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?

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In todays
world
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of technology, it would not be wrong to say that
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has become one global village. Everything has become closer and with that,
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habits have
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changed. The advancement of shipping industry has made sure that anything can be sent from one part of
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to the other in a time span of 50-60 days maximum. Everything has become more closer, it's easier to travel from one place to another. With
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flow of information across the globe, people want to have access to things from the different parts of the
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. The things which were not available in their part of the
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during certain periods, now they have access to them by importing from other origins.
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, people are eating those
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items which they
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grow in their countries. Adding to that, there is no concept of seasonal
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items as people have access to them year round from various origins.
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, the effects of these changes has gradually
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the economy
. From my experience of working in the fresh produce business and being responsible for global trade of fresh produce, I can say that huge amount of costs
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is being paid
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to the impact on
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the environment
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. IMO 2020 is the step in the same direction to reduce these changes by making fuel more cleaner and by putting
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restrictions
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on the sulphur discharge in the oceans. But what
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has enabled is for the farmers across different countries who produces in excess to sell
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of them or themselves
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goods for pennies in their country to export and make a good living for themselves. In the end, I would
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say, although
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it is very
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to go back and consume only locally sourced
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items. But, we should
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try to do that as far as possible and minimize the impact
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • carbon emissions
  • carbon footprint
  • local economy
  • food security
  • supply chain disruptions
  • cultural heritage
  • farming practices
  • nutritional value
  • local food systems
  • imported goods
  • economies of scale
  • environmental benefits
  • transportation
  • community support
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