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When I hear of the effect this is having on local farmers and their ability to feed their families, I'm confronted with the question: Do I stop eating quinoa?
by blizkreeg 13y ago
When I hear of the effect this is having on local farmers and their ability to feed their families, I'm confronted with the question:
Do I stop eating quinoa?
What is my responsibility?
- gohrt 13y agoBuy quinoa, and find a way to support socialism in Peru.
- icebraining 13y agoShould we really try to influence their political choices, even if for what we perceive to be "their own good"?
- lostlogin 13y agoIt hasn't worked very well in the past... However the line needs to be drawn somewhere. Forced sterilization maybe? http://m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/jun/17/peru-sterilisation-compensation http://m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/jun/17...
- icebraining 13y agoWould that influence come before or after the US compensates its own victims of forced sterilization? http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WomensHealth/north-carolina-senate-blocks-compensation-sterilization-victims-eugenics/story?id=16628515 http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WomensHealth/north-carolina-sen...
- mauriforonda 13y agoI live in the Bolivian Andes and have met several people who produce and export quinoa. Even if local farmer meals have never had many diverse ingredients, they usually fare well without consuming quinoa. Given the commercial limitations derived from political actions in recent years the benefits of this whole quinoa craze for local farmers far outweight the costs. It is regarded as one of the best economic opportunities in a country still dependent on natural resources where most of its population work informally in trade-related activities. So stop worrying and go buy more quinoa.