Comments on: Heritage Meat and Poultry: Eat it to Save it!

By: the diet solution

the diet solution — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:41:42 +0000

“Eat it to save it” sounds strange but it is true. It saves not only the endangered species but also saves your pocket and family health. Isn’t it wonderful? Thanks for good words enough to convince even the die-hard environment activist. Not destroying but working for the great cause. Keep it up.

By: Lia Huber

Lia Huber — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:39:18 +0000

Great to see you here, Poppy! I love that that phrase came from your Great Grandmother and is still so alive today. I stumbled on it last Thanksgiving when I was explaining to someone how eating heritage turkeys can help to save the breeds. I summed up with, “eat it to save it” and thought . . . “now there’s a piece I’d like on Nourish Network.” And, of course, Jackie was the perfect person to write it. I wasn’t aware of how intertwined the phrase is with your efforts with Slow Food until I read through Jackie’s piece. Even more fitting as this month we’re focusing on many of the issues and views espoused by Slow Food.

Thanks for stopping by, Poppy!

By: Jacqueline Church

Jacqueline Church — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:09:22 +0000

Poppy – so happy to see you here! After stalking you all these years…;-)

I didn’t know the origin of the phrase but it certainly works for getting the message across. Hoping to present at the upcoming Chefs Collaborative summit as I’m writing a book on the topic. Pig Tales: A Love Story is about our love of pigs, the heritage breeds in particular and the farmers, chefs and artisans bringing them from the brink of extinction to our tables.

Hope all is well with you and yours.

– Jackie

By: Poppy Tooker

Poppy Tooker — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:22:08 +0000

Thank you for spreading the good word about the urgency of biodiversity today. My great grandmother meant that I should “clean my plate” as most Americans say when she urged me to “Eat It To Save It.” In my decade of work with the Slow Food USA Ark of Taste and the RAFT project (Renewing America’s Food Traditions) Eat It Save It took on a whole new meaning for me – and I have been happy to see my great grandmother’s statement become the motto of our work!