The food travels thousands of miles from farm to consumer. Some people think that it would be better to our environment and economy if people only ate local produced food. To what extent do the advantages outweigh disadvantages?

With the increasing price of imported

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and carbon emissions caused by transportation, whether or not local residents should consume local

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of imported

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has become a widely debated topic. As soon as the public is concerned about our current environment and

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, the advantages are much more than the disadvantages.

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, some cities may require imported

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as the production of local

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is far from enough for the residents to consume. As an example, in Hong Kong, there have at least 700000 residents staying in

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big international city, and the trend keeps rising at the moment. Even though most architecture does not require much space for planting

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, it is known that small cities may lack space for the growth of

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,

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, a concentration on local production may lead to a crisis in hunger.

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, there are more merits than drawbacks in

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situation, as the community may experience a wide variety of localized

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under improved air

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and

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. There is no doubt that local

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may lose competitiveness when compared with imported commodities, due to the huge architectural growth and low prices in other countries. If the market is focused on local industry,

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will have less competition and they may lower the price of localized

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.

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, the public may experience a lower cost of

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, which

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allows revitalizing of the city's

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and helps improve their

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of life.

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,

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in cities may be fond of growing organic

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.

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, it is well known that Hong Kong

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are famed for using reusable fertilizers

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as left-over kitchen waste in the production of

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. Since citizens stop relying on imported

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, air

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can be improved as less petrol is used for overseas transportation.

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does not only protect the environment by using less harmful chemicals but

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increases the community's air

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. In general, the merits are huge in the aspects of

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and environment and they outweigh the drawbacks in

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situation.

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, the government should enforce laws prohibiting overseas

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and encourage the public to consume more localized

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