ON BUYIGN LOCAL SUMMARY
Maria Voss Voss 1
Mrs. Flowers
8 October 2013
Arguing A Position Paper
World Benefits When Buying Local
Global warming, pollution, and dwindling fossil fuels will always be the conservational problems if nobody starts to buy local grown foods. Katherine Spriggs, author of the essay, “On Buying Local,” explains how having a large variety of foods at all times of the year is not worth the negative effects in the communities and their economies (Spriggs 92). As a community, many environmental challenges are being faced; Buying local will help bring advantages to not only the environment, but also the small towns and the overall economy. From reducing environmental issues, reducing energy and oil use, to opening up new jobs in the communities, there are myriad of benefits that can come from a small change, like buying local produced products.
“Buying local” is such a useful and efficient way of living in order to better the entire world as a whole. Global warming, pollution, and dwindling fossil fuel resources create harmful wastes that are causing many problems in the atmosphere. Smaller farms would begin to have an advantage over larger farms across the country. The economically, efficient factors will start to increase. Spriggs clarifies that buying local can reverse the trend towards a positive farming outlook (Spriggs 94). The advantages of “buying local” outnumber the few downfalls by a landslide.
Voss 2
There will always be environmental issues that exist, but the small steps can be taken in order to reduce them. There is so much more to farming than just the crops that are produced. Taking a look at some of the negative effects of large farms, many of them can be reduced. Burning fossil fuels releases many dangerous green house gases, which is causing the global warming phenomenon. Spriggs elaborates in her essay that the
Mrs. Flowers
8 October 2013
Arguing A Position Paper
World Benefits When Buying Local
Global warming, pollution, and dwindling fossil fuels will always be the conservational problems if nobody starts to buy local grown foods. Katherine Spriggs, author of the essay, “On Buying Local,” explains how having a large variety of foods at all times of the year is not worth the negative effects in the communities and their economies (Spriggs 92). As a community, many environmental challenges are being faced; Buying local will help bring advantages to not only the environment, but also the small towns and the overall economy. From reducing environmental issues, reducing energy and oil use, to opening up new jobs in the communities, there are myriad of benefits that can come from a small change, like buying local produced products.
“Buying local” is such a useful and efficient way of living in order to better the entire world as a whole. Global warming, pollution, and dwindling fossil fuel resources create harmful wastes that are causing many problems in the atmosphere. Smaller farms would begin to have an advantage over larger farms across the country. The economically, efficient factors will start to increase. Spriggs clarifies that buying local can reverse the trend towards a positive farming outlook (Spriggs 94). The advantages of “buying local” outnumber the few downfalls by a landslide.
Voss 2
There will always be environmental issues that exist, but the small steps can be taken in order to reduce them. There is so much more to farming than just the crops that are produced. Taking a look at some of the negative effects of large farms, many of them can be reduced. Burning fossil fuels releases many dangerous green house gases, which is causing the global warming phenomenon. Spriggs elaborates in her essay that the
Cited: Spriggs, Katherine. “On Buying Local.” Everyone’s An Author. Ed. Angela Lunsford, et al. New York: W.W. Norton, 2013. 92-100. Print.