Question

Think about the advantages and disadvantages of shipping foods across the United States. Then write responses to the following questions:

What advantages do you experience from foods being shipped to your location from another location in the United States?

If you’re not sure where your food comes from, look at any food packaging you have access to see whether you can determine where the food was produced. Determining where fruits and vegetables come from can be more difficult, but often stickers on fruit will show the country of origin. If you’re still not sure where your food comes from, you can search online.

Using your knowledge from the article as a place to start, what are the disadvantages associated with consuming foods that are shipped to your location? Can you think of disadvantages that are not discussed in the article?

What do you think should be done to address the disadvantages of shipping foods across the United States? Use information from the article, and your own ideas, to inform your answer.