The Locavore

Finally–finally–I made it to Meaford, Ontario’s 100-mile market, a shop showcasing the farmers’ revolution that is currently underway in Grey County. It’s only been open for about 8 months and I hadn’t had a chance to go in and check out what’s on offer–I had a baby around the time it opened its doors. Well, [...]

A note about urbavores from my medievalist aunt who knows her latin:
Lesley writes: “Great word! But get your derivations right! ‘urb’ as in urban, yes (urbs= city), but ‘vore’ as in ‘voro’, Latin for ’swallow whole’, ‘devour’…. (‘omni’ comes from ‘omnium’, meaning ‘everything’, so that’s why omnivore means someone who eats everything. )”
Also: I’m up in [...]