Many supermarkets are selling more and more products that are imported from other countries instead of selling food that is locally sourced. What are the reasons for this? Is this a positive or negative development?

Foreign products have become more popular in recent years in comparison with local ones.
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issue is happening
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a specific reason, I believe it is a negative trend
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popularity among shops is mostly related to the farming
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of a country. In some areas
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cities in Iran,
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, rice and tea could be produced better
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in other areas
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as Abadan, in the south of Iran,
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would easily grow.
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would be caused by the climate and natural resources
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as water or the quality of soil in a region.
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, if global warming continues,
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diversity will be affected and fewer types of food
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be available, leading to malnutrition or
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worst, famine. It seems to me as a negative development because of its effects on economic prosperity and dependency. Lack of use of locally produced food may discourage farmers and people who are working in
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field, resulting in more unemployment and poverty. In
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case, governments have to spend money to compensate for
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issue
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of investing in infrastructure and education. Another drawback is that a country will become dependent on countries that produce the products it needs if supermarkets do not sell local foods.
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would lead to a vulnerability of sanctions or other threats. In conclusion, supermarkets mostly sell foreign foods because some of which are not produced
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they are popular among people, but in my opinion,
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trend would be economically and independency harmful.

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task
State your main view early in the first paragraph and give clear reasons. Link each idea to your claim.
task
Add a short counter idea and say why your view still holds.
coherence
Make the second paragraph a clear idea about one reason. Start with a topic sentence.
coherence
Use clear link words like 'first', 'also', 'but', 'so' to glue ideas.
strength
You show a clear view that foreign goods are not good for a nation.
strength
You use real place as example (Iran cities) to back points.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • imported
  • local
  • supermarkets
  • products
  • variety
  • trade
  • demand
  • availability
  • prices
  • consumer
  • fruits
  • vegetables
  • services
  • global
  • brands
  • choices
  • development
  • habits
  • benefits
  • cuisines
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