Today much of the food people eat gets transported from farms that are thousands of miles away. Some people believe it would be better for the environment and the economy if people only consumed food produced by local farmers.Would the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

These days

food

travels many miles, as the farmer's export their

food

across the world to satisfy the consumer demand.

Although

some people think stopping

this

practise would benefit the economy and the environment, I believe the negative impacts would not justify

such

a change. We can benefit from stopping the import of

food

in two ways. In relation to the environment, transporting

food

involved the use of thousands of lorries and many flights, which contributes to pollution given all the emission

this

produces.

This

also

negatively affects the health of the people and leads to global warming.

In addition

, to

this

stopping

this

practise will mean that people will only buy local

food

, leading to a boost to the local economies as farmers will become more profitable as they sell more.

However

, there are downsides to

this

. A problem these days, many countries, particularly developing countries, rely on exports of their produce. Countries often have acres of land where production of export products takes place, which helps in providing income to the farmers, but

also

provides work for thousands of people working on farms.

Furthermore

, people these days have become dependent on ingredients from other countries and without it people can no longer cook their favourite recipes and many restaurants that depend on exports may go out of business. In conclusion, I believe that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Despite the fact that stopping the exports can have a positive impact on the environment, the negative economic impact on the farmers and the people whose lively hoods depends on export goods would be detrimental.