pg. 100, #1-4

1. I can tell that the topic really does matter to Katherine Spriggs and she has convinced me that it does matter, she has said that with how much gas emissions is going on in the world if it keeps going like this then in 2030, there will be no glaciers left in the Glacier Park. The ways that she establishes the importance is by using facts and statistics and also by using sensitive material like how we could have no glaciers left in 15 years.
2. The counterarguments that Spriggs uses in her writing is bringing points that other people say. She argues that other people say that buying local can have a negative environmental effects and she believes that their arguments about that they add important qualifiers to supporting small local farms. She believes that buying local should really be focused on buying as much as possible from the local farmers. She also counter argues that critics have said that negative effects but Spriggs believes it comes with positive also, she says by selective shopping, the people of the U.S. could demonstrate to the world a new commitment to environmentalism.
3. One of the last parts of Spriggs’ essay I think works effectively on her position. She states what other people say about how buying locally is more expensive but the only thing that makes it a little more expensive is labor costs because it is way cheaper to pay for workers in third world countries and the fruits and veggies grown in our own state are better than having them shipped. She has her own position of it still being better to buy locally even though it is a tad bit more expensive, she has background information about it, and how local farms hire local workers and bring profits to small rural communities instead of immigrant laborers or having the food from third world countries.
4. The photos in her essay help you experience what it really looks like to see both views of buying locally and not buying locally, it helps you take your own position.