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A 10 page consideration of the benefits verses the risks of importing food. This paper emphasizes the importance of maintaining the capability of localized food production and outlines how small and large farmers alike are approaching this task. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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of agricultural products are now outstripping exports of similar products. While there are obvious advantages of having imported produce that either cannot be produced here or that cannot be
produced in a particular season, there is also the potential of adverse impacts to our economy and, indeed, to our culture. The US, after all, has long been a
self-sufficient nation. Over the last decade, however, we have grown progressively more dependent on imported agricultural products. Johnson (2009) reports that in the years subsequent to the 1990s
the imports that we have allowed into the country have increased "an average of 7% each year, whereas exports grew an average rate of 4% during the same period,
measured in terms of trade value. The gap between imports and exports has widened, rising from a $0.5 billion to a $7.4 billion deficit between 1990 and 2007." This
has potentially disastrous consequences not just for our economy but for our society as a whole. In recognition of the dangers presented by
imports to their way of life, many small time food producers are joining together into coops or other organizations to promote and sell their products locally. Sometimes the results
are quite impressive. Consider, for example, the small family-owned farm. The farmers in the Amish communities, in particular, are interesting examples because of the numerous problems in profiting
from their agricultural ventures. These farmers are limited in how far they can transport their goods on their own yet they produce considerably more than can be consumed by
their own small communities. All around the nation Amish have banded together with those outside the Amish community to establish produce
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