There is no iota of doubt that, Food plays a crucial role in ensuring a healthy life which is an utmost priority of every person. Food travels from farm to consumer after undergoing through various stages which in turn make it partly not suitable for eating because of this we need to ate only locally produced fresh and healthy food. The phenomenon is offering multifarious benefits to local people, environment and economy. However, a couple of problems due to the same. The following paragraphs would cast light on the pros and cons of food travelling.
To begin with the bright side, Firstly, when food needs to be transported across places, a plethora of packing materials is required in order to safely transport the products which in turn requires a lot of resources such as paper and plastic wrappers. For example, once the food is transported to the desired location all these packing materials are discarded in the environment leading to waste accumulation and landfills. This triggers a lot of environmental issues like pollution and resource depletion. But, if the local agricultural produce is preferred for consumption, similar issues can be avoided to a large extent.
On the flip side of the coin, there are a handful of nasty consequences as well Firstly, food travels by various modes of transportation, which in turn not only enhances the price of food but also result in creating pollution. For example, lots of trucks and cargoes travelling food cause air, water pollution and the cost of transportation added to food price, so the price is higher by reason.
To conclude, These days food has been transported for miles in order to cater to the demand. But if this demand can be satisfied by producing and consuming food locally, it would bring a lot of advantages to the environment and the economy of that country despite a few negligible drawbacks.
There is no iota of doubt that,
Food
plays a crucial role in ensuring a healthy life which is an utmost priority of every person.
Food
travels from farm to consumer after undergoing through various stages which in turn
make
it partly not suitable for eating
because of this
we need to ate
only
locally
produced fresh and healthy
food
. The phenomenon is offering multifarious benefits to local
people
, environment and economy.
However
, a couple of problems due to the same. The following paragraphs would cast light on the pros and cons of
food
travelling.
To
begin
with the bright side,
Firstly
, when
food
needs to
be transported
across places, a plethora of packing materials
is required
in order to
safely
transport the products which in turn requires a
lot
of resources such as paper and plastic wrappers.
For example
, once the
food
is transported
to the desired location all these packing materials
are discarded
in the environment leading to waste accumulation and landfills. This triggers a
lot
of environmental issues like pollution and resource depletion.
But
, if the local agricultural produce
is preferred
for consumption, similar issues can
be avoided
to a large extent.
On the flip side of the coin, there are a
handful
of nasty consequences
as well
Firstly
,
food
travels by various modes of transportation, which in turn not
only
enhances the price of
food
but
also
result in creating pollution.
For example
,
lots
of trucks and cargoes travelling
food
cause air, water pollution and the cost of transportation
added
to
food
price,
so
the price is higher by reason.
To conclude
, These
days
food
has
been transported
for miles in order to cater to the demand.
But
if this demand can
be satisfied
by producing and consuming
food
locally
, it would bring a
lot
of advantages to the environment and the economy of that country despite a few negligible drawbacks.