If you follow food trends at all, you've probably heard people talking about quinoa. Quinoa has some amazing nutritional properties and has been rapidly growing in popularity, especially among the higher-end "health nut" (formerly your "granola") crowd. This article looks into some of the ramifications of the quinoa boom in Bolivia, where a huge percentage of the world's quinoa is grown. While it seems like many of these problems could be manageable, the pace of the industry's growth certainly creates significant risks to society, the economy, and the environment in growing regions.
"Quinoa: The Dark Side of an Andean Superfood" by Jean Friedman-Rudovsky
Published in Time, April 3, 2012
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2110890,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
Eric
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