Food travels thousands of miles from farm to consumers. Some people believe we should buy food from the local farmer to protect the environment and support local businesses. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

We consume
food
which
had
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traveled more distance. Some individuals state that we should purchase
food
from local markets
inorder
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to protect the environment
as well as
to support the
neighborhood
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farmers
. I believe the advantages
such
as
,
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having access to fresh
food
and less pricy
food
outweigh the disadvantages
such
as the only
availability
of seasonal
food
and the
availability
of the seller. Consuming foods from a local market always
depend
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on the
availability
of the seller. Local
farmers
are not always present and
then
usually make their sales on weekends.
This
generates
such
difficulties
to
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the buyer as they can not buy the products whenever they need to.
Also
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another problem is that the regional markets only contain seasonal fruits and vegetables which are grown in the neighborhood. So the
consumer
doesnt
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doesn't
get
an
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access to
enjoy
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various types of foods.
For example
, apples and oranges do not grow in tropical countries like
Srilanka
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Sri Lanka
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. So unless they are imported, the people in
Srilanka
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wont
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be able to taste them.
However
, a major advantage is that the local markets almost always have fresh items.
Farmers
are keen on selling their freshly produced fruits, vegetables or meat in the market in order to gain more trust of the
consumer
and satisfy them with their service.
Moreover
, since these items meet the
consumer
directly, the cost
for
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travelling and taxes for those are not applicable,
thus
, they tend to cost much less.
For instance
, the price of fish meat is significantly low and
in
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high quality in coastal areas. In conclusion, as products travel way more distance to reach the
consumer
, it is believed that buying more from local
farmers
have
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many advantages
such
as having access to fresh and cheap priced
food
and they surpass the disadvantages
such
as the only
availability
of seasonal
food
and the limited presence of local
farmers
.
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