Locavore
I frequently put archaic words on this blog but
here is one from modern times. A
locavore is a consumer who only buys locally produced food and other products. The name was an invention of four San
Francisco women in 2005 who set out on a culinary adventure to see if they could
live only on things found within 100 miles.
That term featured not too long ago in an article in my weekly paper. A journalist made a similar experiment; she tried to buy food originating only from Berlin (where she lives) and the surrounding area for one year. In winter, her diet tended to have very little variety...
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