Eat it to Save it: What does it mean, why do it and how?

How do we deliver good food to food deserts?
Changemakers Day
August 29, 2008

Who would think that sometimes to SAVE a food - you have to EAT IT? Join in the dialogue as farmers, sheep producers and advocates associated with Renewing America’s Food Traditions initiative discuss why the diversity of place-based heritage foods matters and how you can help your local community renew, sustain and celebrate endangered food traditions. From the point of view of RAFT (Renewing American Food Traditions) founder Gary Nabhan and the perspective of Slow Food USA Ark of Taste chair, Poppy Tooker this panel will give attendees a first hand look at the compelling work of food recovery and how delicious the results can be.

Moderator: Gary Nabhan, Founder, Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT) Alliance
Panelists: Anthony Boutard, Ayers Creek Farm; Brian Campbell, Uprising Seeds/ Uprising Organics; Linda Colwell, Chef, Slow Food Portland, OR; Poppy Tooker, Founder Slow Food Chapter New Orleans LA

A report from the Slow Food USA blog: "During Changemakers’ Day Brian joined the “Eat it to Save it” panel , alongside biodiversity and native food tradition champions Gary Nabhan and Poppy Tooker, in order to discuss how co-producers can contribute to protecting biodiversity through the pleasure of eating." Read more.