Some people believe that countries should produce the food to feed their population themselves and import as little as possible. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Few generations ago almost all

food

that citizens of each

country

ate was produced themselves. These days more than 90

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of the

food

is imported. In my view,

this

is a negative phenomenon, while producing

o

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wn foodstuffs can improve people's health and an economy of the

country

.

Firstly

, sustenance is not only energy and satisfaction

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but

also

our health. Eating three meals a day we, unfortunately, do not have knowledge of where that

food

comes from and how farmed was. We all understand

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that foodstuff is often packed, repacked, refrigerated, sold, and resold many times over. Worse still, big agricultural and farming companies use chemical fertilizes and antibiotics being forced by the economic system into intensifying their production. I reckon, that

prodacts

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products

growing on local farms are always better, have more

flavor

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and nutritional values. Farmers, in their turns, are taking care of

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and,

for example

, using organic and traditional methods of growing, what is good for future crops and future generations.

Secondly

, importing impacts negatively on the economic condition of the

country

. In my opinion, states should build their own

food

system. The reason is that local business

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somebody, who is local, who spends money locally,

payes

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pays

taxes locally, and employs local people. Money,

therefore

, circulates within the

country

and increases the economy.

That is

why

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I wish, the shelves were laid by national goods. In conclusion, from my point of view, people should support indigenous farmers and small

food

businesses. I agree that countries should produce the

food

to feed their population themselves, because it may

has

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a positive impact on the health of citizens and

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conomy of the state as well.