Some food travels long distance from the producers to the consumers. Some people believe that it is better for the environment and economy if people only buy food produced by local farmers. Do you think the advantages of this idea would outweigh the disadvantages?

It is true that some

food

could take a long trip before they handed to consumers. Some people think the best way to purchase the

food

production

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produce

from local farmers due to environmental protection and

economy

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economic

growth,

however

, I completely disagree the benefit could override the downside of

this

scheme. There are

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(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many

several

reasons to lead people support

this

scheme.

Firstly

,

food

productions by shipping from outside areas may

cost environmental

Accept comma addition

cost, environmental

issue especially air pollution. Lots of vegetables,

for example

, could be transferred from

farm

to table by different vehicles due to location changing frequently

such

as

farm

to

retails

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retail

or retails

to

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at

home. It is dramatically reducing exhaust gas emission once consumers buy

food

from local farms directly. Another reason is purchasing locally grown

food

could fully lead smallholders become more profitable.

This

is because there is no mediator between farmers and purchaser, so that farmers could use more money to reinvest

farm

and provide better

food

to serve

local community

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the local community

local communities

a local community

.

However

, I disagree that locally buying

food

could cause some of farmers suffer from loss of profits.

This

is because locally buying

behavior

manner of acting or controlling yourself

behaviour

could appear anti-competitive in the local market, with local people start to buy from one

farm

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

form

only, the others could lead loss hugely as they don’t have

other

any of various alternatives; some other

another

channel to sell their product and

finally

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final

cost many wastes. If

food

production could sell through

online shop

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an online shop

the online shop

or deliver to city areas, the profit margin of farmers’ business could increase in a positive way which could resulted economy alive. In conclusion, I believe that buying

food

locally is not the only solution to support environmental conservation and

economy

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economic

improvement.