这实际上是一个熟语,slang
To say that an association is "eating its own dog food" means that the association uses the products that it produces.
有的说来源与微软,因为Microsoft emphasizes the use of its own beta and released products inside the company
一个例子:
All you have to do is look at any Office mega app with a tool like Spy++ to see the Redmondtonians don't follow the eat-our-own-dogfood philosophy of software development.