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During Passover people of the Jewish faith are not aloud to eat leavened foods that contain grains. Since quinoa is not a grain, but a seed in the chenopodiaceae family along with beets and spinach, quinoa has now got the Kosher seal of approval. Read more: 5 Things to Know About Quinoa, NY Times Blog "Quinoa Controversies" ignited after the Guardian published “Can Vegans Stomach the Unpalatable Truth About Quinoa”. Many of the responses by North Americans raised concern about the negative social-economic and environmental changes occurring in Peru and Bolivia in response to the global rise in quinoa demand and costs. It is important to note that these Northern response left out the Southern perspective.
In order to get to the bottom of the so called "quinoa quandry" Charlotte Ambrozek and Martin Zorrilla of the Department of International Agriculture and Rural Development, Cornell University, in collaboration with Bioversity International examined 42 stories (news and blog articles) "written between 2011-2013 in order to understand how the Western world interpreted this complex issue involving malnutrition, commodity markets, land degradation, and globalization". Read the article on Agricultural Biodiversity Webblog here Or view the hard copy (in full) here |
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