Today food travels from thousands of miles from the farm to the consumer. Some people say that it would be better for the economy & environment if people ate food produced from local farmers.
Would the advantages of this idea outweigh the disadvantages?
In recent years, food is seen being transported vast distances from where it is produced in order to reach its consumer. This gives rise to opposite views with some people believe that is would more beneficial for the economy and environment if locally produced food were favored. However, I reckon that these gains might be outweighed by the losses.
On one hand, there are compelling reasons why consuming local food is a promosing trend. Forefront among these is the economic benefits to those involved in local food production. In other words, as residents turn to locally available produce, a stable income is generated, consequentially enhancing the life quality of farmers and owners of food stores. Furthermore, environmental implications are also noteworthy. Should less food be transported over a long distance, a significant reduction in harmful emissions from vehicles such as trucks and lorries might follow, which lowers levels of air pollution.
On the other hand, prioritising regional produce can also have negative impacts. First and foremost, not only consumers in one region are deprived of the chance to enjoy unique flavors from other places but also places that rely on food production to survive will suffer. For instance, without non-local demand for pomegranate, Thanh Hoa would be still be a poor area as the soil of this region is only suitable for growing this particular fruit. What is more, growing food is simply not a practical option for some areas, especially industrial zones or densely populated urban centers. For the residents in these places, buying food from neighboring towns is not a luxury option but a survival need.
Taking into consideration both sets of arguments, I hold the view that shifting towards consuming only local food items yields has more issues than it does benefits.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 167, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... has more issues than it does benefits.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, furthermore, however, if, so, still, for instance, i reckon, such as, in other words, what is more, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 13.1623246493 144% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 10.4138276553 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 16.0 24.0651302605 66% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 41.998997996 79% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1545.0 1615.20841683 96% => OK
No of words: 295.0 315.596192385 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.23728813559 5.12529762239 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14434120667 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77236330165 2.80592935109 99% => OK
Unique words: 191.0 176.041082164 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.647457627119 0.561755894193 115% => OK
syllable_count: 484.2 506.74238477 96% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 5.43587174349 55% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.8882967339 49.4020404114 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 110.357142857 106.682146367 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.0714285714 20.7667163134 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.64285714286 7.06120827912 137% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => 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: 0.334413340796 0.244688304435 137% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.100146660701 0.084324248473 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0716251577743 0.0667982634062 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.192444218765 0.151304729494 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.109731708469 0.056905535591 193% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.8 13.0946893788 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 50.2224549098 100% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.11 12.4159519038 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.87 8.58950901804 115% => OK
difficult_words: 97.0 78.4519038076 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 9.78957915832 82% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.7795591182 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.