locavore

[loh-kuh-vawr, ‑-vohr]

noun

1. a person who makes an effort to eat food that is grown, raised, or produced locally, usually within 100 miles of home.

Word History and Origins

Origin of locavore¹

loca(l) + -vore, on the model of carnivore, herbivore; coined in 2005 by Jessica Prentice (born 1968), American chef, author, and cofounder of Three Stone Hearth, a community-supported kitchen in Berkeley, California

Example Sentences

This dish, colored with saffron and perfumed with warm spices, was inspired by a meal I recently enjoyed in Rafidi’s luxuriously updated restaurant, and shares his locavore approach.

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Roman's invasivorism idea took a while to catch on, but eventually it started gaining traction — thanks, in part, to the locavore movement that started to emerge around 2005.

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It’s too much of a throwback and too global, they say — can a world of pristine locavore food photos on Instagram make room for the grime and logistics of international cattle raising and killing?

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The locavore movement has gone global, with more restaurants basing their menus on the seasons and harvests of nearby farms.

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The town is an ideal jumping-off point for a long weekend to wander the trails, beaches, swimming holes and locavore delights along the strait to Port Renfrew.

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