Help the Environment? Buying locally grown organic foods helps us have a cleaner and healthier environment. Getting local organic foods rather than conventional foods reduces the carbon footprint that conventional foods bring about. This means that your food travels a lot less distance than other foods would. It has been said‚ that on average‚ a fresh food item travels about 1‚500 miles just to get to our plate. That is just one item; imagine how many miles
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Should we be importing food from abroad? With the demands of luxury in western society‚ international imports have been increasing in the UK. This is contributing greatly to global warming through greenhouse gas emissions: chemicals for fertilizing‚ planes‚ trains‚ ships and Lorries for transporting‚ etc. And with the world’s resources slowly running out‚ there is increasing conflict over the increased choice of foods we enjoy and how sustainable our agricultural system is. So what side are you going
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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
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many communities there are local produce stores‚ fruit stands‚ and more. There are many different brands of foods grown though out these stores. Especially in then United States there are many diverse cultures with different eating and dieting habits. All of these contrasting cultures contribute to and neglect locavorism nutritionally‚ socially‚ and economically. Locally grown food is nutritionally a greater fit for our bodies. Fruits and vegetables at local stores was usually picked
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Smart food choice makes better environment Consuming meat is a potential threat to the environment because the modern way of raising livestock is polluting the community. Today’s major animal agriculture involves breeding a large number of animals by confining them in small and narrow spaces so that the 6 billion people on the earth can be assured to have sufficient meat supply. However‚ it seems perfect animal agriculture project has brought out severe problems. In the article “Factory
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