The food travels thousands of miles from farm to consumer. Some people think it would be better to our environment and economy if people only ate local produced food. What extent do the advantages outweigh disadvantages?

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from other countries requires a long distance to reach the customer. It is believed by a few sections of the society that individuals should only eat locally-produced

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because of the betterment of the atmosphere as well as the

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of the nation.

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some negatives of

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a trend can be seen, they are, in my view, eclipsed by the considerable positives. Both pros and cons will be discussed

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. Beginning with the benefits with regards to the

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, locally-cultivated

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is economically cheaper in comparison with imported

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because it does not entail transportation cost and any foreign taxes;

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, it can become immense advantages to generate a holistic

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of the nation.

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, production of

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cannot be completed without innumerable farmers, so that the chances of job opportunities would enhance be significantly for indigenous dwellers, and can play an instrumental role to boost the

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.

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, domestically-produced

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not only benefit economically, but

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environmentally too.

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, transporting

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from one to another country requires several vehicles, namely trucks, trains and many more, which emit exhaust fumes into the atmosphere, and can lead to air pollution severely, and

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may be leading to global warming. For that reason, if people adapt to indigenous

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, the level of pollution would be maintained.

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, despite its many pros, a few disadvantages cannot be denied. One downside is indigenous dwellers cannot get varieties of

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. To exemplify

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, about a decade ago, we can hardly see Kiwi, which is New Zealand's

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, but nowadays they are available in the market due to import and export.

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, if foreign

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is banned, the masses cannot experience

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. Another one is, small farmers cannot get the possibility to expand their

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business internationally, and

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, it would affect the overall profit of the nation. To recapitulate,

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dwellers can get diversity in

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by importing from overseas countries, locally grown

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is extremely beneficial both profitably as well as environmentally.

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, the negative effect of

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is definitely overshadowed by the positives.