I am not in the mood to write some long, and tangent-ing monologue like I did last night. So tonight I will keep it short. If you eat quinoa, as I do, you may or may not have known that you are a jerk. A globally unconscious jerk. Here is an article from grist.org. It is a progressive and ecologically minded site. What is that? You need a more detailed description, OK. Let’s just say, they give a pass to Democrats every now and then, but never to Republicans. Still need more? OK. They hate the man, but only when the man ends in .com, those ending in .edu or .gov are either cool or necessary evils to fight the .com man. More? They would never be late for an Occupy party, and would organize said party on their iPhones, using Facebook and Twitter. They are the kind of site that would never doubt anything that comes of Al-Gore-Jazeera’s mouth and most likely they have a framed and signed photograph of Van Jones in their break room. And yet, I still read. So enjoy the article and the site, till you can’t take it anymore, and try to work a little more quinoa into your diet, and a little less cool aid.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Quinoa Eating Jerks!
I am not in the mood to write some long, and tangent-ing monologue like I did last night. So tonight I will keep it short. If you eat quinoa, as I do, you may or may not have known that you are a jerk. A globally unconscious jerk. Here is an article from grist.org. It is a progressive and ecologically minded site. What is that? You need a more detailed description, OK. Let’s just say, they give a pass to Democrats every now and then, but never to Republicans. Still need more? OK. They hate the man, but only when the man ends in .com, those ending in .edu or .gov are either cool or necessary evils to fight the .com man. More? They would never be late for an Occupy party, and would organize said party on their iPhones, using Facebook and Twitter. They are the kind of site that would never doubt anything that comes of Al-Gore-Jazeera’s mouth and most likely they have a framed and signed photograph of Van Jones in their break room. And yet, I still read. So enjoy the article and the site, till you can’t take it anymore, and try to work a little more quinoa into your diet, and a little less cool aid.
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Oh no, not quinoa! You tasty little grain of the gods. You complete protien that has helped nourish this poor meat abstaining soul.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if this is a fair-trade issue or the result of the unsustainable appetite of millions. There are many environmental, economic issues with many things - palm oil kills orangutans, Amazon forests decimated for cow (beef) raising, agriculture runoff dead zones, the demand has created a system that commodifies living beings into mere units and processed through horrifying "disassmbly" lines. Life taken in the billions each year.
But back to quinoa, the world demand has increased cost and made it unaffordable for farmers? Hopefully as cultivation expands and becomes successful in other regions it will help bring the cost down and this will help. Is it a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario? If the farmers have demand for their crops they make a living but costs increase, if the demand fades they cannot make a living but they have all the quinoa they can eat. Where is the balance?