Question

Use the excerpt from Diet for a Changing Climate by Christy Mihaly and Sue Heavenrich to answer the question.
Which choice provides the best concluding statement for this introduction?(1 point)
Responses

I think it is important to eat locally, which I try to do on a weekly basis, because it reduces my carbon footprint and combats climate change.
I think it is important to eat locally, which I try to do on a weekly basis, because it reduces my carbon footprint and combats climate change.

Many experts say that the best way to reduce your carbon is by changing your lifestyle when it comes to food.
Many experts say that the best way to reduce your carbon is by changing your lifestyle when it comes to food.

Challenge yourself to join the locavore movement and eat only locally produced fruits and vegetables to reduce your carbon footprint.
Challenge yourself to join the locavore movement and eat only locally produced fruits and vegetables to reduce your carbon footprint.

The locavore movement encourages people to eat locally produced foods such as fruits and vegetables.
The locavore movement encourages people to eat locally produced foods such as fruits and vegetables.

Answer 1

"Challenge yourself to join the locavore movement and eat only locally produced fruits and vegetables to reduce your carbon footprint."

Reason: This option makes a clear, strong concluding statement — it ties back to the topic, states the main idea, and provides a direct call to action that naturally leads into the essay's body.