Today’s food travels thousands of miles before it reaches customers.

Why is this?

Is this a positive or negative trend?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Today’s food travels thousands of miles before it reaches customers.

Why is this?

Is this a positive or negative trend?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Some example paraphrases

Example 1

Much of the food available in the shops comes from distant farms, often from other countries.

Example 2

Much of the food we buy, either processed or fresh, has been grown or processed thousands of miles away.

Example 3

Unless food is purchased from a local farmer's market, most of the food we eat will have come from far away.

Dr Tim’s favourite

It is not unusual these days for food to travel very large distances, even thousands of miles, from the farm or factory to the local supermarket.