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Hi -
Locavores are an exponent of the internationally recognized Slow Food
movement.
Int'l: http://www.slowfood.com/
USA: http://www.slowfoodusa.org/
Slow Foods may be a better starting point for a 'bounded group' and
federated, distributed networks.
"... estimates as to the prevalence of the locavores phenomenon..."
Ironically, my personal awareness of locavores, then call eating locally,
originated from the Toronto network and Ontario communities around 2004.
Check --
http://toronto.foodontario.com/article.php?article=feature-locavore
http://slowfood.to/
I predict you will find widespread, robust and flourishing network patterns
and structures.
Remember, like so many good things, the worldwide industrial food
establishment, the global transportation complex, packagers, supermarkets,
fast foodies, etc., would very much prefer and have taken steps to keep Slow
Foods and the locavore movement away from, "the general population."
-j
John Maloney
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A few peeps suggested locavores in response to my bounded group query, but
we wound up not using it because no one could give estimates as to the
prevalence of the locavore phenomenon. I suspect that is more widely known
in the media than in the general population.
Instead we used the more lurid post-apocalyptic scenario that shows up in
SF, from Canticle for Leibowitz to Memories of a Survivor to Dahlgren to
recent Atwoods.
Also some groups that desire secrecy, altho I gather both the Taliban and
the US military are pretty leaky.
BTW, why is the word "locavore" rather than "locaLvore"?
Barry Wellman
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