Energy With the development of the global economy the flow of international product between the countries intensified. When going to a typical supermarket and buying food, you are likely to buy more than 30% of the international products and in 5 years you are likely to buy over 40% of foods grown abroad (Piccinini, 120).
In the following essay I am going to speak about the research I have conducted with respect to the international foods originating in the third world countries. The first thing I found in the store was a kiwi, from New Zealand. Then, I noticed that bananas, I buy for the past 10 years come from Ecuador or Chili. Pineapples usually come from Venezuela. The natural coffee (not instant coffee) which one can buy in any shop across the state is the export of Brasil.
Oranges, mandarins and Clementines all come to us from the South America, too, despite the fact that California is also a great producer of oranges. Yet the Californian prices are higher than the South American. The chocolate we cant imagine our lives without, although is oftentimes produced in the USA, is made out of cacao beans that are grown in Africa (Marrewijk, 23).
I should also note that one can also find in the supermarkets some rice which is exported from China, Thailand, or Laos. When searching the Internet I found out that in my state of Georgia one grows wheat, barley, cereal, apples, let alone potatoes, tobacco and other crops of lesser importance. If we relied only on the crops produced in the state of Georgia, we would be deprived of the tasty bananas, kiwis, strawberries, avocados, pineapples, oranges, grapefruits, grapes, Clementines and coffee.
The Essay on The food industry
The food industry and how food is processed has changed dramatically over the past fifty plus years. The food industry is longer run by farmers. It is now operated more like an industry in a factory setting. Foods like chicken and beef are now produced in massive quantities from enormous assembly lines. The popularity of fast food brought the factory system into the food processing industry. ...
One should also note that 100% of the exotic fruits in the state of Georgia is imported and none is grown. The Georgians are, nonetheless, able to enjoy the local products, mentioned above, around the year, yet most of them are not fruits. The other US states are able to grow pretty much every crop that Americans need. In the south, one is able to crow bananas, grapes, and oranges. Hawaii can supply us with the pineapples, avocados and other exotic fruits. Yet, here the US has to make a cost-benefit analysis and decide whether or not it is cheaper to buy these fruits in the USA or abroad.
Much of the potatoes consumed in the USA are grown domestically. Virtually all wheat consumed, or sugar beats used to make sugar, are also grown domestically in the USA. Therefore, the trade between the American states is necessary to assure a greater choice for the American consumers as well as the hedge of risks that arise for sellers who rely only on one market in one state. The majority of fruits in the USA come from the third world countries of South America, Asia, Africa or Oceania (Marrewijk, 25).
The fruits are grown there under strict US supervision and it is why these countries can guarantee the products compliance with the US Food and Drug Administration standards. The salaries of the typical food-exporting countries range somewhere between $2-$5 per person per day (Piccinini, 122).
As a result of such extremely cheap labor that is prevalent in the South America and Africa it is possible and oftentimes even more reasonable to sail thousands of miles, load ships with bananas, pineapples, avocados, kiwis, coffee, and oranges, then sail back to the USA, unload the ships, and deliver the products to the warehouses and retail stores. The reason why the USA nowadays buys more and more of the food imported from the third world countries is because the US salaries/wages make the human labor needed to plant, take care, harvest, and pack each product, an extremely high expenditure for American producers.
As a result, it is cheaper to import the goods. In conclusion I would like to note that the globalization contributed to the removal of barriers for international trade between the majority of countries in the world. The first world countries find it extremely expensive and economically unjustified to grow food domestically and prefer to buy it from the third world countries that provide these product at very cheap prices because of inexpensive labor. The trade between the US states indeed makes it possible for the customer to enjoy domestically grown exotic fruit, yet the trend of importing food from the third world countries continues and is not likely to stop in the near future.
The Essay on Article Summary On World Food Crisis
In “The World Food Crisis: An Overview of the Causes and Consequences,” the UN examines the problem of the world’s food crisis. The world food crisis has been an issue for many centuries. In order for world leaders to make sure that the world has enough food, the problems must first be identified. Globally food prices have greatly increased to the point that they are reducing the world to a state ...
Bibliography:
Marrewijk, Charles, International Trade and the World Economy, Prentice Hall, 2002. Piccinini, Antonio, Agricultural Policies in Europe and the USA: Farmers Between Subsidies and the Market, Penguin books, 2002.
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