Characterized by Slow Food International as “good, clean, and fair food，” slow food must enrich the eaters' life，have no negative impact on human or environmental health，and compensatefairly for food producers' work.

　　The average American meal travels about 1,500 miles to its final destination, with producing of food traveling by plane from overseas and other items shipped across the country.

　　However，cost for food travel and heavy processing are not the only problems in the foodindustry that the environment faces. Industrial agriculture also has unsustainable practices likeinefficient water use and decreased biodiversity. Our ideas in feeding ourselves are exceptional,but at various points our technologies come into conflict with nature's ways of doing things. A great many of the health and environmental problems created by our food system owe to our attempts tooversimplify natures complexities, at both the growing and the eating ends of our food chain.

　　“Slowing” food, by purchasing locally and sustainably, allows consumers to reduce theimpact of “food miles” and develop a closer relationship with their food producers.“ We need tochange our food system，” said David Prior, organizer of Slow Food Nation Eat­In. “Our currentfood system is sick and we need to support farmers and agriculture to ensure that everyone has theright to nutritious food.”

　　1．The main idea of the passage can be summarized as________.

【四川省成都市2016届高考英语阅读理解二轮提升训练（16）（含解析）】相关文章：

★ 2016高考英语听力提升素材

★ 湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (72)

★ 2017高考四川省广安市英语阅读理解一轮系列训练：3（含解析）

★ 重庆市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮（精品）训练题（13）附答案

★ 四川省2016届高考英语一轮复习课时作业（30） Module 6 Animals in Danger 外研版必修5

★ 湖南省岳阳市2014高考英语一轮单项选择训练题（10）及答案

★ 【课堂新坐标】2017届高考英语（通用版）二轮复习书面表达专题训练：Ⅱ卷强化增分练 训练3（含解析）

★ （全国通用）2014届高考英语一轮单元复习 限时强化训练十一

★ 湖南省岳阳市2014高考英语一轮单项选择训练题（3）及答案

★ （安徽专用）2014届高考英语一轮复习方案 作业手册（23）模块8 《Unit 23 Conflict》（含解析） 北师大版必修1