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Top 10 Buzzwords

#7. Locavore

Another dictionary, another semi-green term. The New Oxford American Dictionary's Word of the Year, this term refers to the trend of eating fresh, locally grown ingredients. It was coined by a group of San Francisco women promoting a diet consisting solely of food harvested within a 100-mile radius of practitioners' homes, which would reduce not only the fossil fuels used for shipping, but the variety of foods adherents get to eat.

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