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Ramah Navajo Heart Saver Project

Ramah Navajo Heart Saver Project. Year 4 Meeting 1 November 14, 2007. To Flagstaff. To Abq. Ramah Navajo Heart Saver Project. Gardening Project. Designed as component of our less-intensive community-based activities.

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Ramah Navajo Heart Saver Project

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  1. Ramah Navajo Heart Saver Project Year 4 Meeting 1 November 14, 2007

  2. To Flagstaff To Abq. Ramah Navajo Heart Saver Project

  3. Gardening Project • Designed as component of our less-intensive community-based activities. • Evolved to include a number of patients taking part in the intensive clinic-based activities.

  4. Gardening Project • Historically, Navajos grew fields of corn, beans and squash. • At Ramah Navajo, some families now have gardens, and cornfields are few. • Water for irrigation is in short supply.

  5. Gardening Project • Goals: • Encourage family physical activity through gardening. • Increase availability and consumption of fresh produce. • Help families become more self-sufficient.

  6. Gardening Project • Abundant Harvest Gardens www.cellugro.com • Hunger Grow Away www.hungergrowaway.com • National Indian Council on Aging www.nicoa.org • American Indian Services www.americanindianservices.org • Native Seeds/SEARCH (alternate) www.nativeseeds.org • Pueblo of Zuni Natural Resources www.ashiwi.org

  7. Gardening Project • Workshops • How to set up and plant the garden box • All participants selected a variety of seeds • Covering the box for winter crops • Food demos • Fall 2006 – sampling winter greens • Summer 2007 – cooking the early harvest • Fall 2007 – Summer Squash Slaw

  8. Gardening Project • Workshop with Hank Bruce

  9. Gardening Project • What is the Abundant Harvest Garden?

  10. Gardening Project • Putting the Garden Together

  11. Gardening Project • Adding the Soil

  12. Gardening Project • Planting at the Wellness Center

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  14. Gardening Project • Growing Strong!

  15. Gardening Project • Early Harvest

  16. Gardening Project • Early Harvest

  17. Gardening Project • Feeding the Masses with Winter Greens - 2006

  18. Gardening Project Preparing for the Cooking Demo 2007

  19. Gardening Project Preparing for the Cooking Demo 2007

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  25. Gardening Project • Covering the Box for Winter Crops

  26. Gardening Project • Who has the garden boxes? • 24 community families (6 HS participants) • 10 added each year of HH • Always a waiting list • 7 demonstration boxes Behavioral Health Services Adult Education Pine Hill Health Center Pine Hill High School Center for Health Promotion Wellness Center FACE Program

  27. Gardening Project • Contacts: • Jolene Luna, HS Project Coordinator (Community-based) jolene.luna@ihs.gov 505-775-3271 x 304 • Hank Bruce hbruce@hungergrowaway.com 505-891-1355 • Alvin Rafelito alvin.hga@gmail.com 505-301-2320

  28. Gardening Project • Special Thanks to: • Nicole Roberge for the idea • Alvin Rafelito and Hank Bruce for making it possible and for TA • Jolene Luna for making it happen at Ramah Navajo!

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