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Locavore or Globavore?: The Debate Over Local Food

Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
From: Guy Hand
Length: 00:07:32

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[HOST INTRO] The local food movement is growing in popularity.  Back in 2007, the Oxford English Dictionary declared “locavore” the word of the year.  In 2009 and 10, the National Restaurant Association called local food “America’s No.1 restaurant trend.” 
But popularity breeds polarization.  A series of articles and at least one upcoming book have called the local food movement “a marketing fad and a dangerous distraction from the true impact of modern food production.”  In this installment of Edible Idaho, correspondent Guy Hand listens to the growing debate over local food. 

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[HOST INTRO] The local food movement is growing in popularity.  Back in 2007, the Oxford English Dictionary declared “locavore” the word of the year.  In 2009 and 10, the National Restaurant Association called local food “America’s No.1 restaurant trend.” 
But popularity breeds polarization.  A series of articles and at least one upcoming book have called the local food movement “a marketing fad and a dangerous distraction from the true impact of modern food production.”  In this installment of Edible Idaho, correspondent Guy Hand listens to the growing debate over local food. 

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Aired on Boise State Public Radio on 10/410

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Local Food Backlash
Edible Idaho Feature: 1004GH_Backlash.wav Feature 7:02 GH/sw
[HOST INTRO] The local food movement is growing in popularity. Back in 2007, the Oxford English Dictionary declared “locavore” the word of the year. In 2009 and 10, the National Restaurant Association called local food “America’s No.1 restaurant trend.”
But popularity breeds polarization. A series of articles and at least one upcoming book have called the local food movement “a marketing fad and a dangerous distraction from the true impact of modern food production.” In this installment of Edible Idaho, correspondent Guy Hand listens to the growing debate over local food. (7:02 to soc out; music to 7:32; fade at will)
[HOST OUTRO] For more on this story or to listen to past Edible Idaho programs, go to northwest food news dot com.
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INTRO:

[HOST INTRO] The local food movement is growing in popularity. Back in 2007, the Oxford English Dictionary declared “locavore” the word of the year. In 2009 and 10, the National Restaurant Association called local food “America’s No.1 restaurant trend.”
But popularity breeds polarization. A series of articles and at least one upcoming book have called the local food movement “a marketing fad and a dangerous distraction from the true impact of modern food production.” In this installment of Edible Idaho, correspondent Guy Hand listens to the growing debate over local food. (7:02 to soc out; music to 7:32; fade at will)

OUTRO:

[HOST OUTRO] For more on this story or to listen to past Edible Idaho programs, go to northwest food news dot com.

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