Proclamation: Board proclaims October 26, 2012 as "Indigenous Food Day"

11/08/2012
Office of the County Commission P R O C L A M A T I O N For Douglas County, Kansas WHEREAS: Food embodies the relationships between humans, plants and animals of Mother Earth and serves an indispensible social, cultural, and nutritional function for humankind; and, WHEREAS: Douglas County and the surrounding environs continue to be a source of nutritious local foods- both wild and cultivated; and WHEREAS: The communities within Douglas County support a thriving farmer's market, a wide variety of local and regional farmers and food producers, and acknowledge their contributions to the physical and economic health of our communities; and WHEREAS: The United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) indicate that over one billion people in the world are going hungry, over 80% of whom are food producers and the majority of which live on the territories of Indigenous Peoples; and WHEREAS: Douglas County is home to Haskell Indian Nations University and is attended by Indigenous Peoples of the forty-eight contiguous states of the U.S. and Alaska - each with their own unique food traditions; and WHEREAS: One of the greatest gifts the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas offered to those who arrived on their shores 500 years ago was food. NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County, Kansas, hereby proclaims Friday, October 26, 2012 as INDIGENOUS FOOD DAY In Douglas County, Kansas and recognizes the Haskell Indigenous Food Festival as Douglas County's contribution to the first ever National Food Day activities. ADOPTED this 24th day of October, 2012.

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Media Contact:
Robin Crabtree
Administration Department
785-832-5268
rcrabtree@douglas-county.com