- Locavore: designated Word of the Year for 2007 by the New Oxford American Dictionary. A locavore is a person who, whenever possible, dines on and utilizes foods locally grown or produced.
- Gastro-pups: I love this name. Any idea what it means? Rozanne Gold, author of Kids Cook 1-2-3 coined this term which refers to the renewed interest or revival of kids’ cooking classes and food products designed for kids.
- Junk-free Foods: you have your own concept of junk food but food activists refer to ‘junk’ as additives, colors, flavors, preservatives, or otherwise ‘unknown ingredients’ that you find on a food label.
- Foodprint: not footprint. Foodprint is the amount of land required to provide one person’s nutritional needs for a year. Researchers at Cornell University coined this term. They determined that someone who followed a low-fat vegetarian diet would need less than one-half an acre to sustain their yearly food needs while a high-fat diet with a lot of meat requires 2.1 acres to feed one person for the year. Food for thought.
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