Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who mainly eats locally produced food, especially within a specified radius of one's home.
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- noun One who tries to eat only
locally grown foods .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And now, he's a farm-to-table guy, just like Chopra who uttered the word locavore last night, like a prayer.
Rozanne Gold: Chopra and Vongerichten Talk Food Rozanne Gold 2011
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And now, he's a farm-to-table guy, just like Chopra who uttered the word locavore last night, like a prayer.
Rozanne Gold: Chopra and Vongerichten Talk Food Rozanne Gold 2011
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Around here, where "fine dining" often means two kinds of vinegar for your chips, guffaws greet the term "locavore."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARGO PFEIFF 2011
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But in the heart of Appalachia, where there isn't a critical mass of suppliers or customers for whom the term "locavore" rolls naturally off the tongue, the restaurant remains something of a curiosity.
NYT > Home Page By JANE BLACK 2011
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Jessica Prentice coined the term locavore for World Environment Day in 2005 to promote local eating, and local consumption in general.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ronnie Cummins 2011
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Around here, where "fine dining" often means two kinds of vinegar for your chips, guffaws greet the term "locavore."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARGO PFEIFF 2011
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Both restaurants are owned by Thomas Salamunovich, a chef who might have been the first person to use the term locavore within the county.
Vail Daily - Top Stories Wren Wertin wren@vaildaily.com Vail 2010
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Both restaurants are owned by Thomas Salamunovich, a chef who might have been the first person to use the term locavore within the county.
Vail Daily - Top Stories Wren Wertin wren@vaildaily.com Vail 2010
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Something that inspires the diner to use the word "locavore" in a sentence.
Anna Brones: Formulating the Foolproof Foodie Menu Anna Brones 2011
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Something that inspires the diner to use the word "locavore" in a sentence.
Anna Brones: Formulating the Foolproof Foodie Menu Anna Brones 2011
briennez commented on the word locavore
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November 12, 2007
mollusque commented on the word locavore
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.
November 13, 2007
kad commented on the word locavore
I've also heard locatarian as a way to describe the valiant few among us on the east coast who can forgo coffee.
November 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word locavore
Aha! So you're one of them! ;-)
November 13, 2007
sionnach commented on the word locavore
I dislike this word.
November 13, 2007
kad commented on the word locavore
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.
November 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word locavore
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.
November 14, 2007
bilby commented on the word locavore
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?
November 22, 2007
BrainyBabe commented on the word locavore
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).
December 25, 2008
iseff commented on the word locavore
A locavore is someone who attempts to eat all or mostly locally grown food.
July 4, 2009