and now I have a good excuse for not eating it. Not that anything to eat seems to be safe from adverse consequences.

add chopped cucumbers, red peppers or cherry tomatoes and it's a fantastic power lunch! It's not going to be the same with Bulgar. Seriously.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]See my post #4 below.

and try it.

have also fueled the quinoa explosion. Wheat and Barley, among others are off my menu.

tasty. But I haven't gotten around to trying it yet. Not sure I will, now.

Good point!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]The main problem here is the usual culprit: profit-driven agri-business that has no regard for the land or people it exploits.

It shouldn't be all that difficult for the governments of Bolivia and Peru to help people develop agricultural co-ops so they can make a decent living growing traditional crops in a sustainable way.

They could borrow a page from organic/fair trade coffee and chocolate growers, and put pressure on big agri-business to not decimate local lands or populations.

There are already some doing this; they just need more attention and cooperation.

Pick a link from this list: [font face="Arial"]http://tinyurl.com/bxlc57r[font face="Verdana"]

Fair Trade is the best.

Nothing like having a problem and then solving it immediately!

of prices that are now so high that the people who depend on quinoa in their diet are unable to afford it.

But it is a good way to buy it and keep the profits out of the hands of agri-business.

with just trying to grow more of it?

When they say "miracle food of the Andes" they're not kidding...it likes high-elevation and a narrow temperature and precipitation band...there's not a lot of land it could grow on, where it will grow it's already pushing out crop diversity. Growing more of it would likely mean geo-engineering artificial conditions.

In all likelihood, demand will die down over the next half-decade and we'll find a responsible and stable price-point. Increasing demand for fair-trade crop from diverse fields will insure the well-being of farmers.

I guess the several years that I have gone without meat, quinoa, or supplements must be a lie, because the scientisticians in this article say so

Eat lots of green veggies. They have more protein and the package they come in lots better for you.

I'm learning to live on veggies and fruits and oatmeal.

I could be wrong, of course, but llamas - the most common livestock animal in the region - do great just off of grass, and aren't raised in the massive enclosures that prevent grazing, like the American beef industry does.

people.

Though at the moment, we certainly have more than enough food for the world population - it's access that's the problem, not production.

As a global body, humanity probably wastes more food than it consumes.

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in addition to grains, nuts/seeds, and a wide variety of veggies, you will get plenty of all the amino acids you need.

Quinoa and amaranth are nice, but optional.