permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

Again, emphasizing the need for development of local food production networks.

What is the global permaculture community doing to promote LFPN's?

A section of a permaculture knowledgebase could include how-to and hands-on 
information
for communities seeking alternatives to the supermarket syndrome.

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Subject:        [SANET-MG] Tohono O'odham Community Action Efforts to
Revitalize Native Food System to be Featured on 60 Minutes II on
Wednesday, July 14, 2004 at 8:00pm ET/PT on CBS.
Date:   Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:21:42 -0400
From:   Nicole de Beaufort <ndebeaufort@VANCOMM.COM>
To:     SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU



Tohono O'odham Community Action Efforts to Revitalize Native Food System
to be Featured on 60 Minutes II on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 at 8:00pm
ET/PT on CBS.

The efforts of Tohono O'odham Community Action (TOCA) to promote health,
cultural
revitalization and economic vitality through food system redevelopment
will be highlighted
on CBS News' 60 Minutes II on Wednesday, July 14.  The story - focusing
on the diabetes
epidemic in Native American communities - features interviews with
TOCA's Co-Directors,
Terrol Dew Johnson and Tristan Reader.  It also highlights TOCA's
harvest celebration from
this past fall.

TOCA's Food System Redevelopment Program is revitalizing the production and
distribution of traditional Tohono O'odham foods in an effort to combat
the diabetes that
is devastating its community.  In 1960, no tribal member had ever
suffered from the
disease; today, more than half of the population has Type II Diabetes,
the highest rate in
the world.  The loss of a sustainable food system is the primary cause
of the epidemic.
Traditional Tohono O'odham foods have been shown to regulate blood sugar
levels,
thereby helping prevent and regulate diabetes.

For more information about TOCA, please visit our web site at
www.tocaonline.org or
contact us at 520-383-4966.
--
Tristan Reader, Co-Director
Tohono O'odham Community Action
PO Box 1790
Sells, AZ  85634
520.383.4966
www.tocaonline.org