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Maya nut changes lives while aiding the rain forest
Erika Vohman, not a new face to many of us from the Equilibrium Fund is a CNN hero!
She works with people teaching them to sustainably use the forests and the Maya nut (Brosimum alicastrum) that grows in Latin America and elsewhere. The fruit of this plant is an undervalued treasure, also from the people that inhabit the forest itself!
Read and watch the video and if you have heroes to suggest, let us know or contact CNN directly!
edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/16/cnnheroes.erika.vohman/
More about Maya nut
- Seeds of inspiration – website including movie
- Seeds of inspiration – pdf information
- Maya Nut (Botany Photo of the Day – In science, beauty. In beauty, science. Daily.)
- Maya Nut (GFU Species Brochures)
- Seed initiative
- GFU Maya Nut post
- Centro de recursos the informacíon sobre Brosimum alicastrum
- Maya Nut Trees Make A Comeback (WRI)
- Feature story from the GFU web site
Carotenoid and vitamin content of Micronesian atoll foods
Quoting from the Abstract of this new publication
“Carotenoid and vitamin content of Micronesian atoll foods: pandanus (Pandanus tectorius) and garlic pear (Crataeva speciosa) fruit”
by Lois Englberger, Joseph Schierle, Peter Hoffman, Adelino Lorens, Kiped Albert, Amy Levendusky, Yumiko Paul, Edgar Lickaneth, Amato Elymore, Marie Maddison, Ione deBrum, Janet Nemra, Julia Alfred, Nancy Vander Velde, Klaus Kraemer. 2009. J Food Comp Anal 22:1-8.
[ ... The fruit of pandanus (Pandanus tectorius) and garlic pear (Crataeva speciosa) are important indigenous Micronesian atoll foods, but are increasingly neglected due to dietary and lifestyle changes ... ]
[ ... These cultivars and foods should be promoted in Micronesia and possibly elsewhere in the Pacific and other contexts in order to reduce vitamin A deficiency and provide further health benefits and enjoyment. ... ]
For more information you may want to follow the link below or find out directly with Lois, network coordinator of the “Island Food Go Local Network “
Dr. Lois Englberger, PhD
Island Food Community of Pohnpei
P. O. Box 1995
Kolonia, Pohnpei 96941 FM
Federated States of Micronesia
Website: www.islandfood.org