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Eating Locally
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Eating Locally
食用本地产品

Learn English with this Food English Lesson

Date: Oct 15 2012

Themes: Food

Grammar: Second Conditional

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Do you know where all the foods on your dinner plate came from? Do you think it would taste better if you did?

The local food movement is gaining popularity in the US right now. It is all about eating locally-grown fruits and vegetables, and buying meat and dairy products from locally-raised animals. People who believe in eating locally say that local foods are fresher, healthier, and better for the environment than foods that have to travel long distances to get to your plate. Hear Marni and Amy’s take on this new trend.

你知道餐盘上的所有食物都来自何处吗?你是否觉得它们比自己种植的果蔬味道好?

现在,本地食品运动在美国已蔚然成风。该运动提倡食用本地种植的水果和蔬菜,购买由本地养殖动物加工而成的肉类和乳制品。食用本地产品的支持者表示,与经过长距离运输后才被送上餐桌的食物相比,本地食品更加新鲜、健康且更环保。听听玛尼和艾米谈论她们开始接受这一新趋势。

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Marni

Marni

Devan

Devan

Marni:  Devan, I had the most amazing meal at a local restaurant. And you know what was so amazing about it?

Devan:  What’s that?

Marni:  Everything on the plate was local ingredients. That’s what they specialize in.

Devan:  Local? You mean, like, they grew them around here? Like a farm nearby?

Marni:  Yeah. Actually, outside the restaurant they have a little garden area, so a lot of the vegetables and herbs are grown there. And then all the meat they get sourced from only 30 miles away or something like that. So everything is within a 30-mile radius.

Devan:  So what’s the benefit of that? Is it more flavorful or nutritious?

Marni:  I think so. I think having homegrown ingredients you really taste a difference, because it’s picked more recently, prepared more recently…

Devan:  Was it all organic?

Marni:  Most of it was. And I just absolutely loved it. I would eat there again day after day.

Devan:  What did you order?

Marni:  I ordered an heirloom tomato salad, and it had a lot of fresh basil, and there was cheese from a goat farm that was about 20 miles away. And then I had a steak.

Devan:  That sounds pretty good. But I doubt it beats McDonald’s.

Marni:  Ah! We need to go there and you will see that eating local is the way to go.

 

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Discussion

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Marni just ate a great meal at a restaurant that only serves food made with local ingredients; everything they serve, from vegetables to meat, comes from, at most, 30 miles away.

Devan wonders what the big deal is: is local food more flavorful, or nutritious? Marni thinks it is. In fact, her salad and steak tasted so good that she could imagine eating there every day. Devan’s still not sure…could local food really be better than McDonald’s?

Do you know where the food you eat is grown? Do you care? Do you think that locally-grown food is more flavorful, or better for you—or do you prefer fast food?

 

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izac

izac

South Korea

From time to time, I don’t feel like to eat local food. And then I usualy


go to Mcdonal’s. but I already know it makes me not healthy~


Actually, i prefer locally-grown food. i believe buying local food is helping the


local farmers.

02:06 AM Oct 15 2012 |

Joy900

Joy900

Japan

Baset ; i think time in sana’a 4:00 am , is too late ! Just slow down when you are driving ! Baset : have a sweet dreams !

01:08 AM Oct 15 2012 |

The Last Joke

Yemen

Joy ;now  i’m off , i can’t work any more ! i have to go home to sleep ! see you later ! 

01:05 AM Oct 15 2012 |

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The Last Joke

Yemen

food


LETS US ENCOURAGE EATING LOCALLY FOR :


1-Building Food Security in a Hungry World


2- Building a strong local economies in our countries !

01:01 AM Oct 15 2012 |

Joy900

Joy900

Japan

Baset ; sooo great , Eating locally grown food is a great way to support your community farmer, the local economy and celebrate the flavors of fresh foods.


Local food feeds healthy local communities & builds strong local economies.Supporting local farmers, food producers & artisans ..


We must always  encourage eating locally !!!

12:57 AM Oct 15 2012 |

The Last Joke

Yemen

FOOD


Joy ; in fact there are so many reason in eating locally :


1. Local foods are fresher and their taste better :


Local farmers tend to use fewer chemicals than large factory farms. Fruits and vegetables have a longer time to ripen. The food will be fresher, often having been picked within 24 hours. This means the food will be more delicious and contain more nutritional value.


2-Buying local food keeps us in touch with the seasons. Local produce translates to eating foods when they are in season. This means you will be enjoying foods when they are the most abundant, at their nutritional peak, and the least expensive.


3- Supporting local providers supports responsible land development. When you buy local, you give those with local open space – farms and pastures – an economic reason to stay open and undeveloped.


4- Eating local protects us from harmful. locally farmed food is also better for your health.  Food with less distance to travel from farm to plate has less susceptibility to harmful contamination.


5-Local foods support your local economy .


6- Buying l Buying locally grown produce and food items reduces the pollution going into our atmosphere and it reduces fuel consumption. locally means less fuel burned to transport food, which means less pollution.


7- Local foods preserve green space and farmland :By buying foods grown and raised closer to where you live, you help maintain farmland and green space in your area .

Joy900

Joy900

Japan

Baset ; most of us realize that the way we eat affects our health. If we eat badly then we can expect that we may have poor health too. So MY Q is ; why you prefer to eat local foods ??Are there any reasons ??

12:46 AM Oct 15 2012 |

The Last Joke

Yemen

FOOD


 



I always like to visit the farmers market, where farmers sell a variety of locally grown foods directly to the public. Stock up on items such as fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, poultry and eggs.


I also like to pick my own fruits and vegetables at farms.


 

12:44 AM Oct 15 2012 |

Joy900

Joy900

Japan

Baset ; by the way :Do you like eating locally ?

12:38 AM Oct 15 2012 |

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Yemen

JOY , RIGHT !

12:36 AM Oct 15 2012 |

Joy900

Joy900

Japan

 


Baset ; It’s nice moral , I can understand it . As you said last time : It does not matter if ebaby is like the fridge , as long as we reach together to our Goals ( our main  purpose ) ; learning English ! right !

The Last Joke

Yemen

 Joy , the moral in this fable is : Me and YOU are In Ebaby  , our  main purpose in Ebaby is learning  ,  we are doing everything in our power to improve our English , I mean , our number one goal is to add new words everyday to our  packages  ; What  you learn in ebaby  i can’t learn ; but what i learn , you can’t learn , the needs of our learning in Ebaby  are lots  ,  and none of us,(  me and you ) , ever learn lots of things. But whatever  we can all learn a few words, so  with great love  and together we can learn lots of words in Ebaby .

Joy900

Joy900

Japan

Which kind of moral this fable teaches us ??

12:28 AM Oct 15 2012 |

The Last Joke

Yemen

It’s a fable ,  fable is a little story that isn’t true , it teaches us something . We can say , it has a moral meaning

12:26 AM Oct 15 2012 |

Joy900

Joy900

Japan

Baset , remove this of your T-shirt ,


You are not speechless without Joy ,


 just tell me what do you mean : 


flies is local food for frogs and woodpeckers 


the Q will rise is: 


Why a frog and a woodpecker don’t eat their local food together !

12:24 AM Oct 15 2012 |

The Last Joke

Yemen

Joy ; good morning !


 


joy

12:20 AM Oct 15 2012 |

Joy900

Joy900

Japan

 


 


 


Baset ; Good morning !


Baset ; What do you mean in this drawing ??


local

12:13 AM Oct 15 2012 |

The Last Joke

Yemen

food

12:10 AM Oct 15 2012 |

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