OST Food Code Research Proposal
Ray Janis Ray Janis

OST Food Code Research Proposal

This eight-page document was composed by Tierra Baird and Mallory Moore, a staff attorney at the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative. The proposal highlights key information on the significance of an OST Food Code, food code definitions, concise objectives, five food code recommendations with sample code language, and process of implementation.

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Diabetes and Obesity in Oglala Lakota County
Ray Janis Ray Janis

Diabetes and Obesity in Oglala Lakota County

I remember living in Pine Ridge in the 1970s, and there was a trailer in the back of the Old Hospital with four chairs; this was the dialysis unit back then. And now, in 2023, we have two dialysis units on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, one in Porcupine and the other in Pine Ridge Village, each with over 14 chairs.

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