locavore
a person who prefers to eat locally-produced food
TRANSLATION
locavore = jemand, der sich von Produkten aus der Region ernährt --- GOOGLE INDEX locavore: approximately 700,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The survey found that part of the increase in deer hunting was driven by the LOCAVORE movement.
(New York Times)
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There are unique challenges for this LOCAVORE food distributor, because truly organic food is rare in Russia.
(The Guardian)
(New York Times)
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There are unique challenges for this LOCAVORE food distributor, because truly organic food is rare in Russia.
(The Guardian)
Did you
know?
locavore
noun
- a person whose diet consists only or principally of locally grown or produced food
(Oxford Dictionary)
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The term locavore, chosen by the Oxford Dictionary as its 2007 word of the year, was coined by a group of four women in San Francisco who proposed that local residents should try to eat only food grown or produced within a 100-mile radius.
The locavore movement encourages consumers to buy from farmers’ markets or even to grow or pick their own food, arguing that fresh, local products are more nutritious and taste better.
Locavores also avoid supermarket offerings as an environmentally friendly measure, since shipping food over long distances often requires more fuel for transportation.
The word locavore is modelled on "carnivore" (flesh or meat eater), which stems from the Latin carnivorus (carnis = flesh + vorare = to devour).
(partially adapted from the Oxford University Press blog)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You'll find more and more locavore consumers in rural areas."
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Thanks to Ron for suggesting today's word!
noun
- a person whose diet consists only or principally of locally grown or produced food
(Oxford Dictionary)
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The term locavore, chosen by the Oxford Dictionary as its 2007 word of the year, was coined by a group of four women in San Francisco who proposed that local residents should try to eat only food grown or produced within a 100-mile radius.
The locavore movement encourages consumers to buy from farmers’ markets or even to grow or pick their own food, arguing that fresh, local products are more nutritious and taste better.
Locavores also avoid supermarket offerings as an environmentally friendly measure, since shipping food over long distances often requires more fuel for transportation.
The word locavore is modelled on "carnivore" (flesh or meat eater), which stems from the Latin carnivorus (carnis = flesh + vorare = to devour).
(partially adapted from the Oxford University Press blog)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You'll find more and more locavore consumers in rural areas."
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Thanks to Ron for suggesting today's word!
