tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464253324658824659.post3311819304784618809..comments2024-03-20T05:58:45.288-04:00Comments on The Delicious Truth: Welcome, Kaniwa, Courtesy of Whole FoodsChef Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372505654191018607noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464253324658824659.post-16989075685493453562015-05-18T21:48:58.784-04:002015-05-18T21:48:58.784-04:00Um, all chenopodium grow like weeds, as many are c...Um, all chenopodium grow like weeds, as many are considered. Kaniwa is no exception. Plant some in your yard or ask some locals to try planting it!CharGChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453953712061746753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464253324658824659.post-7540990973479471112014-07-15T23:48:16.061-04:002014-07-15T23:48:16.061-04:00Whole foods in Park Ridge,Illinois has never heard...Whole foods in Park Ridge,Illinois has never heard of kaniwa let alone carry it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464253324658824659.post-86544492030906050962011-05-27T14:56:55.654-04:002011-05-27T14:56:55.654-04:00If comments 1 and 3 are examples of the unintended...If comments 1 and 3 are examples of the unintended consequences of the global economy, what can be done reap the benefits while minimizing the undesirable effects, and doing it fairly? The solution that comes first to mind is be more local-minded in choices, but the genie is out of the bottle now and it's too late for people as individuals to survive solely on local choices -- to an extent, yes, but not completely, for instance the Rx example -- it's my understanding that many basic medicines are no longer produced domestically. So we are subject to the whims of whatever forces or influencers are at work in the various aspects of our lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464253324658824659.post-68101838859148222102011-05-27T08:55:58.496-04:002011-05-27T08:55:58.496-04:00of course, the 1st world demand for quinoa is driv...of course, the 1st world demand for quinoa is driving the price up in the south American countries that produce it, which is depriving the native people the traditional healthy benefits they got from it . . . oh globalization.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/world/americas/20bolivia.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464253324658824659.post-73350588109139329722011-05-26T17:50:36.057-04:002011-05-26T17:50:36.057-04:00Anonymous,
Everything you describe really makes o...Anonymous,<br /><br />Everything you describe really makes one wonder about what is going on throughout the supply chain.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing.Chef Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372505654191018607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464253324658824659.post-24262917425536110892011-05-26T10:37:26.119-04:002011-05-26T10:37:26.119-04:00While I like the variety in these bins also, one d...While I like the variety in these bins also, one does have to be careful. One batch of dried lentils I bought in bulk at WF was full of debris. Of course I didn't notice this until I was home and ready to cook them. It looked like I had gotten whatever was swept up off the floor along with the lentils. I suspect this did not happen at Whole Foods itself, but at the original source of the lentils, or at an intermediary location. Makes me envision open jute bags of product.<br /><br />Which, by the way reminds me of what a friend who worked quality assurance for a major US pharma company told me about his travels around the globe to inspect components for their products -- and encountering open jute bags of ingredients in yard barns or even less protected than that (I'm being kind in calling them yard barns).<br />We have no idea what we ingest nor where it comes from. Right now I have been unable to get a regular med I take for 3 months now. "Problem at the manufacturer and none of this med is available anywhere right now" is what the pharmacist told me. For 3 months now? No, this is not a factory problem, it sounds more like a supplier problem. Something happening somewhere far away and the supply chain for ingredients has been interrupted, is what it sounds like to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com