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- List and describe the food item, and include where it came from (check the label or Web site).
- Use this calculator to determine how far it has traveled to you. Answer the following questions (use the Internet and CTU library to form your opinions):
- How does the vast movement of food from one nation to another benefit or potentially harm developing nations? Are there benefits of importing food to developed or wealthy nations?
- There is an “eat local†initiative developing throughout the United States and Europe. What are the benefits to buying fresh, local foods? Are there drawbacks? Do you buy local?
- Can you live without the food item you chose? Is there a local substitute available?
- Knowing what you do of how global food trade affects the global market and the economies of individual countries, explain your position on buying this food item in the future.