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Tohono O'odham Traditional Foods

TOCA Objective

TOCA & Educational Programs

Students will learn...

  • About native crops and traditional O'odham farming
  • How to maintain a healthy lifestyle
  • Sustainability and positive change to food systems
  • Responsibility and teamwork
  • Project Oidag and school gardens
  • School lunches and Sodexo
  • Seed workshops and classes
  • Student involvement in promoting healthy foods

Sources

Traditional O'odham Foods

student-created flier about cholla buds

Native Seeds/SEARCH

Lamberton, Ken

2015 Seed Saviors. Edible Baja. http://ediblebajaarizona.com/seed-saviors

Native Seeds/SEARCH

2015 Securing the Future of Food. Native Seeds. http://www.nativeseeds.org/.

Parezo, Nancy and Thomas Sheridan

1996 Paths of Life. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. pp 114-140.

Tohono O’odham Community Action

2015 Traditional Foods. Tohono O’odham Community Action. http://www.tocaonline.org/traditional-foods.html.

  • corn
  • chia seeds
  • cholla buds
  • saguaro cactus
  • tapery beans
  • squash
  • American Free Seed Program provides 10 packets of seeds/year free of charge to Native Americans
  • Seed banks and free seed libraries
  • Trains native peoples to "save, share, and produce their own seeds"
  • Classes and workshops provide education about healthy desert foods and farming
  • Affordable online seed bank platform

Tepary beans for sale through Native Seeds website

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