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Food travels thousands of miles from farms to consumers. some people believe we should buy food from local farmer to protect the environment and support local businesses. do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

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Nowadays, exporting and importing food from abroad is very popular. While some believe that buying imported products is harmful for the environment and the local businesses, others think that it is beneficial for the economy. In my opinion, the consumption of local food will aid the environment and the economy of a nation,
however
 there will be some drawbacks.
Firstly
, stopping the transportation of goods from a country to another is the decrease rate of pollution caused during the process.
In other words
, enormous amount of fossil fuels is used while exporting from one country.
Therefore
, air pollution will automatically be less if people stop buying imported goods.
Secondly
, another evident on how buying from local farmers is advantageous is that products will be more affordable and suppliers will gain more profit. To put it differently, less competitors in the market will reduce several costs
such
 as marketing studies resulting in employing more people to help which will boost the economy.
For instance
, a research showed that comparing, to countries where people are encouraged to buy imported goods, countries that advertise local suppliers have a less employment rate.
On the other hand
, importing products from other countries provides the pupils a higher variety of goods. The climate changes from a place to another, resulting in several vegetables and fruits to non-existence of some type of food.
For example
, exotic fruits only grow in hot weathers where other fruits and veggies like apple and grapes need a cold climate.
Hence
, even though I believe that local suppliers should have preferences over international farmers, I
also
 think that imported merchandise is essential in a market for more options. In conclusion, While there are plus points of not transporting goods from one country to another regarding the environment and expanding the local market,
nevertheless
, it will cause for less variety of choices to customers.
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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • carbon footprint
  • local economy
  • self-sustainability
  • preservatives
  • food waste
  • biodiversity
  • ecosystems
  • monoculture
  • local produce
  • nutritional value
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