These days, food travels long distances before reaching consumers, and it is therefore believed that consuming locally grown food would bring about a number of economic and environmental benefits. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages ?

A balanced diet is of paramount importance for every individual to live a healthy lifestyle. ,
Unfortunately
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food
nowadays is transported from far areas due to lack of homegrown
food
.some people believe that cultivation in local farms is eco-friendly and has a variety of financial merits.
this
essay will describe the positive sides of natively grown
food
and will elaborate upon the side effects of imported
food
items. On the one hand, growing our own
food
in a home garden or on local farms possesses several advantages both economically and environmentally.
To begin
with,
firstly
, locally sowed crops are more economical.
in other words
plantation of vegetables and fruits on a regional basis tends to be less expensive as compared to the one imported and
thus
saves a significant amount of capital due to avoiding transportation charges .
Secondly
, to most of the
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population the freshness of items matters a lot and they prefer to produce their own
food
locally which is fresh and healthy.
Finally
, using our own soil to produce edibles has a very positive impact on the environment. it keeps the climate clean, and pleasant and decreases the greenhouse effect.
this
in turn leads to the fall in natural disasters
such
as heavy rain and floods.
Moreover
, it
also
makes the country self-sufficient in its
food
requirements and can even export
this
item to earn money.
On the other hand
, the cultivation of local
food
has a few demerits,
therefore
, extra time is required to take care of the production. The manpower required to fulfil
this
task is another side effect. To add on, the plantation of crops
also
results in the attraction of insects and bugs to the area which leads to different diseases like malaria etc.
Finally
, land requirements add more to the negative sides, for a lot of extra space is needed for locally grown
food
. to illustrate
this
, heavily populated areas can not afford to grow their own
food
due to the shortage of extra land. In conclusion, edible items can be imported from outside.
nevertheless
, in my ,opinion growing own
food
on a local basis is far more beneficial to the population.
This
seems to sound financial, eco-friendly and healthy as well.
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