Local Food or Imported Food

Thanks to globalization, today, we are able to eat almost whatever we want. People now have knowledge of different cultures' eating habits through television and the internet. Three decades ago, we did not know such things called Gouda cheese or sushi in Turkey. Even if globalization is quite beneficial for human history most of the time, I have to concede that it may cause some environmental and financial drawbacks as well. For this reason, people need to consume the food that is produced in their own region. There are several reasons to encourage people to eat locally. First of all, imported food is a great economical burden to the governments since they pay extra high taxes in order to purchase those products. Instead of spending that much money on imported food, that budget can be utilized in a more efficient way such as promoting local farming. Moreover, importing products also leads to environmental pollution due to the transportation process. The more countries supply foreign food, the more air pollution, and environmental waste occur. The second reason why people should only eat locally is to be independent on an international basis. Governments should allocate funds for the farmers in order for them to manufacture their own products so that, they can increase the employment level. Besides this, they can sell the food at more affordable prices and would not have to rely on other countries' conditions that are laid down. In conclusion, we cannot eliminate importing completely since not everything is cultivable everywhere such as coffee, rice, or wheat. However, we should minimize it in order to save time and money and create new working areas.