Locavores Research Paper

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Locavores
The newest “hipster” craze, could it actually be beneficial? As locavores aim to encourage the consumption of the freshest local produce available, they argue that not only would it be beneficial to their instagram feeds, but also to the environment and the local economy.
The American ideal of mass consumerism has generated a vast market that outputs infinite tons of food everyday to feed consumers. But when this extensive quantity of food is shipped out every day from numerous factories around the country, we create an environmental crisis. Because this immense amount of travel requires gallons on gallons of gas it creates “...environmental damage that overweighs the benefit of buying organic (Source C).” Aside from transportation