Food travels thousands of miles from farm to consumers. Some people believe we should buy food from the local farmers to protect environment and support local businesses. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

With the advent of technology, it has been recorded that, basic needs like foods and clothes are transported from one part of the world to the other. Some scholars hold the belief that

instead

of

this

long route

transportation

it is better to buy

food

products from local farmers as it assists in protecting the environment and helps to flourish to local business, while other groups beg to differ. In my opinion, disadvantages of

transportation

of

food

,

instead

of buying from local markets, easily outweighs the advantages. Different parts of the world are uniquely blessed in terms of geography.

Thus

,

food

that grows in Australia might not be available in Canada. When the option of

transportation

of

food

is available, people from any nook of the globe can enjoy the delicacies of other cronies.

Furthermore

, kids will

also

have idea about all kinds of

food

available in the world,

thus

, their knowledge will not only be limited in the book’s pictures.

Nonetheless

, long route transport of

food

requires extra logistic cost, which eventually adds up to the unit price of

food

.

In addition

, when foods are bought from local market

transportation

of the same does not come into picture which not only save

transportation

or breakage cost, but

also

eventually protect the environment, as fumes from vehicles is not emitted.

Furthermore

, when these items are bought from local shops, it increases the economy of that particular region. The rate of increase in employment

also

comes into play as local business of

food

supply needs manpower to grow, maintain and sell

food

to consumers. All in all, the disadvantages when

food

, travel miles to reach end consumers completely outweighs the advantages as buying

food

from locally available sources will enhance the sustainability of the environment and boost the regional economy by providing employment opportunities to locals and the exchange of money within the region.