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13:44 Jul 20, 2009
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Environment & Ecology
Additional field(s): Cooking / Culinary, Food & Drink
English term or phrase: locavore
Definition from Wikipedia:
A locavore is someone who eats food grown or produced locally or within a certain radius such as 50, 100, or 150 miles (240 km). 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. Locally grown food is an environmentally friendly means of obtaining food, since supermarkets that import their food use more fossil fuels and non-renewable resources.

Example sentence(s):
  • The first step to being a locavore is to determine what local means for you. This is an individual decision that should feel comfortable for you and your family. Many locavores start by trying to eat within a 100-mile radius from their homes and then adjust where necessary, sometimes encompassing an area as large as an entire state or region. JumpStart Productions
  • More and more people are declaring themselves locavores—meaning they’ll only eat and cook with ingredients grown locally (typically within a hundred-mile radius). The movement was born of a desire to support local producers and to reject foods shipped in from thousands of miles away on trucks and planes that deplete fossil fuels. American Express Publishing Corporation
  • One of my hopes in becoming a locavore was that it would help me lose weight. After all, nutrition experts say that, instead of eating french fries, hamburgers, shakes, cookies, candy, chips, etc, we should be eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. That's pretty much exactly what happens when you become a locavore. Springfield Locavore
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Definition from Matälskaren:
Enligt The New Oxford American Dictionary är localvore det senaste modeordet. Vad det betyder? En person som med nit, gränsande till religion, ägnar sig åt att snoka upp mat i närområdet. Närätare föreslås som svensk översättning.

Example sentence(s):
  • För att vi ska äta mat som minskar den negativa klimatpåverkan av långa transporter krävs lokal självförsörjning i större utsträckning. Alla kan inte bli bönder men alla kan hjälpas åt att gynna de små lokala livsmedelsproducenterna så att de överlever. För hur ska vi annars kunna vara ”närätare” om vi inte har några närproducenter? - NWT  
  • Årets modeord i USA är "localvore", en person som söker upp lokalt odlad mat. Med tanke på fusket med maten både vad gäller datum och innehåll, så är det nog helt rätt tid för fler svenska "närätare". Det lokala och småskaliga finns och här får du hjälp att hitta dem. - Favoritmat  
  • Närodlat och närproducerat blir näramat och den som äter den kan kallas närätare. Många djur är köttätare, på engelska carnivore, andra gräsätare, herbivore. Människan är en allätare, omnivore. Och förra året myntades ett nytt ord, localvore, den som äter lokalt, nära. Detta har till och med utsetts till årets ord 2007 av The New Oxford American Dictionary. - NäraMat  
Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 21:53
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish

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Yes  Anna Grynfeld Smith: Vilket bra ord! Det ska jag använda :-)
195 days
  -> Tack Anna, jag väntar på varmare väder så jag kan bli närätare från mitt eget grönsaksland.
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