Locavore- Someone who eats food grown or produced locally or within a certain radius such as 50, 100, or 150 miles. The locavore movement encourages consumers to buy from farmers’ markets or even to produce their own food, with the argument that fresh, local products are more nutritious and taste better.The New York Times has had a fetish for this food trend lately, with at least two front-pagers in the last few weeks. I also read an article in The American Conservative a few weeks back that makes the case that eating locally like this is also, contrary to the hippie stereotype, not solely the domain of the lefties.
By eating more locally-grown food (not only veggies, mind you, but also some good old beef and pork!), one may be able to reduce the influence of the ADMs of the world, as well as the Department of Agriculture and their stranglehold on the whole process.
I am not painting myself as anything close to an expert on this topic, but merely parroting what seemed to be reasonable-sounding arguments to me.
