What's a Locavore?
Locavores are those who eat food raised & produced locally. "Locavore" was the New Oxford American Dictionary word of the year for 2007.
By eating locally, locavores hope to create a greater connection between themselves and their food sources, resist industrialized and processed foods, and support their local economy. The majority of locavores do not give themselves a strict radius from which to eat, but instead buy as much of their food as they can from farmers, growers, and sellers with whom they have a relationship or whose growing/production practices they want to support.
Many locavores give themselves several exceptions to their local diet. Commonly excluded items include coffee, chocolate, salt, and/or spices - although locavores tend to try and find local coffee roasters, chocolate producers,
and spice importers when they can.
sources: http://localfoods.about.com/od/localfoodsglossary/g/locavore.htm
http://www.mrcog-nm.gov/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=303&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=228
By eating locally, locavores hope to create a greater connection between themselves and their food sources, resist industrialized and processed foods, and support their local economy. The majority of locavores do not give themselves a strict radius from which to eat, but instead buy as much of their food as they can from farmers, growers, and sellers with whom they have a relationship or whose growing/production practices they want to support.
Many locavores give themselves several exceptions to their local diet. Commonly excluded items include coffee, chocolate, salt, and/or spices - although locavores tend to try and find local coffee roasters, chocolate producers,
and spice importers when they can.
sources: http://localfoods.about.com/od/localfoodsglossary/g/locavore.htm
http://www.mrcog-nm.gov/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=303&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=228
