THE RISE OF THE LOCAVORE

摘要

Eat local. That's the idea behind the growing rnlocavore movement. The word itself has become more commonplace, especially since it was named the Oxford American Dictionary's word of the year in 2007. Locavores typically eat food grown or produced within a certain radius of their homes (within 100 to 250 miles in many cases) or within a certain region. Locavores also believe that locally grown food tastes better and is better for us since there is less loss of nutrients owing to the shorter time from harvest to table. It also supports the local economy and local farms and decreases the need to transport food, which in turn helps the environment.