Food travels thousands of miles from producers to customers. Some people think that it would be better for the environment and economy if people only ate the local food produced by farmers. Advantages and disadvantages.

While

the remarkable development of transportation has created a golden chance for

food

to be imported from every corner of the world to consumers, it is at times considered that locally produced

food

is more beneficial in terms of environmental friendliness and

economy

. In

this

essay, I am about to discuss both benefits and drawbacks of consuming local

food

. On the one hand, it is undeniable that the more local

food

is used, the better the environment and

economy

is

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. First of all, when local

food

becomes buyers' preference, farmers obtain more opportunities to market and sell their products. Within a community, the consumption of

food

produced by its inhabitants can encourage more production to meet the locals' demands.

Secondly

, if the dwellers solely purchased what was produced in their area,

food

would not have to be delivered a distance to reach its customers, which means less and less transport would be required.

Therefore

, a significant loss of fumes and smokes from vehicles could be expected.

On the other hand

, the consumption of local

food

only could prevent the

economy

from striking on a national scale. In fact, when

food

import is one of the major fields of many countries to earn a huge amount of money yearly. Not only the countries themselves but their companies and factories

also

make a big profit from the export of their products. If those nations stop their export of

food

, it will bring disastrous effects of the domestic recession.

For example

, Vietnam is well-known for its high-quality

coffee

beans which have been imported by many other countries around the world, namely the USA, China and France. If one day, Vietnam's

coffee

was consumed by Vietnamese people only,

this

could have disastrous effects on Vietnamese farmers. Of the limitation of the population, the amount of

coffee

drunk by Vietnamese dwellers only was

also

limited, which means the farmers were not able to sell as much

coffee

as they do now when they are exporting their work to many parts of the world.

As a consequence

, they would earn less profit and probably, some plantations had to axe their employees for the shortage of income. In conclusion, it is environmentally and economically good to consume local

food

.

However

,

such

a trend can negatively affect the

economy

as well.