Locavore: Oxford Word of the Year
The New Oxford American Dictionary has named locavore the 2007 Word of the Year. "Locavore" may be applied to people who choose to eat seasonal, locally grown foods, preferably within a 100-mile radius, instead of going to a supermarket to buy foods that have mostly been shipped from far away.
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In Penciltucky we locavore a lot. But sometimes we want strawberries in November and we get Driscoll's. Whenever I can I buy local. I go out of my way to go to the apple orchard, the U pick, the amish farm, the seasonal pumpkin grower. I believe in support your local grower. I live in a place where that is agrarian. I love that about here.
I think I am going to pretend it is an italian word.
JerzeeTomato at 5:09PM on 11/12/07
Many congrats to Jen Maiser, one of the four women who created the term "locavore" and also created the site dedicated to local eating, Eat Local Challenge. Thanks, Jen!
ExpatChef at 4:00PM on 11/13/07