Nutrition information for local foods

Local food nutrition posters from various Pacific island with a focus on beta-carotene content.


Bananas of the Solomon islands 

Benefits of pandanus


Carotene rich bananas of Pohnpei 


Pandanus of Pohnpei 


Pacific island indigenous foods poster


"Funding support by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); Sight and Life; Australian Embassy, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Pacific German Regional Forestry Program (PGRFP), Poster development and all photographs but Karat en lap by Dr. Lois Englberger in collaboration with Adelino Lorens, Pohnpei Agriculture; Mark Kostka, College of Micronesiesia-FSM: Yumiko Paul, Public Health, Pohnpei, and Amy Levendusky, US Peace Corps. Acknowledgements are extended: Dr. Mary Taylor, SPC, for assistance in getting the the poster printed, Jeff Daniells for the Karat en lap photo and the banana classifectionts and to the University of the South Pacific, Fiji; DSM Nutritional Products, Switzerland, University of Adelaide, Australia; Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States, and Anresco Lab co Laboratory, California, United States for laboratory results. Layout/art work: SPC Media Center"

The Island Food Community of Pohnpei is either inactive or has ceased to exist - unclear which. Other projects have stepped into the nutrition and food security space. 

The Island Food Community of Pohnpei ethnobotany class field trip is still done in the botanic garden. Perhaps that need not be so. The reason for going was originally to connect with IFCP, but IFCP is long gone. Only a mention on a poster remains. This lecture needs a revamp and rework. A new tack. A new place to call home. I need a nahs...


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