A locavore, someone who eats locally grown or produced products as much as possible, is becoming a point of controversy. The debate of whether or not the locavore movement would benefit society is something that scientists and environmentalists all over the world are talking about. Although eating food grown from afar has benefits, all people need to synthesize with the locavore movement because of its positive effects on the environment and consumers’ health.
To start, the locavore movement helps the environment. While many people buy food produced in another state or country, they don’t realize the long journey to get the food to their grocery store. When food is transported across states or countries, the trucks, planes, or trains in which transport the food is creating “environmental damage”(source A). Although there isn’t a massive …show more content…
Many farmers today use a farming technique called monocropping, which is where a farmer grows only one type of crop. Monocropping requires an abundance of pesticides and ultimately ruins the land although it may lead to a higher crop yield. A more beneficial way to farm is the locavore way: to “try small crops of various fruits and vegetables”(Source A). By growing a variety of crops, shifting the type of produce, changing the planting routine, the land will be diverse and the soil will stay healthy. Growing crops on a large scale can’t be done without an enhanced form of agriculture that will harm the environment in some way. With the locavore method, farmers can keep their land fresh without damaging the environment. If we shifted from monocropping to the locavore way, we “would bring back diversity to land that has been all but destroyed by chemical-intensive mono-cropping.”(Source F). We desperately need to avert our farm fields from the traditional, harmful method of agriculture in order to save our