FOOD MILES

good for us, or maybe not

Meaning
Food miles represent the distance that
food travels from the farm or
production facility to our plate. This
distance can vary widely depending
on the type of food and its origin.
Below, we will see whether food miles
are good for us, our health and the
environment or not.
Advantages of food miles
Variety of products Greenhouse gases Supporting countries

We can eat food that is In winter, there are fewer Many countries have no
not grown in our types of fruits and sources of income other
area.This is how we vegetables in our area, than food exports. This is
expand the variety of our and because of this, many why we need to buy a
cuisines. people use greenhouses certain amount of food
for their production. that comes from such
Greenhouses create more countries, because that's
pollution than how we help them
transporting food, so it survive.
can be said that it is
better to import food
than to produce it in
greenhouses.
Disadvantages of food miles
Environmental impact
The transportation of food
over long distances often
involves the use of fossil
fuels, which contributes to
greenhouse gas emissions.
High food miles can
increase the carbon
footprint of a product.
Health Killing animals
Food that travels a long Transporting food by
way to our plates cannot ship releases fuel into the
be healthy. That's why water, which mainly
food miles are not good endangers the lives of
for our health at all. In animals, and animals
general, fruits and often die.
vegetables sent from
foreign countries are not
immediately ripe, but are
genetically modified by
injecting various
substances and thus
arrive on our market
ready for consumption.
Why we need to reduce food miles?

The advantages of producing and

buying local food are numerous.
Just some of them are: more space
for employment, we arrange our
land, expand the market, higher
income for the state, support our
farmers, reduce the possibility of
diseases...
Why do we import food, when we have
similar things here?

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