Question

It is better to eat food which is produced locally by small farmers, rather than food produced by factory farming and transported long distances.

Answer 1

is a big dilemma to choose between locally produced food and factory farming, whereas factory farming which became more popular threatens not only the way we eat but also the way we live, our traditions, and what we consume.

Factory farming became a huge industry threatening diversity of food and local culture. Consuming locally produced food by small farmers, supports also local producing and enhances local economy. Since global farming companies are aiming for maximizing their profits, they try to integrate new methods in producing process which disturbs the traditional farming methods. Those methods are experiences gained and preserved by farmers in centuries which give the food its local taste.

As a second aspect of this, the variation of food is affected also in a biological manner, for example instead of eating locally produced tomato with a local seed, you eat a tomato which’s seed came from Israel or China which is more durable to diseases, cold or sun. This kills local seeds and in long run the fauna of local regions. All the farmed food became same taste, same shape, smells same.