On Buying local by Katherine Spriggs
1. Spriggs makes her topic clear that matters by bringing up relevant issues that can effect the entire world environmentally. By making this clear point, the reader is able to directly connect with this argument and understand how they may be effected by issues such as global warming, exceeding amounts of fossil fuels and pollution. To support her statements she backs them with statistics from relevant sources and cites them accordingly. An example of this is when she states; “According to a CNN article published in 2000, the United States manufactures more than 1.5 billion pounds of pesticides each year that can pollute water, soil and air.” In saying this, she relates to modern society’s “go green” movement, creating even more context for me to relate to and care about."
2. The way Spriggs addresses the counterarguments of her position consists of her positively acknowledging the argument and coming up with a strong rebuttal. For example; she talked about how some people point out the fact that it is not possible to grow every kind of food in all areas of the world and can be detrimental to the environment rather than just importing foods. She then rebuttals by saying we should; "focus on buying as much as possible from nearby farmers."
3. An especially effective part of her essay is on page 92 in the second paragraph where she boldly states that "Americans could set an example for global environmentalism" simply by eating local and supporting farmers in your area rather than supporting mass production plants that are detrimental to the environment.
4. The images contributes to her argument as they display the vast differences between local farming and importing.
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