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  1. n. One who tries to eat only locally grown foods.

Etymologies

  1. From loca- by analogy with local, location, locomotive, locus, and so on, and -vore by analogy with carnivore, herbivore, and so on. Coined by Jen Maiser, Jessica Prentice, Sage Van Wing, and DeDe Sampson, co-founders of the “Locavores” Web site. (Wiktionary)

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  • iseff A locavore is someone who attempts to eat all or mostly locally grown food. Jul 4, 2009

  • BrainyBabe I have heard proxitarian, on a par with vegetarian (a human who exercises choice over what to eat) rather than with carnivore (an animal which doesn't). Dec 25, 2008

  • bilby Interesting concept, I might try it for a week just to see how batty it makes me and so that I appreciate pappadums all the more.

    What would be the antonym? Globivore - those of us devouring the world's resources by eating products from all over it? Nov 22, 2007

  • reesetee Ha! That always makes me think of those who are "without child"--as though they somehow deliberately lost them along the way.

    Much as I'd love to be a locavore, I love coffee and chocolate and...well, other stuff...too much. At least I buy fair-trade, shade-grown, organic coffee (a mouthful in itself). Think that helps?

    Sionnach: I agree. This is not a likeable word. Nov 13, 2007

  • kad Nope, I'm a kiwi-eating, darjeeling-swilling eater of world foods. To me, coffee is the #1 reason not to be a locavore, with greek olives a close second. But because I am with child* I have given it up for the time being.

    *Actually had a doctor refer to me as such. I nearly peed my pants trying not to laugh. Nov 13, 2007

  • sionnach I dislike this word. Nov 13, 2007

  • reesetee Aha! So you're one of them! ;-) Nov 13, 2007

  • kad I've also heard locatarian as a way to describe the valiant few among us on the east coast who can forgo coffee. Nov 12, 2007

  • mollusque I've heard of a placeholder, but not a "place-eater". I like the concept (eating things grown locally), but "proxivore" might have been a better word for it. Nov 12, 2007

  • briennez 2007 Word of the Year Nov 12, 2007

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