Talk:Ecotarian

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Contents 1 Origin 2 Comment 3 Notability 4 Relevance

[edit] Origin

My friend Jessica coined this term before the date/place listed in the article. She introduced the term at a food conference in England, and we have been using it ever since. There is a term paper with the word in it, but it was never published. So as a way to get the term "out there", we made a wikipedia page. So - i propose changing the origin section to reflect all of these developments (please see the new section for my content edits). naomi (talk) 19:01, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comment

Howdy folks. Lets make this page more solid by adding some references and making the definitions better. Any suggestions?

Thanks - naomi 22:34, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I've marked some {{Fact}}s and I'll be looking for places I've found this information in the past. I've also done some proofreading and I'm horrified at my own typos and grammatical errors. Slowly correcting those. The "Eat your Environment" section definitely needs to be developed, explaining exactly what relationships should be fostered by this diet/mindset. Glad someone else is on board with this. Matt (talk) 16:48, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Matt. However, i'm not sure what "eat your environment" means, so i'm deleting it for the moment until someone places a better description of what it is here, and it fits with the general idea we're aiming to get across. Happy to have your help! naomi (talk) 18:55, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notability

This article has been redirected in the past to Food miles (see [1]). I have placed a number of tags on it. It still does not seem notable to warrant its own article. -- Alan Liefting- (talk) - 08:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Relevance

Hi Alan - food miles and choosing what you're eating based on a consideration for sustainability are not the same thing. Food miles is an important concept for considering "what is sustainable?", but there is arguably a hole in the vocabulary to describe the method of consumption that many people i know have adopted. Its not eating "vegetarian", "organic", or "fewer food miles", but encompasses some of each of those things, plus other ideas. I think its important to have a word that represents this consumption pattern, and none of the others out there does this at the moment. —naomi (talk) 18:55, 13 May 2008 (UTC)