Locavore is 2007 Word of the Year
November 14th, 2007
“If you’re concerned with how far food travels before it gets to your plate, you just may be a ‘locavore,’ the New Oxford American Dictionary’s 2007 Word of the Year… 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 shun supermarket offerings as an environmentally friendly measure, since shipping food over long distances often requires more fuel for transportation.” Read the rest of the press release.
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