Pertanyaan

The following text is for questions 31 to 34. People should change their lifestyles in order to support our local farmers. There are several ways we can do that. One of them is buying and consuming fresh local groceries asmuch as possible. It includes local vegetables, fruits, bread, etc. The fruits and vegetables that we buy from a farmer market are the freshest and tastiest ever. They are allowed ripen fully in the field and sold directly to us. A lotof food found in supermarkets are highly processed and grown using pesticides and genetic modification. Many of them are irradiated or gassed in transit which may bring negative effects on human health. However, local groceries are minimally processed and our farmers grow nutritious products using sustainable farming techniques. Buying local groceries can also protect ourenvironment. A few groceries are distributed by areas with large amount of fuel that contributes to pollution and creates garbage from the packaging. Local groceries don't need much transportation to get to the market, so they require less time and fuel to distribute. So, from now on we should consume fresh local groceries to support our local farmers because they contain less pesticides, are not genetically modified, and also help reduce pollution. " ... so they require less time and fuel to distribute." (Paragraph 4) The similar meaning of the underlined word is ____.