Where your quinoa comes from

A short power point on quinoa sourcing: where and how quinoa is grown, processed and all the steps before it gets to the supermarket

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[KOSMOS390]

QUINOA IS PERUVIAN,,,not bolivian,,,it just so happens that peruvians who migrated to bolivia in earlier times, took with them quinoa as well, thus the production of quinoa over there too

[slgnunez]

@KOSMOS390 Quinoa has grown for over 4,000 years in the Andes- Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia. You are right, it's not only from Bolivia.

[slgnunez]

Quinoa is one of the most efficient supply chains for a specialty commodity:

Retail is $3.99. Of that $1.10 goes to the farmers. It costs .25 to clean, .15 in freight and customs from Bolivia, 3 cents in quality control, 80 cents in packaging. That leaves 40% margin split between processing plant, importer, distributor and wholesaler.

- quinoa is grown in Colorado and France. Farmers in Bolivia get fair trade prices currently, but as supply form other sources increases there is a risk.

[Ramshobraja]

Interesting. I was under the impression that most of it was from colorado. Glad to know when I buy quinoa I'm helping out some poor farmers!

[slgnunez]

yes quinoa farmers are amongst the poorest in the world, with quinoa as one of their only commercial crop options. Colorado and Canada grow some quinoa but very little: 99% of quinoa in the U.S. is imported.

[fatgirlslim2008]

thanks for this really great, informative video. May I link to it from a quinoa recipe vid I am currently making please?

[slgnunez]

Sorry for the late reply, yes, feel free to link it. Also let me know if you need more pics. I have tons.

[soundclik43030]

@slgnunez we pay $4.20 retail where I'm from

[Giselabelle]

Very well done. I like your presentation.

[artnikolapesic]

I wonder how much they pay to those poor farmers... And then they sell it to us at exepncive prices:( Has anyone tried to grow their own quinoa in US, Europe?

[artnikolapesic]

I wonder how much they pay to those poor farmers... And then they sell it to us at exepncive prices:( Has anyone tried to grow their own quinoa in US, Eruope?