Tag - Medicine

New Jersey Man Reverses Hypertension With Diet, Will Bike More Than 1,000 Miles to Bring Attention to Food as Medicine for Black Americans

Montclair, N.J.— At 9 a.m. on May 21, New Jersey native and health and nutrition enthusiast Kirk Charles, age 61, will embark on a more than 1,000 mile bike trip beginning at the Columbus Circle entrance of Central Park (59th Street and Broadway) in New York City. He plans to complete the journey in Chicago on June 5. Charles’ goal is to raise awareness about the...

National Academy of Public Administration and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Release Final Report on the National Nuclear Security Administration

National Academy of Public Administration and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Release Final Report on the National Nuclear Security Administration Post Date: October 14, 2020 Report Follows Multi-Year Evaluation; Includes 16 Recommendations for Continued ProgressWASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Academy of Public Administration, in partnership...

1 Medicine Root Garden Program: 3 Levels of Gardening Courses, 9 Months of Classrooms and hands-on instruction, over 50 Gardening students, and over 50,000 pounds of produce grown on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

In 2023, the Medicine Root Garden program, operated by our partner on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, the Oyate Teca Project, trained or assisted 62 individuals ages 5 to 57 in its mission to “help teach our people how to feed themselves by teaching them how to grow their food,” reported director Rose Fraser. Impact by the numbers!  The program served people in 13...