The Quinoa Controversy
A sampling of reactions to The Guardian's smackdown of the chenopodiaceous Andean pseudo-cereal
- Maybe it started with this.
Quinoa brings riches to the AndesA burst of colour on a monochromatic panorama, a field of flowering quinoa plants in the Bolivian desert is a thing of beauty. A plant re...- Which may or may not have led to this, which really got the ball rolling on Twitter.
Can vegans stomach the unpalatable truth about quinoa?Not long ago, quinoa was just an obscure Peruvian grain you could only buy in wholefood shops. We struggled to pronounce it (it's keen-wa, not qui-no-a), yet it was feted by food lovers as a novel addition to the familiar ranks of couscous and rice.
This is more about globalisation and food miles ! Don't blame vegetarians gu.com/p/3d55c via @guardian
something about interdependence and the nature of suffering is here: guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/… #buddhism #4nobletruths
Must read for people "preoccupied with personal health, animal welfare and reducing their carbon "foodprint'." guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/…
Farmers worldwide will grow what consumers demand. The quinoa quandary. thekitchn.com/is-it-still-ok…- But it wasn't long before the backlash started.
Go ahead and eat quinoa http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/ahead+quinoa/7834844/story.html via @ottawacitizen- Actually NPR has done a number of reasonably thoughtful pieces on quinoa in the past couple of years.
Demand For Quinoa A Boon For Bolivian Farmers : NPRJan 13, 2011 ... Quinoa, once a staple of the Incas, is now increasingly popular in the United States. But over the past decade, the pr...
Quinoa: A Sacred, Super Crop : NPROct 31, 2007 ... Considered a sacred crop by the Incas, quinoa has been classified as a "super crop" by the United Nations be...
@grapedoc @mem_somerville Need to develop a cultivar for the US. Either increase supply or reduce demand by ruining the exoticness.- And the NY Times did a thing back in 0 .
- But I like to think we were here first...
The quinoa story: it's complicatedThis just in from our friend, colleague and occasional subject Hannes Dempewolf. Our thanks to him and all the others that contributed to...- But anyway, back to the present.
In response to 'the unpalatable truth about quinoa', is eating meat still worse? bit.ly/XTsVn0 via @guardian- Quinoa vs Meat | Bifurcated CarrotsAcross the Internet, the debate is raging. Which is more ethical, eating meat or quinoa? I posted about this a few days ago, and I'm plea...
Doug Saunders: Killer quinoa? Time to debunk these urban food mythsI do enjoy a spot of quinoa now and then. The grain-like seed from the Andes makes a nice backdrop to lamb or fish, and can form a pleasant, if very rich, salad if you augment it with bacon and warm greens. I am far from alone.
