Locavore Essay (question 1)

          The Locavore Movement is becoming more popular nowadays and it promotes eating locally grown food or organically produced goods. As a result, it raised much controversy and diverse questions related to efficiency, nutrition and the economy. Locavores help the economy because of eating local foods and also themselves because of its freshness. Although organizing a locavore movement can consist of many difficult factors, the end result far outweighs the problems and it leads not only to a healthier environment but also a better economy.

            For the word ‘local’, there may be multiple definitions such as something local being “within a 100- mile radius” (Source B). It can also mean something that is just fresh and healthy. In any case, local foods are healthy and that is the best thing for the population. There are many benefits from eating local foods.

            When eating local foods, it comes from a close place where it has ripe naturally and has been shipped closely. Everything is a lot more natural because “the produce will be handled less” and locally grown fruit doesn’t have a to be ‘rugged’ or to stand up to the rigors of shipping” (source A). Many of the side benefits that can be looked upon as small but are big are that one can “eat foods when they are at their peak taste, are the most abundant and the least expensive” (source A). Also, they don’t only taste better but they also help the “open spaces- farms and pastures- an economic reason to stay open and undeveloped” (Source A), leading to a more natural environment.

             Eating locally not only provides a benefit only to a person’s nutritional value but also to the government, the money used and spent on foods, and farmers who plant the crops we eat. Studies have shown that the locavores “movement has been gradually reshaping the business of growing and supplying food to Americans. It accomplished something that no one believed would have been possible in a few years: a revival of small farms” (source E). The number of small farms increased 20% in the past six years to a number of 1.2 million. Therefore, going local has not only helped the neighboring community but worldwide. This movement would “provide much needed jobs at a local level and help to rebuild community” (source F). It “would also allow farmers to make a decent living while giving consumers access to healthy, fresh food at affordable prices” (source F). It’s the best of both worlds.

            Overall, the locavore movement can improve greatly and there is nothing to lose. The only factor in stopping it is laziness and the world can’t afford that. People look for solutions to find economic ways to support the community but this movement is the answer. It not only provides a fresher produce to people but it also would benefit the people financially because of the opening of new jobs.

Creativity Essay (question 3)

          One may think that being smart of having the most knowledge would lead him/ her to the best, successful future. However, in order to be truly successful and achieve great fame, one must be able to think outside the box and have inspirational ideas that have the potential to solve real life problems. Looking at all the great human achievers in the past, one can see that these ‘successful’ people- Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Rockefeller, etc- have gotten to that apex with a lot of creativity with original ideas. Therefore, in order to raise a community/ economy with great prosperity, there must be creative people who know how to effectively think outside the box. As a result, the creation of a creativity class is definitely useful and necessary for the sake of a better future.

          When one looks at the cliché great achievers, Bill Gates and Thomas Edison, one can agree that they were both very successful. However, it isn’t well know that Bill Gates dropped out of college to pursue his dreams and also the fact that Edison failed most of his science classes except for the subject he loved, science. Edison, as an imaginative thinker, examined the filament in a light bulb and reconstructed on that, which all other inventors overlooked and passed by.  His creativity led to a world changing invention where it is now one of the most used electronics. These two weren’t the brightest all around student but that isn’t what social needs. What this world does need is someone who is creative and has great ideas to further enhance the world.

          When one is ‘smart’ or ‘intelligent’, that implies that that person has a lot of knowledge about what they learned from teachers, lectures, textbooks, etc. It’s all from the past history of the world. Although it is great to know a lot of historical facts and dates, what the future of humanity needs is what really matters. One must acquire and connect different data from the past to make a better solution for the future. Simply knowing facts and blobs of information isn’t all that impressive for it is just a test of who can memorize the best. Therefore, inserting a class just for creativity is very beneficial for the society and many new things can emerge from it.

There could be rapid development in the world if there was a dedicated creativity class in every school. Think of all the people in the world who can have the chance to unleash their potential and show something that the world has never seen before! More students/ people would be aware of that and it is more than likely that something new would emerge. There is nothing to lose in the creation of a creativity class.