Food travels thousands of miles from producers to consumers. Some people think that it would be better for the environment and economy if people only ate the local food produced by farmers. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

In recent times,

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are moved over long distances from the manufacturers to the intended customers. Certain

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opin that it is satisfactory for the economy and environment if the masses only consume local

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. Personally, I strongly concur with that notion because the

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produced within the country are often fresh for one to eat.

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and foremost, the international market offers a variety of

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types for

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to buy ,unlike the local markets. To put

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in perspective, rather than depending on the same farm

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year in year out, accessing

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from the global market not only offers a variety of choices but

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different types of delicacies.

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, it is only the

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from foreign lands that can enable local

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to discover newer types of

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and derive health benefits from them.

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in itself is what moves

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to opt for

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foreign

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as opposed to the local

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from farmers.

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, I still believe

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route offers more grave consequences than not. On one hand, the major setback of consuming

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from the international market is that one risks being fed expired

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.

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, the Zambian government discovered a plot by a faraway company that sold expired foodstuffs which could have resulted in the occurrence of diseases and death.

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, it is because these

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are made to move over long distances that they go bad by the time they are reaching their destination.

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is something a nation can never experience if and when they only depend on the locally produced

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from local farmers. Because,unlike the imported

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, local

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are ready to eat within the same day of production

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reducing the risk of health problems. By way of conclusion, I strongly concur with the sentiment that local

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are better than those imported because unlike the latter,they are always readily available for use within a short period. Going forward, governments should restrict the number of

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allowed in a country in order to curb the problem of consuming expired

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.