Locavore Quotes

Wherever possible, I like to use home-grown or locally produced ingredients.

You need to eat what's local. So that's what I'm trying to do - just be as close to nature as possible.

I'm vegan on home base, but when I travel to other countries, I throw it all into the garbage.

When my mother was raising me, she moved us upstate to the Woodstock area. Our closest neighbor was a mile away. She planted all her own vegetables.

The concept of being a locavore, or one who chooses whenever possible to incorporate locally grown or locally produced food into one's nutrition plan, is of great importance.

You could be a locavore in Florida or southern California. But I tried that. It was really limiting.

I had a free-range childhood. We lived in town but with a cow, chooks, bees, and multiple veggie gardens so we could live self-sufficiently.

We don't sing about eating local produce or growing beards or anything like that. It's funny to find yourself in a position where people associate you with things that are completely arbitrary to your songs.

There is a growing market today for local, organic foods produced by small farmers. And farmers' markets have played a large role in making that happen.

In Cleveland, I'm so fortunate that we're surrounded by farms with an endless variety of beautiful vegetables. For me, I always eat very tightly with the season, even if the season is only six weeks.

Eating local is a relatively new concept in American dining; for the Italians, it's a way of life.

The only meat I eat is from animals I've killed myself.

Previous generations used to eat locally out of necessity. Without options like flash-freezing and worldwide export services, communities had to rely on local farms for all of their meals. In many ways, this was beneficial. People ate fresh, seasonal foods that were naturally flavorful and nutritious, and farmers and communities prospered.

Locally produced foods - defined as those harvested within a 100-mile radius of one's home - have a lesser impact on the environment because of the decreased need for transportation from source to consumer.