Amaranthus – A Food to Feed a Nation
29/01/2006 // 0 CommentsJOYCE ALLEN tells the story of Amaranthus, once widely grown in the Americas, and a mystical food to the Incas.
“Overnight one of the most important crops of the Americas fell into obscurity, and virtually the same thing happened to the Inca Amaranth farmer.”
Published in the Rare Fruit Council Newsletter No.58 5/89.
KEY WORDS: amaranthus, incas, cortes, protein, grain, lysine, herbs, boiled, India, resistance, research, pig, chicken,
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