Many foods are shipped from far away. Some people think that eating local food is more environmentally and economically. Do you think the advantages outweigh its disadvantages?

Food

is an essential part of an individual's life. The question of whether local

food

is more beneficial than packaged

food

has sparked a huge debate. I completely believe that

home grown

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homegrown

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food

is more healthy and cheaper when

comapared

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compared

to packaged

food

.

This

essay will illustrate the pros of having local dishes.

Firstly

,

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food

contains large quantities of preservatives. These are added by the industries to improve the shelf life of their products , but these are very harmful

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our

body

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.

Additionally

, people who consume these items end up getting cancer and other

hamrful

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harmful

diseases.

For instance

, I had a friend of mine who consumed packaged foods

such

as

buiscuits

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biscuits

,chips,sweets etc. very frequently and after

few

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a few

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months he was diagnosed with jaundice.

This

completely shattered his health and hampered his day-to-day activities.

After

this

incident

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he decided to consume local

food

and avoid packaged

food

.

Secondly

, local foods are cheaper and are available in local shops quite easily.

Furthermore

, they are environmentally beneficial as they don't need to be

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transported

long distances , which

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in turn

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saves fossil fuels.

For example

, there is a supermarket in my city namely,Reliance and it

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sells

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exquisite fruits

that

is

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are

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only grown in Mexico. The fruits are very expensive

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since they are exported from a country which is

thousand

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a thousand

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miles away from us.

This

proves how transportation can add up to the cost of the

food

and

this

make

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makes

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is

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it

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less affordable.

On the other hand

, local dishes are cheaper and easily available.

Furthermore

, it benefits the local farmers and improves their economic situation.

To conclude

, local

food

is a better option when compared to packaged

food

. On the one

hand

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local

food

is healthy,

chemical

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chemical-free

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free

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and cheaper

on the other hand

packaged foods are unhealthy and expensive. After a thorough analysis , we can conclude that human beings should consume local items to save

their

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money and improve their health.