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      <![CDATA[California has been exporting more food than it consumes or even 'imports' to the US for almost a century, and it's hardly a food desert as a result. It's not unique to quinoa, there being only certain areas of the world that can grow certain foods.
        
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      <![CDATA[I've been reading about this for years &, like the soy issue, am pretty frustrated about the "right" choice. Happy to support the industry, don't want to appropriate a people's food supply & increase my food miles when there's perfectly good and healthy food nearby.
        
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      <![CDATA[This is precisely the kind of conversation I wanted to have here. On the one hand, the global demand brings (some) wealth to these countries and with it, our idea of civilization.
        
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      <![CDATA[I don't think Lesley did anything wrong or failed to "check the sources" -- you would expect that the NPR would have done due diligence. But it's true that the NPR article has been thoroughly (and justifiably, imo) skewered -- particularly in the bearwitnesspictures link above.<br>
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Global economies are complex beasts, but attempting to rectify wrongs by curbing economic demand is like trying to piss up a rope.
        
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      <![CDATA[The difficult fact about trying to make healthy and ethical choices is that there are always trade-offs. It's a complicated world, yet there are folks out there trying to make things black-and-white.
        
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      <![CDATA[I appreciate the additional information, Sergio, but I'm not sure it's been "de-bunked." There are still questions that may never be answered.
        
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      <![CDATA[ooh- this urban myth has been debunked: <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/doug-saunders-killer-quinoa-time-to-debunk-these-urban-food-myths/article7536845/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/&hellip;</a><br>
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Also see <a href="http://bearwitnesspictures.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bearwitnesspictures.blogspot.com/</a><br>
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We who work with farmers and live in Bolivia and work with Peruvians, Ecuadoreans and Bolivians know that:<br>
1- consumption in these countries has increased, not decreased in spite of higher prices<br>
2- the farmers (the poorest in the country) still eat the equivalent of 3 servings of quinoa per day, a little less than before, but that's because they can afford to add some variety to their diets.<br>
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Please check the sources for the articles you get the info from, you will note there are no solid quotes, sources. Thanks!
        
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      <![CDATA[Chris: I see your point (and I'm a fan of the free market and marketing), but growing food to feed other food (inefficiently) and for a variety of other uses when there are people who are starving and malnourished is unconscionable.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Chris Chamberlain]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Gosh, I hope there's no corn starch in that baby powder we all use on diaper rash. Good thing you can't eat cotton or we'd all be naked.
        
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      <![CDATA[Gas Bag: very good point. Growing food for fuel (and to feed other food) is a pet peeve of mine.
        
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      <![CDATA[The same thing is going on in the US too. Ethanol.
        
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