locavores

Critics of big industrial farms say that the latest foodborne outbreak has given a boost to the local food movement, which promotes buying produce from nearby farmers (advocates are sometimes called locavores).

The Tomato Pickle 2008

For the last five or six years, local food eaters -- dubbed locavores -- have been asking if the produce they are eating is grown locally or trucked into cities by vehicles that burn fossil fuels.

Jake Rosenwasser: New York City's Biggest Rooftop Farm Jake Rosenwasser 2011

For the last five or six years, local food eaters -- dubbed locavores -- have been asking if the produce they are eating is grown locally or trucked into cities by vehicles that burn fossil fuels.

Jake Rosenwasser: New York City's Biggest Rooftop Farm Jake Rosenwasser 2011

For the last five or six years, local food eaters -- dubbed locavores -- have been asking if the produce they are eating is grown locally or trucked into cities by vehicles that burn fossil fuels.

Jake Rosenwasser: New York City's Biggest Rooftop Farm Jake Rosenwasser 2011

For the last five or six years, local food eaters -- dubbed locavores -- have been asking if the produce they are eating is grown locally or trucked into cities by vehicles that burn fossil fuels.

Jake Rosenwasser: New York City's Biggest Rooftop Farm Jake Rosenwasser 2011

For the last five or six years, local food eaters -- dubbed locavores -- have been asking if the produce they are eating is grown locally or trucked into cities by vehicles that burn fossil fuels.

Jake Rosenwasser: New York City's Biggest Rooftop Farm Jake Rosenwasser 2011

Many so-called locavores subscribe to the 100-mile diet, which requires that one "eat nothing --- or almost nothing --- but sustenance drawn from within 100 miles of their home."

Max Gladwell: 10 Ways Geolocation is Changing the World 2010

Many so-called locavores subscribe to the 100-mile diet, which requires that one "eat nothing --- or almost nothing --- but sustenance drawn from within 100 miles of their home."

Max Gladwell: 10 Ways Geolocation is Changing the World Max Gladwell 2010

In what could be a major setback for the nation's local-food movement, championed by so-called locavores, independent farmers nationwide said they are forced to make slaughter appointments before animals are born and to drive hundreds of miles to facilities, adding to their costs and causing stress to livestock.

The Seattle Times 2010

In what could be a major setback for the nation's local-food movement, championed by so-called locavores, independent farmers nationwide said they are forced to make slaughter appointments before animals are born and to drive hundreds of miles to facilities, adding to their costs and causing stress to livestock.

The Seattle Times 2010