Argument Essay: Locally Grown Food

From past essays such as one from Camille Kingsolver, “Taking Local on the Road”, locally grown food has been the topic of conversation. Kingsolver lived on a farm and was a strong advocate of purchasing locally grown food. Perhaps there was bias due to her parents’ business and had ignored the counter-argument. Stephen Budiansky wrote the essay “Math Lesson for Locavores” in which he interjects a new perspective on the debate of locally grown food. His stance is that locally grown foods are not as environmentally friendly as popularly proposed. Although, he has a different take on the issue he doesn’t mention an alternative or a solution for the energy used for food. However, Budiansky mentions, “It’s forty-two steps from my back door to the
Although most of the authors that I have read thus far have a different stance on the environment it is safe to say that they all care about the environment. It may not be fair to halt the advancement of humans and backtrack over one hundred years. One could also make the argument that it is not fair to eliminate the future of generations to come for our current comfort. No answer will be fair and a generation(s) will have to pay for either decision. The only way to avoid such a detrimental choice is to invest more in alternative energy. It is especially relevant today when voting for the future president of the United States since this country uses a large portion of the world energy the decision could be detrimental to the future. There could be a president who loosens the EPA’s (environmental protection agency) regulations and creates further damage. On the other hand, there could be someone in office who invests in alternative energy and is stricter on energy regulations. Then someday it would not be an issue if someone decides to eat locally or not because it will not have the detrimental effects that it has