* spriggs main point was that buying local is better for the national economy and environment.
*its pretty clear to me what her thesis is, it's stated several times at the beginning of her sentences and Paragraphs. "Buying local helps" buying local benefits"
*reasons given are
• the cost of transportation also creates more burning of fossil fuels
•pesticides used
•local farms are usually poly culture and sustainable.
* evidence for Those:
•CNN article( u.s manufactures more than 1.5 billion pounds of chem. pesticides a yr)
•"strawberry fruit facts page"
•progressive policy institute " only 13 percent of Americans diet is imported"
* yes I believe the reasons are plausible she uses references
*she mentions a few counter arguments and does very well with them.
*she acknowledges Alex Avery that he has a good point but has a good rebuttal.
*i think she is very respectful of their arguments and does a good job of making sure we see the other side
*i feel sweeping generalization is what she is trying to Avoid. Unless some think "greener living" might be a new "fad"
*alex Avery she used as a counter argument,
She talks about a farmer her family used to rent land to, and shared his point of veiw
Uses a reference from "global warming statistics to talk about global warming
*i think she does a great job of giving us references that are reliable. But some would have to be taken by her own experience and knowledge of local farmers which is never as creditable as facts and statistics
*not all are current, she uses an article from 2000 and tells a stories from when she was. Girl
*i think she might assume most that Are reading this is Americans but not knowledgable about local farms
*not as much we as there is they. Or I feel it's more "everyone" as she sates in her last sentence
*we can decently see eye to eye on buying local. And i know it might suck but that might include having strawberries only in summer!
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