I have heard of "eating local", but locavore is a new one on me. Before I started reading the article, I had no clue what it was going to be about, but curiosity got the better of me.

We started eating local as much as possible and found to our surprise that we had a local farmer's market less than a mile down the road. One of the farmers selling there said that they can make something like 60% more profit selling directly to the consumer... Actually he said, "Selling to the eater", which cracked me up a bit.

Regarding producing your own food, especially where livestock is concerned, I think cheaper is going to depend on where you live, but I believe you're right for the most part. I would have liked to see a cost analysis, but it was a really short article.

If he had the space to let the chickens and rabbits "range" and find some of their own food it might have helped out quite a bit. I'm betting he was buying all of the feed himself. Having ducks that were just eating and not meant to be eaten was probably costing a little of that extra cash as well.

Living in the city, he should have thought about rats, pigeons and squirrels as they could be free range stock. Kidding LOL