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Synthesis Essay: The Locavore Movement

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I picked up a sweet, fresh, bright red apple at the farmer's market. The tangy smell of the apple makes me hungry, knowing I’m getting the freshest and most nutritious apple. Though is it really any different from the apple grown 300 miles away? The locavores are people who decided to eat locally grown produce, this has become known as the locavore movement and is quickly becoming widespread among more people. But, is a locavore movement really needed? The fact is, there is no difference between local produce and produce that was grown hundreds of miles away. The locavore movement may not make a huge difference.
A main argument for eating locally grown produce is that, it has more nutrients than store bought food. Based on source A, the longer the produce has been stored the more the nutritional value goes down, “... the nutritional value … declines with time”(source A). Though, the longer the produce sits does not affect the nutritional value, this issue is just a red herring. Nutrition isn’t a factor that can be considered when people talk about the locavore movement, “ … at New York University, she waved away the nutrition issue as a red herring”(source B). The nutritional difference will be so small that it won’t make a difference no matter how someone looks at it, this …show more content…

Ordinarily, transport is said to be affecting the environment, but in reality the carbon footprint doesn’t make enough of an impact to make a difference, “ … transportation accounts for only 11% of food's carbon footprint.”(source C). Continually , the environment someone may live doesn’t provide lots of the produce they may need. If someone lives in Hawaii, they could get more fresh fruit than someone who lives in Alaska, as seen in source G. With this implication to keep in mind, at some point someone would need to go to the store to get some produce, it isn’t all offered and grown where they

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