Food travels thousands of miles from producers to consumers. Some people think that it would be better for the environment and economy if people only ate the local food produced by farmers. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

Some people debate that locally produced

food

items should be solely relied upon to boost

local economy

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the local economy

of a region as well as to protect the environment as compared to

food

brought from far flung areas. Personally, I agree with

this

approach partially.

Although

the benefits to rely on indigenously produced items are many, but viable options to

fulfill

put in effect

fulfil

the needs of masses for some regions become limited by

this

approach. By opting

this

strategy, there will be cheaper

food

items available well as environmentally friendly. The farming-products grown in surplus are exported and as

such

their prices remain relatively high. Take mango farming in Pakistan, the country is the single largest producer of mango fruit, yet the prices are high as most of the yield is exported and

in addition

most of forest land is converted to agricultural units to accommodate high demands.

As a result

the natives do not enjoy

this

delicious fruit to their fill and they are experiencing

effects

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the effects

of climate change as well. Another reason consistent with

this

line of thinking to rely on indigenous farming is that people will enjoy healthy fruits and vegetables. People throughout the world have become accustomed to eating fruits and

vegetables which

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vegetables, which

are treated by

cold-storage process

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a cold - storage process

as shelf life of fresh products is merely hours. There was a documentary broadcasted on the Discovery

Channel which

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Channel, which

focused on the nutritional value of

storage

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storing

fruits and vegetables. It concluded backed with ample scientific research that the efficacy of these products

were severely affected

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was severely affected

by cold-storage.

Thus

, foods that

travels

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travel

through cold-

storage processing

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storage, processing

is not good for health. Some regions of the world are very

population

dense

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density

and these states rely heavily on others to meet the need of their people.

For example

, China has a huge

population

and it depends a lot on imports of

food

items to feed its

population

. The option to depend only on native farmers will result in famine for China.

Hence

, indigenous production in

this

case is not a viable and sane approach. All in all, the befits of

this

strategy are numerous which includes tackling climate change as well as availability of nutritious foods

.

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.

However

, practically

this

strategy cannot be adopted in

population

dense

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density

regions.