locavore

I have heard proxitarian, on a par with vegetarian (a human who exercises choice over what to eat) rather than with carnivore (an animal which doesn't).

Interesting concept, I might try it for a week just to see how batty it makes me and so that I appreciate pappadums all the more.

What would be the antonym? Globivore - those of us devouring the world's resources by eating products from all over it?

Ha! That always makes me think of those who are "without child"--as though they somehow deliberately lost them along the way.

Much as I'd love to be a locavore, I love coffee and chocolate and...well, other stuff...too much. At least I buy fair-trade, shade-grown, organic coffee (a mouthful in itself). Think that helps?

Sionnach: I agree. This is not a likeable word.

Nope, I'm a kiwi-eating, darjeeling-swilling eater of world foods. To me, coffee is the #1 reason not to be a locavore, with greek olives a close second. But because I am with child* I have given it up for the time being.

*Actually had a doctor refer to me as such. I nearly peed my pants trying not to laugh.

I dislike this word.

Aha! So you're one of them! ;-)

I've also heard locatarian as a way to describe the valiant few among us on the east coast who can forgo coffee.

I've heard of a placeholder, but not a "place-eater". I like the concept (eating things grown locally), but "proxivore" might have been a better word for it.

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