Today food travels thousands of miles from the farm to the consumers. Why is this? Is this a positive trend?

With the advance of technology and globalization, people nowadays are able to eat sorts of meat, vegetables and fruits imported from other

countries

all around the world.

Although

there are some drawbacks of

food

import

such

as costing a fortune and bringing threats to the local farmers, introducing

food

, I think, is a positive trend.

Due to

the rapid

development

of the way of transportation, it is possible for importing and exporting

food

. Water transportation can transport tons of foreign

food

while

air freight can quickly transport

food

to other

countries

in order to maintain its quality.

Also

, international trade becomes more frequent and the commitment of the trade agreement has promoted the reduction or exemption of tariffs, reducing the cost of importing goods and saving the complicated procedures of multiple audits as well. It is true that exhaust emissions and garbage lead to environmental contamination, exerting a threat to the environment. Another negative impact is that imported

food

usually has relatively better quality, so local farmers will not be able to compete with the international market, making them have less profit and may even stop farming.

However

, people can enjoy exotic foods which are relatively high quality and novel without travelling to other

countries

.

In addition

, it can promote agricultural

development

in exporting

countries

and

then

boost the economy. The

development

of agriculture will

also

create employment opportunities for exporting

countries

. In a word, more convenient transportation and the

development

of globalization make it easier to import

food

.

Although

there are some shortages of importing

such

as environmental pollution and harming local agriculture, importing

food

is generally a positive trend because it can diversify the

food

on our table and promote economic

development

.