Comments on: Word of 2007: Locavore

By: Urban Scout: Rewilding Cascadia » Blog Archive » The Need For Anti-Agricultural Propaganda

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:30:27 +0000

[…] third world countries makes us more dependent on foreign food sources… so much for the “locavore” […]

By: Jenna

Jenna — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:51:20 +0000

I think a lot of Locavorism has stemmed from people reading “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”. Hopefully it won’t just be a trend. I know that book’s made me examine my food chain and try to revise it where possible.

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:15:08 +0000

I think the most positive result of the locavore trend is that it is drawing lots of bright, talented people into developing sustainable, local economic networks. Those desperately need to be reconstructed and they will undoubtedly form the basis of more barter- and gift-oriented economies in the future. Even if locavore does become passe, there will not be enough cheap energy left to re-destroy these local economic networks. I couldn’t be more thrilled personally.

By: Giulianna Maria Lamanna

Giulianna Maria Lamanna — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:43:41 +0000

i’m inclined to think this trend will have more positive impacts than negative, even if there is a “fashion backlash” at some point.

That could be true. I was just thinking earlier today about political backlashes. There was the Roaring 20’s, and then a conservative backlash, but the 50’s still weren’t as restrictive as the Victorian Era. And then there was the Sixties, and the conservative backlash against that, but again, the Reaganite 80’s were still freer than the last backlash had been. And we’re currently living in a conservative backlash against the 90’s, and still… So it goes in cycles, but it does get a little better each time. Maybe a similar thing will happen with this locavorism; even with a backlash, the idea will stay in people’s heads.

By: jhereg

jhereg — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:36:01 +0000

i’m inclined to think this trend will have more positive impacts than negative, even if there is a “fashion backlash” at some point.

even so, i’ll admit to being a little bit concerned that people will go crazy extorting food from local soils before learning how to properly care for them.