quinoa

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Quinoa (from Quechua: kinwa), a species of goosefoot (Chenopodium), is a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. It is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal, or grain, as it is not a member of the true grass family. As a chenopod, quinoa is closely related to species such as beets, spinach, and tumbleweeds. - [|Wikipedia]

Wikipedia
[|Quinoa] [|Pseudocereal] [|Saponin]

Elsewhere on the Web
[] [] [] [|Letter from Bolivia: The Quinoa Quarrel] [|Native Lands: Photographs from the birthplace of quinoa]

Recommended Listening
[|Quinoa - what a difference a year makes] - What's not to like about the rise and rise of quinoa? Nothing's ever that simple. [|@RNfirstbite]

[|Who owns the wonder-food Quinoa?] - In 2009, the Bolivian government included a prohibition in its constitution on sharing Quinoa seed, making it difficult for plant breeders who need it to adapt the crop to thrive in conditions outside the region.

Headlines
[|UN declares International Year of Quinoa 2013 a success] [|Questioning Quinoa] [|Quinoa's quagmire: Columbia Journalism Review] [|It’s OK To Eat Quinoa] [|The unpalatable truth about quinoa? - The Guardian] [|The more you love quinoa, the more you hurt Peruvians and Bolivians] [|How Bolivian Farmers Made the World Crave Quinoa]

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[|Herbed quinoa recipe] [|recetario-de-la-quinua-mezcla-recetas-de-prestigiosos-chefs-y-de-pueblos-andinos] [|@aiq2013] [|@FAOnoticias] http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3525s/i3525s.pdf (PDF en español) http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3525e/i3525e.pdf (PDF)

2013
2013 was the International Year of Quinoa http://www.un.org/en/events/observances/years.shtml [|A/RES/66/221] (doc) hashtag: [|#iyq13]

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