Food travels thousands of miles from producers to consumers Some people think that it would be better for the environment and economy if people only ate the local food produced by farmers To what extent do you agree or disagree

Food is crucial for human life, and nowadays people consume food that has travelled great distances from their manufactures. Some people therefore, argue that it would be benefial for the environment and the economy, if individuals only consume food produced locally. To a large extent I agree with this view, the reasons for which will be enumerated in this essay.

On the one hand, environmental problems are a highly debated topic these days. Transporting food from one end of the world to the other end requires a huge amount of fossil fuels. This causes considerable damage to the environment. So if locally produced food are preferred by the people , there will be a massive reduction in the use of oil. Also when compared to their counterparts locally produced fruit and vegetables are free of preservatives because enough time is allowed for ripening. For example, researchers at the University of Delhi found out that majority of the fruits imported to India are ripened on the way using chemicals. So local foods can be beneficial to our health. Also, many people will get employment in this field leading to better economic prospects. small-holders will have a chance to expand globally and it will increase the overall economy of the nation.

On the other hand, In my opinion eating locally produced food is not a viable option because there is a limit to the kind of food that can be grown in a particular area. For instance, fruits like apples and peaches will only grow in colder climates, similarly some fruits and vegetables can only be grown in warmer climates. So if people eat only what is available inn their region, their choices will be limited.

In conclusion, eating locally produced food can be beneficial for the environment and to the health of the people, but in my opinion this is not a viable option because it will limit the choices people have.

Votes
Average: 7.3 (1 vote)

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, similarly, so, therefore, for example, for instance, in conclusion, kind of, in my opinion, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 7.85571142285 165% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 24.0651302605 87% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 41.998997996 90% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1568.0 1615.20841683 97% => OK
No of words: 320.0 315.596192385 101% => OK
Chars per words: 4.9 5.12529762239 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.22948505376 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70046563209 2.80592935109 96% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 176.041082164 95% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.525 0.561755894193 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 504.9 506.74238477 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 5.43587174349 37% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.2975951904 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.8333281458 49.4020404114 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.0 106.682146367 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0 20.7667163134 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.75 7.06120827912 110% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 8.67935871743 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.385580981958 0.244688304435 158% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.127037108353 0.084324248473 151% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.105343258909 0.0667982634062 158% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.264293927659 0.151304729494 175% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0875284419067 0.056905535591 154% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 13.0946893788 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 50.2224549098 102% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.3001002004 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.14 12.4159519038 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.77 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 84.0 78.4519038076 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 9.78957915832 87% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.1190380762 99% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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