Cons To Eat Local Food Rhetorical Analysis

The widespread knowledge that consumers are looking for clean, vine-ripened food that has not been transported from a long way away is sweeping the nation. This growing movement is robust for communities around the world, giving local farmers a crowd to perform for. The people that currently participate in this movement are called locavores. Locavores have the rule to buy food in a somewhat 100 mile radius. Using this technique, their food is cleaner, more fresh, and more luscious. This movement is definitely for the better of both the producer and consumer. Throughout the given sources, this idea is presented over and over again, reminding the audience that this is the better choice. In Source A, “Ten Reasons to Eat Local Food” it does what

Source C, the online article from Forbes by James E., explains the logic of locavores. The author gives them little credibility, whilst he backs up his point with effective research. For example, he states, “Take lamb. A 2006 academic study (funded by the New Zealand government) discovered that it made more environmental sense for a Londoner to buy lamb shipped from New Zealand than to buy lamb raised in the U.K.” His reasoning may seem illogical, but he then backs it up, explaining that the farms in New Zealand have a smaller carbon footprint, and that food is healthier, even if it is transported. James also says that “food miles” are irrelevant, and does not harm the food in the slightest bit. The author’s next point is that the long-distance farms may need the profit more than local farmers. In the web-article, it states, “...it also hurts farmers in other parts of the world. The U.K. buys most of its green beans from Kenya. While it’s true that the beans almost always arrive in airplanes—the form of transportation that consumes the most energy—it’s also true that a campaign to shame English consumers with small airplane stickers affixed to flown-in produce threatens the livelihood of 1.5 million sub-Saharan farmers.” This author’s facts and opinions seem to be well-credited, moving to the final question, which is