Nowadays most foods which individuals consume come from farms that are located really far away. I believe that if the local people only consume their own products, it will be much better for the environment and economy. Using their own products only, will highly improve the country and have a beneficial impact. However, it may cause them to be moved away from worldwide developments, and also there are definitely some foods can’t be produced in every place.
First of all, eating locally produced food can create new job opportunities, such as farming and gardening which are easy to adopt and learn, especially for local residents. Therefore, this may impact the economy in a beneficial way with the number of decreasing unemployed people. Furthermore, it can also affect the environment. For instance, after local production increases, the small producers and small rural areas can maintain themselves, and the harmful gases that come from the transportation for these foods may reduce.
On the other hand, consuming only the foods that come from the local may make people to ignore global developments, particularly the technological ones. As an example, these days, people started to manufacture automatic systems for watering. It assists to water the plants periodically. Additionally, there are many foods that can’t grow in some places such as tropical fruits. There is no way to plant tropical fruits in cold climates which snows every time.
As a result, eating only the foods which are grown in the country, can help us to have a better economy and may influence our environment in a positive way with preserving the minor farmers and decreasing the gas usage in transportation, but there are also some disadvantages like being unaware of improvements in global. I tottally think the advantages are more crucial.