Naturally Interesting

I wrote previously about controlling invasive species by eating them and why I support whaling, now the NY Times has an article about saving endangered species by eating them. Gary Paul Nabhan, Director of the Center for Sustainable Environments at NAU, has written a new book titled “Renewing America’s Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent’s Most Endangered Foods.”

He has spent most of the past four years compiling a list of endangered plants and animals that were once fairly commonplace in American kitchens but are now threatened, endangered or essentially extinct in the marketplace. He has set out to save them, which often involves urging people to eat them.

Mr. Nabhan worked with groups like Slow Food U.S.A. and the Chefs Collaborative to identify items for the list and and “engaged hundreds of chefs, farmers and curious eaters to grow and cook some of the lost breeds and varieties.”

Fun graphic here.