http://www.yumsugar.com To die for. en http://www.yumsugar.com/811445 <a href="http://www.yumsugar.com/811445"><img width=118 height=160 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/users/1/15259/46_2007/eggs.large.jpg'></div></a><p><span class="inline left"></span><b>Locavore</b><br /> Someone whose diet consists of food grown or produced within an area most commonly bound by a 100-mile radius of their home. Locavores usually shun large supermarket chains, opting for farmer's markets and local gardens instead. It is also a current trend for many high-end restaurants as well.</p> <p>Interesting tidbit - this word was just declared <b>Oxford American Dictionary</b>'s <a href="http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/oxfords-word-of-the-year-and-runners-up/index.html?ex=1352696400&amp;en=ed5468c0d14ab255&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss" target="_blank">2007 Word of the Year</a>. It was coined in 2005 by a group of four women from San Francisco.</p> <p>It's also sometimes spelled localvores.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com" target="_blank">Source</a></p> http://www.yumsugar.com/811445#comment Definitions locavore localvore Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:31:33 -0800 YumSugar http://www.yumsugar.com/811445