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a km zero

English translation: \"zero-mile\" food

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Italian term or phrase:a km zero
English translation:\"zero-mile\" food
Entered by: Maria Burnett

22:43 Oct 8, 2010
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel / brochure
Italian term or phrase: a km zero
more context: la tradizionale “cucina povera” siciliana a km zero, a base di prodotti naturali
thanks very much
Maria Burnett
United States
Local time: 04:50
"zero-mile" food
Explanation:
This seems to check out on Google. I would use the quotes because it seems to be a newly coined term.

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Note added at 54 mins (2010-10-08 23:38:03 GMT)
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I got from "chilometro zero" + food to this word reference page http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1809134&page...
that made me check out the zero-mile food phrase. That's what's helpful about these forums: fresh eyes!
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Miriam Hurley
United States
Local time: 01:50
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4 +3"zero-mile" food
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
"zero-mile" food


Explanation:
This seems to check out on Google. I would use the quotes because it seems to be a newly coined term.

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Note added at 54 mins (2010-10-08 23:38:03 GMT)
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I got from "chilometro zero" + food to this word reference page http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1809134&page...
that made me check out the zero-mile food phrase. That's what's helpful about these forums: fresh eyes!

Example sentence(s):
  • They also offer seasonal local products at their Farm Market store; have sustainable themed workshops and hold zero-mile field-to-table gourmet food
Miriam Hurley
United States
Local time: 01:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 76
Notes to answerer
Asker: How did you find this on google? I looked everywhere...maybe I just don't have the right search tecniques...could you share that with me?

Asker: thanks so much....


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  casper (X): I've learned something new today. Thank you very much.
5 hrs
agree  Sarah Jane Webb
7 hrs
agree  Barbara Carrara: Correct, but not a new expression at all (no quotes necessary), having been coined in the 1990s by prof Tim Lang. I'm sure this term has already come up on ProZ and is already somewhere in the glossary.
7 hrs
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