Many foods are shipped from far away. Some people think that eating local food is more environmentally and economically. Do you think the advantages outweigh its disadvantages?

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industry

has become an important matter in a country. Several foods are imported from other countries and some people believe that consuming local

food

is advantageous regarding the environment and financially. Even though there are two considerable perspectives, I believe

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of having foods commercialised outweigh

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.

To begin

with, hardly are the countries where is feasible to produce various nutritious

food

. Some places do not have

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fertile soil neither enough source of water. These aspects are highly important to have

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prosperous agriculture,

therefore

they must import some vegetables,

for instance

. More than that, commercialising certain commodities plays an important role in a country’s economy. In Brazil,

for instance

, a considerable amount of the nation’s annual income comes from several commodities which are shipped worldwide

such

as beans, orange and meat.

Consequently

,

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food

industry

is highly developed locally which may attract investment ad provide countless

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jobs.

On the other hand

, some disadvantages need to be considerable. Since an

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is imported, its price tends to be unaffordable by

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community and more money they need to spend to eat. Normally the government applies higher taxes to imported goods, which

also

contributes to the final price. The final consumer who is buying a product will pay for all costs.

Furthermore

, to achieve exportation requirements, the

industry

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soil exploitation, and it does not contribute to the local ecosystem. Unfortunately, goods shipping might be the most important country’s source of income,

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this

behaviour may give the soil unprecedented damage and perhaps, making it useless.

Hence

to conclude,

although

there are considerable disadvantages of

food

shipment and its massive

industry

, I believe that advantages overcome all negatives consequences and each country must seek

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of aliments to its population as well as an

industry

development that contributes to broad employment.