“Locavore“ was 2007’s Word of the Year, according to the Oxford University Press. The “eat local” movement got a big boost from writers like Barbara Kingsolver and Michael Pollan, and a spate of news stories about “food miles” got folks switching from a low-carb diet to a low-carbon diet. Suddenly, organic pears flown all the way from Argentina just seemed fuel-ish. And e-coli-tainted spinach from Central California—our nation’s self-proclaimed “salad bowl”—sent shoppers flocking to their farmers markets to find bacteria-free, locally-grown greens.So what are the food trends for this year? NPR’s Liane Hanson predicted on Sunday’s Weekend Edition that “2008 will be the year of ethical eating; vegetarian and locally produced food will grace more tables; wines will be more than organic, they’ll be biodynamic; there will be servings of micro-greens you grow yourself”¦” In other words, more of us will be breaking free from the conventional food chain, eating pasture-raised meat, poultry and dairy or giving up animal products altogether, and getting back to the garden.There’s no doubt Michael Pollan’s best-selling Omnivore’s Dilemma inspired thousands of Americans to become locavores. His latest book, In Defense of Food, came out on New Year’s day and is already ranked #6 on Amazon. In it, Pollan advises us to steer clear of “anything your grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.” Are you ready to become a retrovore?