Another Blog Post

The article I have chosen to examine for this assignment is “Why eat Local” by Dominic Muren. The author is writing to people that are “increasingly concerned about the quality and cleanliness of the foods they eat.” Also to those that “want more control over what they put into their bodies.” The purpose of the author is to convince her audience of the benefits of eating locally. The author does this by describing the personal health, economic, and environmental benefits of doing so. Although the author might have been effective at giving quotes by seemingly important people or organizations, due to the overall lack of organization and depth, the article is inefficient at accomplishing its purpose.

I found the organization to be a bit hard to follow. I’m not even sure if there was a thesis statement. I guess there is but it doesn’t really outline what the article is going to be about. Not only is the article not structured well as a whole but, even within the paragraphs and even within each sentence. There is a very jerky flow to the article. There was also no conclusion to the article.

Not only did the article lack a conclusion but also the individual points seemed to lack conclusion. The author seemed to bring up some interesting points but didn’t bring them to their complete and logical conclusion. I feel like the points of the article could have been expounded upon. Overall, I was just left expecting more from the points.