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Read the following passage:
"'Farm-to-fork' is a concept that is easy to promote but hard to practice. Eating mostly locally grown and natural food doesn’t sound like it should be a controversial idea. We all want to eat healthier, right? But it isn’t as easy to define ‘local’ or ‘healthy’ as you might expect.
"Advocates of farm-to-fork say that when people buy their groceries from small hometown growers, they help the local economy and protect the environment buy cutting down on the use of chemicals, genetically modified organisms, and long-distance shipping. Fresh-picked food is more nutritious and consumers will know exactly what they are buying and how it is grown, so they will make smarter food choices.
"Skeptics say many of these benefits are over-stated to flat out wrong, and at best farm-to-fork is an option for a privileged few. Fresh vegetables aren’t necessarily healthier than frozen or canned and are often more expensive. In most areas, local growers can’t supply the volume or variety of food needed so meat and produce must be trucked in anyway. There have already been numerous causes of fraud, when claims of food being local, organic, wild-caught, etc. have turned out to be false."
Choose the outline that best shows the main idea and major details of this reading.

I. Food controversies
A. fresh food is healthy
i. or is it?
B. local food causes less pollution
i. or does it?
C. local suppliers allow for oversight
i. or not?

I. Farm-to-fork movement
A. Benefits
i. boosts local economy
ii. environmentally friendly
iii. healthy eating
B. Drawbacks
i. expensive
ii. health advantages overblown
iii. insufficient supply
iv. widespread fraud

I. Farm-to-fork
A. Advocates
i. healthy but expensive
B. Skeptics
ii. less healthy but cheaper

I. Eating local
A. Farm-to-fork
B. Healthy
C. Better for economy
D. Better for environment

Answer 1

The second outline.

It clearly labels the passage’s main topic (the farm-to-fork movement) and lists the advocates’ claimed benefits (local economy, environment, health) and the skeptics’ major objections (cost, overstated health claims, limited supply, fraud), matching the passage’s main idea and details.