The parties Democrats and Republicans, seem to take different standpoint of views towards the multinational enterprises and franchised shops versus the local shops and manufacturers. The multinational franchised enterprises such as McDonald and Walmart versus the local burger shops and bakeries. There are pros and cons. It is a matter of uniform and standardized products versus locally adjusted low food mileage products.
Mass productions can lower costs. Their qualities, tastes and forms are standardized and uniform throughout the nation and the world. They are manufactured anywhere around the globe. The factories tend to gather up in places where the wages are kept low as well as the currencies in such places like China. Probably you have noticed some franchised supermarkets sell foods without specifying where they are manufactured. Concentrated juice, powdered lemonade, cheese macaroni, fake cheese, sausages etc. The local production, on the other hand, can answer the needs in more specific flexible ways, and their the safety is guaranteed in terms of the use of pesticides and antibiotics, etc.
Apart from food safety concerns, locally manufactured foods have an advantage in their contribution to the local economy, which will directly add to employments locally. The farm tracking systems can tell you who are responsible for the vegetables and fruits. Another advantage of the locally manufactured products is what they mean to the environment. Lower food mileage means smaller carbon footprints, since they require less packaging and shipping and less preservatives.
Free trades, if based upon fair rules, can boost the economy and they reward efficiencies. Free trades must be based upon fair rules, however, such as the fair rates of currencies. When the currency rate is set by the government, as in China, its people would not get the salaries they deserve, and purchase goods from outside. The currency rate of yuan or renminbi, the Chinese currency at present, is reportedly undervalued by 20% to 40%. Along with the tariffs on imported products in China, weak yuan prevented from its people to purchase products from the United States, Japan, EU and other countries or regions.
The identities, can be another factor that attributed to those who favor local foods. Local foods, with brand names, can show the supports to the region and they give the feel of unity of the community. They most likely fit the climate and the air of the region: and the local foods can be found nowhere else. Finding something special about the region, is a process of recognition, to distinguish the region from the other. Making the distinction and showing the support of them, is an act of defining identities, both of the region and of yourself.
The debates on the advantages and disadvantages of the multinational enterprises and franchised shops versus the local shops and manufacturers, should not only be the political agenda that draws lines between the two parties. They involve our economies and employments and at the same time, our daily lives and identities would be affected. Seclusion, as in North Korea, is not the answer to the unemployment: unfair trades are not any convenient stimuli for the economy. The local brands, burger shops and bakeries near you, might mean much more than they look.
Mass productions can lower costs. Their qualities, tastes and forms are standardized and uniform throughout the nation and the world. They are manufactured anywhere around the globe. The factories tend to gather up in places where the wages are kept low as well as the currencies in such places like China. Probably you have noticed some franchised supermarkets sell foods without specifying where they are manufactured. Concentrated juice, powdered lemonade, cheese macaroni, fake cheese, sausages etc. The local production, on the other hand, can answer the needs in more specific flexible ways, and their the safety is guaranteed in terms of the use of pesticides and antibiotics, etc.
Apart from food safety concerns, locally manufactured foods have an advantage in their contribution to the local economy, which will directly add to employments locally. The farm tracking systems can tell you who are responsible for the vegetables and fruits. Another advantage of the locally manufactured products is what they mean to the environment. Lower food mileage means smaller carbon footprints, since they require less packaging and shipping and less preservatives.
Free trades, if based upon fair rules, can boost the economy and they reward efficiencies. Free trades must be based upon fair rules, however, such as the fair rates of currencies. When the currency rate is set by the government, as in China, its people would not get the salaries they deserve, and purchase goods from outside. The currency rate of yuan or renminbi, the Chinese currency at present, is reportedly undervalued by 20% to 40%. Along with the tariffs on imported products in China, weak yuan prevented from its people to purchase products from the United States, Japan, EU and other countries or regions.
The identities, can be another factor that attributed to those who favor local foods. Local foods, with brand names, can show the supports to the region and they give the feel of unity of the community. They most likely fit the climate and the air of the region: and the local foods can be found nowhere else. Finding something special about the region, is a process of recognition, to distinguish the region from the other. Making the distinction and showing the support of them, is an act of defining identities, both of the region and of yourself.
The debates on the advantages and disadvantages of the multinational enterprises and franchised shops versus the local shops and manufacturers, should not only be the political agenda that draws lines between the two parties. They involve our economies and employments and at the same time, our daily lives and identities would be affected. Seclusion, as in North Korea, is not the answer to the unemployment: unfair trades are not any convenient stimuli for the economy. The local brands, burger shops and bakeries near you, might mean much more than they look.