Of Grains and Men – Farming, Society, and Quinoa – Part 2
While people were busy domesticating maize, beans and squash in Central America, inhabitants of the Andes highlands in areas of Peru and Bolivia began manipulating their own local plants, including quinoa (pronounced “keen-wa” or “kee-noo-ah”). Scientists have identified domesticated quinoa seeds in the Peruvian Andes dating to 3000 B.C. Quinoa is a member of the [...]
