隨著全球氣候異常現象不斷升級，各國人民的環保意識也在提升。低碳生活、低碳經濟正在慢慢深入人心，而提倡人們多多選用本地出產食品的“土食者（locavore）”們也越來越多了。

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 some arguing 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.

“土食者”（也稱“本土膳食主義者”）指那些熱衷于食用本地或住所周邊50到150英里范圍內出產食物的人。這種“土食活動”鼓勵消費者到農貿市場去購買食物，或者干脆自給自足，因為他們認為當地產的新鮮產品更有營養、口感也更好一些。本地出產的食物是比較環保的，因為超市從外地進購這些產品的話會耗費更多燃料和不可再生資源。

"Locavore" was coined by Jessica Prentice from the San Francisco Bay Area on the occasion of the 2005 World Environment Day to describe and promote the practice of eating a diet consisting of food harvested from within an area most commonly bound by a 100-mile (160 km) radius. "Localvore" is sometimes also used.

“土食者”這個理念是舊金山灣區的杰西卡?普蘭提斯在2005年世界環境日提出來的，提倡食用居所周邊100英里范圍內出產的食物。有時在英文中也會寫做localvore。

相關閱讀

“帕客”英語怎么說

“森女”英文怎么說

綠領工人 green-collar worker

碳足跡 carbon footprint

（中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯）

點擊查看更多英語習語和新詞