locavore

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He was the über-locavore, and he'd earned fame for his three - and four-way presentations long before those notions became hackneyed clichés in the hands of lesser chefs.

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  • And locavore, for those of you who don't know, is someone who eats only locally-grown food. —  Mark Bittman on what's wrong with what we eat
  • All this is by way of saying that I've been gone longer than I expected to be, but now I am back, and looking forward to getting back into the bloggy swing of things!I'm going to a locavore (meaning one who eats local food) potluck tonight, where I'm giving a talk on waste (the topic of the book I'm writing).
  • But since I owes ya, here we go.locavore (New Oxford American Dictionary) Described as a word used in the burgeoning local-food movement, a locavore is someone who buys from farmer's markets, counts food miles, and eats locally sourced or grown food.
  • I'm a locavore, the New Oxford American Dictionary's 2007 word of the year. —  Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles
  • He was the über-locavore, and he'd earned fame for his three - and four-way presentations long before those notions became hackneyed clichés in the hands of lesser chefs. —  Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue
 

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