Meet Cristobal.  Photo taken in front of processing facility, holding one of our vintage product designs!  Has been part of coop since its beginnings over 10 years ago. Grows 4 varieties of quinoa and has been having trouble with larvae on his potato crop, which the organic fumigation is struggling to keep under control- but will never resort to chemicals  Is a bit worried by climate change,but has diversified his fields so that quite far away from each other- the biggest nightmare of any quinoa grower here is a hail storm that can destroy half a quinoa crop.  But they...

There are 3 main reasons you should be swapping out rice with quinoa; for your health, the environmental and let’s not forget, for those taste buds. Lets look at each in turn and see if I can persuade you to swap that Uncle Bens rice pack for some quinola grains. Health Quinoa is amazing for those watching their waistlines with weight loss as a goal. This is for three main reasons. It keeps you feeling fuller for longer. Quinoa is a slow-release carb, compared to carbs like white rice, it is digested a lot slower; releasing sugars into the blood...

Meet Calixto. Head of quality in the coop’s processing plant. Quinoa comes in as and when cooperants want to sell a bit. Process is then the following: initial sorting to get rid of stones etc, scarified so outer saponin layer can be washed off. Put in washer and then dried outside in sun. Then goes through rotating cylinders that select for grain size. Then via optical selector that gets rid of all remaining foreign material. Finally in a wind machine that gets rid of any remaining dust. Then packed in 25kg bags

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