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Model Answer
Today much of the food people eat gets transported from farms that are
thousands of miles away. Some people believe it would be better for the
environment and the economy if people only consumed food produced
by local farmers.
Would the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?
These days food often travels many miles as farmers export their food
around the world to satisfy consumer demand. Although some people think
stopping this practice would benefit the economy and the environment, I
believe that the negative impacts would not justify such a change.
The benefits of stopping the export of food are twofold. In relation to the
environment, transporting food involves the use of thousands of lorries and
many flights, which contributes to pollution given all the emissions this must
produce everyday. This negatively affects people’s health and also may be
leading to global warming. In addition to this, stopping the practice will
mean that people then only buy local food, leading to a boost to local
economies as farmers will become profitable as they sell more.
However, there are downsides to this. A problem is that these days many
countries, particularly developing countries, rely on exports of their produce.

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Countries often have acres and acres of plantations and crops that are only
sold to foreign markets, and this provides an income to the farmers but it
also provides work for thousands of local people around the world working
on farms. Furthermore, people these days have become dependent on
ingredients from other countries and without it people could no longer cook
or eat many of their favourite recipes and many restaurants that depend on
food exports may go out of business.
On balance, I therefore believe that the advantages do not outweigh the
disadvantages. Despite the fact that it may improve the environment, the
negative economic impacts on farmers who export and their employees and
the further impacts on food choices and restaurants would be too
detrimental.
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