Because 2 days is never enough.

The New Oxford American Dictionary selected “locavore”, which means someone who eats locally grown food, as the word of the year.

“The word ‘locavore’ shows how food-lovers can enjoy what they eat while still appreciating the impact they have on the environment,” said Ben Zimmer, editor for American dictionaries at Oxford University Press. “It’s significant in that it brings together eating and ecology in a new way.”

The word “locavore” was created two years ago by four women in San Francisco who proposed that people should try to only eat food grown or produced within a 100-mile radius.  It spawned an entire movement that encourages consumers to buy from farmers’ markets or to grow their own food, noting that fresh and local products are more nutritious and taste better.  We couldn’t agree more!
Jess will be pleased to know that the phrase “colony collapse disorder” was one of the runners-up.  (I’m surprised “carbon neutral” wasn’t on the list.)